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NYT: Russian Government Sought to Aid Trump’s Candidacy, According to Email

rambis

Banned
What if the e-mail is fake and we're dealing with another Dan Rather situation? I know the NYT is good, but no one is perfect.

It probably takes an entry level sys admin 30 seconds to comb thru the headers and determine if the email is real or not. Congress can subpoena whoever the servers belong to that passed the messages and boom.
 
Here's the first Trump-world response to this story.

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DonShula

Member
Eric Trump walks into a chaotic scene at the WH.

"Hey guys! I've got good news!"

He is ignored.

"Hey guys, you know that project I've been working on? The one where you all told me to 'Take care of those emails'?"

A few heads turn towards him.

"Well, I figured I should back them up somewhere before I deleted them just in case we need them later. So I looked around and then I realized we have a Federal Backup Institute! So I sent all the emails there!"

The room goes silent and for the first time in his life, all eyes are on Eric. For the first time in his life, he is happy.

Noice.

The news had me legitimately smiling ever before this excellent post.
 

Random Human

They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
This week is off to such a good start with all this. Please, let it continue.
And can they tag WaPo in on the match as well?

Actually, can someone make a wrestling gif of NYT and or WaPo delivering a blow to Trump?

Use that gif of the Access Hollywood edit where the guy slams him into the bus!
 

Bulk_Rate

Member
I don't say this very often, but....

welp.

DJT Jr. will need to revise his statement again it seems.

Are we in the home stretch? Seems as if the pain train is heading to town.
 

Iolo

Member
Nothing will be the one until Republicans lose control of Congress and its investigative committees. Then everything will be the one.
 

RDreamer

Member
Here's the first Trump-world response to this story.

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They're so boxed in with this, because there's no logical reason for him to tell and invite Manafort and Kushner but not tell his fucking dad unless he knows this shit is really illegal and shady as hell and he's protecting his dad. In which case... well...
 

ianpm31

Member
Jr, Manafort, and Kushner were all part of this meeting but Trump Sr. had no idea about this? Yeah fucking right lol
 
I wonder if donald will let his son be a fall guy. it's obvious he doesn't like his sons hoe like he likes pretty ivanka who he shares a common hobby of sex ~_~

that would be savage if he let his son go to jail w/o a pardon or something.
 

Shauni

Member
What if the e-mail is fake and we're dealing with another Dan Rather situation? I know the NYT is good, but no one is perfect.

People get so paranoid about this stuff, but the Times have already said they do extensive checks to filter our fake stuff (which they have received from various sources), and of all the stories that has been posted in regards to the Russia story, one two have been retracted, one from the Times about the amount of meetings Manafort had with Russian officials (I think), and the recent one from CNN (which was do to shoddy checking above all else in the end). I really don't feel like there's any real warrant to that, especially since almost all their other reporting has been dead-on.
 

Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
We still hang people for treason? Or the use of pillory and/or stocks? Tar and feathers?
 

Opto

Banned
In his own house, with his own son, and top members of his campaign, he didn't know about it.

So either he's lying to cover his collusion with Russia, or he is so fucking mentally impaired he has no idea what's going on in his own home, which is fucking near criminal negligence, that he honestly had no idea at the time.

Key point: "he was not aware" can mean he didn't know until now or he knew immediately afterwards. I hope this gives everyone in the administration crippling panic attacks.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Watching Kelly Anne Conway on CNN and knowing she's a named participant went a long way to explaining why her ridiculous bullshit has been so strident and irrational. I have a feeling she'll be going quiet like Flynn, Manafort and (sort of) Sessions.

Their silence speaks volumes.

Sssh Kelly Anne. Sssshhh.
 
In his own house, with his own son, and top members of his campaign, he didn't know about it.

So either he's lying to cover his collusion with Russia, or he is so fucking mentally impaired he has no idea what's going on in his own home, which is fucking near criminal negligence, that he honestly had no idea at the time.

Key point: "he was not aware" can mean he didn't know until now or he knew immediately afterwards. I hope this gives everyone in the administration crippling panic attacks.

In his own building while he's there for some fundraiser. It's not like he was out of town and the boys were pulling a Risky Business on him.
 

Tovarisc

Member
In his own house, with his own son, and top members of his campaign, he didn't know about it.

So either he's lying to cover his collusion with Russia, or he is so fucking mentally impaired he has no idea what's going on in his own home, which is fucking near criminal negligence, that he honestly had no idea at the time.

Key point: "he was not aware" can mean he didn't know until now or he knew immediately afterwards. I hope this gives everyone in the administration crippling panic attacks.

Or he knew right after Jr. got that email.
 
The Goldstone character fled from the NyT when they came back with knowledge of his email - after he denied warning anyone about Russia. So it's a fair guess he has no rebuttal.

i wonder how three people got familiar with the contents of the email from Rob to Don JR - that seems like a lot unless he forwarded it to a bunch of people on the transition that are now talking to the press. Or, the IC got hold of it with a court order and are leaking it to put pressure on trump.

Trump is going to hate and distrust computers even more than he originally did after all this is done.
 
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