Document details scrapped deal for Trump Tower Moscow

"Around the time presidential candidate Donald Trump was touting his real estate dealings at a Republican primary debate, a proposal was in the works to build a Trump Tower in Russia that would have given his company a $4 million upfront fee, no upfront costs, a percentage of the sales, and control over marketing and design."

"An internal Trump Organization document from October 2015, obtained by CNN on Thursday, reveals the details of a 17-page letter of intent that set the stage for Trump's attorney to negotiate a promising branding venture for Trump condominiums, a hotel and commercial property in the heart of Moscow."

"While the potential Russian deal was still on the table, Trump was speaking positively about working with Russian President Vladimir Putin and also minimized Russia's aggressive military moves around the world."

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/08/politics/document-trump-tower-moscow/index.html

"I have nothing to do with Russia folks" DJT.

White House communications director Hope Hicks retains lawyer in Russia probe

"Hicks, 28, has hired Robert Trout, a highly regarded attorney and founder of the firm Trout Cacheris & Janis, according to multiple sources familiar with the hire."

"The Washington Post on Friday reported that Hicks is one of six White House aides that special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to interview — aides who his team believes were potentially witnesses to relevant moments in the ongoing Russia investigation."

"People close to the White House described Hicks as someone who has a full understanding of her exposure — at least as a witness — given her proximity to the 2016 campaign and her trusted status as an inner-circle confidante of the president and his family."

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/hope-hicks-white-house-lawyer-russia-trump-242519

Haven't seen so much lawyering up since Reagan.

The screws are tightening...

Sources: Trump Jr. said he did not recall WH involvement in response to meeting

"Donald Trump Jr. told Senate judiciary committee staffers Thursday that he did not recall the details of White House involvement in the public response to his 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer and did not know much about the Air Force One meeting that allegedly led to the production of the statement, sources told CNN."

"Trump Jr. was explicitly asked whether he either took any of the Russian participants in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting to see his father -- now President Donald Trump -- or whether he told his father about the meeting after, sources said."

Lovin' it. 

"I don't recall" 

Exclusive: Mueller seeks interviews with WH staff over Trump Tower meeting statement

"Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has approached the White House about interviewing staffers who were aboard Air Force One when the initial misleading statement about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower was crafted, three sources familiar with the conversations said."

Facebook sold ads to fake accounts linked to Russian 'troll factory' during the US election

"In 2015, the ABC's 7.30 program looked into these internet trolls,

a workforce of hundreds that patrol the internet at the command of the Kremlin."

"The department at the centre of this effort is officially known as the Internet Research Agency,

otherwise known as the Troll Factory."

"Generally, they produce lies in a 24-hour regime, seven days a week," said Andrei Soshnikov,

the investigative journalist who has led the efforts to expose the Troll Factory said at the time."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-07/facebook-admits-it-sold-ads-to-russia-in-2016--what-now/8880536

No Pardoning This Offense

"If Trump fires Mueller and his team, state attorneys general and state prosecutors can hire them."

"If Trump succeeds in pardoning the defendants or himself, state prosecutors can step in without violating the rule against double jeopardy because of the legal concept of “dual sovereignty”: States and the federal government have overlapping but separate sovereignty, and each can bring its own prosecutions for the same acts as long as those acts violate both federal and state laws."

"One major recent development is that Mueller and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are talking and cooperating in their investigations."

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/09/states_could_bring_these_charges_if_trump_tries_to_pardon_his_way_out_of.html

They'll get him on his home turf: New York.

Gloriously poetic. 

22 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

American politics and social issues are vastly different, if not alien or antithetical, to Russian culture and society. The question might be whether members and/or "associates" of the Trump campaign guided Russian trolls to areas of potential divisiveness that would damage Clinton's campaign.

During the campaign, the Trump campaign ran up to 50,000 variants of its Facebook ads a day, learning which ones resonated best with voters. It also deployed so-called “dark posts,” non-public paid posts that only appear in the News Feeds of the people the advertiser chooses. https://www.wired.com/story/trump-russia-data-parscale-facebook/

Collusion with a foreign power to affect US election outcome?

Senior Advisor and Chief of Digital Operations, Jared Kushner, may have some answers... 

Trump-Russia investigators probe Jared Kushner-run digital operation 

"Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether the Trump campaign’s digital operation — overseen by Jared Kushner — helped guide Russia’s sophisticated voter targeting and fake news attacks on Hillary Clinton in 2016."

"Congressional and Justice Department investigators are focusing on whether President Donald Trump’s campaign pointed Russian cyber operatives to certain voting jurisdictions in key states — areas where Trump’s digital team and Republican operatives were spotting unexpected weakness in voter support for Hillary Clinton, according to several people familiar with the parallel inquiries."

"By Election Day, an automated Kremlin cyberattack of unprecedented scale and sophistication had delivered critical and phony news about the Democratic presidential nominee to the Twitter and Facebook accounts of millions of voters, many in swing states, even in key precincts."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-jared-kushner-russia-hacking-20170712-story.html

Facebook says likely Russian-based operation funded U.S. ads with political message

"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it had found that an operation likely based in Russia spent $100,000 on thousands of U.S. ads promoting divisive social and political messages in a two-year-period through May."

"Facebook, the dominant social media network, said 3,000 ads and 470 “inauthentic” accounts and pages spread polarizing views on topics including immigration, race and gay rights."

"Facebook briefed members of both the Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees on Wednesday about the suspected Russia advertising, according to a congressional source familiar with the matter."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-propaganda/facebook-says-likely-russian-based-operation-funded-u-s-ads-with-political-message-idUSKCN1BH2VX

3 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

Troll

  "This Guy" was a qualified candidate so basically,...you're wrong again!

As usual, you're not following the thread.

Just dropping in willy nilly with pointless gibberish...

Or you would know what the reference was.

Wrong again indeed.

While embarrassing yourself again.

17 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Further, 2 questions:

Are they deliberately distancing themselves from their 'your fired camera owner? father / FIL?

Or

Is DT pushing them away?

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-repelled-by-washington-elite

18 minutes ago, thehelmsman said:

Sounds a tad bit racist to me. Shame...shame

Well, you would be wrong.

Nice try...

6 minutes ago, RobFord said:

He isn't the token black man. Read up on him, he's totally nuts. I wouldn't want to be in the same country as him, much less have him behind my back. Why would trumps security allow him into the building?

 

I've read about him. He's clearly nuts.

Which makes it all the more interesting.

"Why would trumps security allow him into the building?"

I say, because Donnie likes him.

The fervent token black "supporter".

How else does one account for his primo, camera friendly seating everytime?

10 minutes ago, RobFord said:

And yet they allow this guy in.

 

"allow this guy in"?

pfft.

It's too coincidental that he is at the inept one's rallies, while being perfectly situated for the camera. Behind the speaker.

The token "Black Man".

Some pick though... 

37 minutes ago, JaseTheBass said:

Where's the 'Shot' Option?

When the investigations into the possible treasonous actions by the occupier of the White House and his clan prove to be true, personally, I think it's best that they live in disgrace and shame the rest of their lives.

While some others who will be thrown under the bus, will face prison.

23 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

Just reminding y'all who the President of the USA is...

Stand by, the wheels of justice are turning. 

And coming up, sooner than later for the Trumpeteers :

(Will you then go back to your Ted Cruz avatar?)

40 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

Does Trump live in y'alls head much? 555 

Your avatar...

Classic. 

27 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

You, of course, are referring to the the CNN editorial board and the talking heads on the least watched cable news. 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/02/doj-no-evidence-trump-tower-was-wiretapped.html

Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that CNN ratings are ‘way down’

"To get a comprehensive view, we were told to look at ratings across several benchmark metrics, broken down by audience demographics and viewing times."

"Bottom line: CNN is at a five-year high in each of the categories we looked at, according to data provided by the Nielsen Company."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jul/03/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-claim-cnn-ratings-are-way-down/

July 2017 Ratings: CNN Is a Top 10 Cable Network

"CNN #2 IN TOTAL DAY IN JULY AMONG 25-54"

"Fox News in July posted its lowest monthly share of the Total Day cable news audience among total viewers in six years."

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/july-2017-ratings-cnn-is-a-top-10-cable-network/336920

In the real world, there is more to life than "Trump Tweets". 

Donald Trump just flat-out lied about Trump Tower wiretapping

"This affirms what former FBI Director James Comey told Congress about Trump's allegations in the spring and what former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has repeatedly said as well."

"Trump, for his part, has offered zero evidence to back up his initial claim because, as we now know conclusively, there was no evidence."

"To sum up: The current President of the United States flat-out lied about the then-sitting president issuing a wiretap of his campaign headquarters."

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/trump-doj-wiretap/index.html

Why would anyone believe a word this unhinged pathological LIAR says?

20 minutes ago, Skywalker69 said:

Ivanka Trump’s business partner busted in Russian money laundering scheme

 

It looks like Donald Trump Jr may not be the only one of Donald Trump’s children who ends up being taken down by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. A newly uncovered money laundering scheme, run through Scotland of all places, has connected a business partner and “dear friend” of Ivanka Trump to money laundered from Russia.

 

http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/russian-ivanka-money-laundering/4741/

The international crime family is in the crosshairs. 

"I've done a lot of business with the Russians"

Trump family and associates to be in the Russia probe crosshairs

"A web of President Donald Trump's family and associates will be back in the crosshairs of congressional committees investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia, as well as of the high-wattage legal team assembled by special counsel Robert Mueller."

"The expected crush of interviews, subpoenas, and testimony this fall underscores both the broad scope of the Russia probes and the certainty that they will shadow Trump's presidency for months or even years."

"Most participants are gearing up for a long haul, Rep. Adam Schiff of California the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said his panel has a "tremendous number of witnesses to get through" in the preparation of a public report."

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/05/trump-family-and-associates-to-be-in-the-russia-probe-crosshairs.html

Mueller examining Trump letter on Comey firing that contradicts statements by Pence, others

"On the day before President Donald Trump fired former FBI director James Comey, he summoned his vice president, chief of staff, top lawyer and other senior advisers to the Oval Office."

"He was ready to get rid of Comey, Trump told them that Monday morning in May, and had prepared a termination letter that laid out in detail his many frustrations, which had boiled over the previous weekend at his private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey."

"The draft, which was first reported by the New York Times, establishes Trump's thinking prior to the firing and contradicts initial statements from White House officials about why he dismissed his FBI director."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mueller-trump-comey-letter-20170901-story.html

This was Monday, May 8, and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Counsel Donald McGahn, 

senior adviser Hope Hicks, senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, VP. Pence and Jared Kushner were all there.

Proof that he decided to fire Comey before he solicited recommendations from AG. Sessions,

and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein.

The LIES continue to unravel...

Report: Mueller, IRS Join Forces to Probe Trump Finances

"Special counsel Robert Mueller is teaming up with the IRS in his ongoing investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, The Daily Beast reported Thursday night."

"The partnership involves the IRS Criminal Investigations Unit, which specializes in tax-related and money-laundering crimes and has access to Trump’s tax returns — documents he has refused to release, even though candidates routinely make them public."

http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/09/01/report-mueller-irs-join-forces-probe-trump-finances

Follow the money. 

Editorial: Mueller finds alarming signs — and sleazy people — in collusion probe

"Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the Donald Trump presidential campaign and agents of the Russian government has been remarkably discreet, as it should be."

"But other sources have leaked three names — Michael D. Cohen, Felix Sater and Eric Schneiderman — that indicate that Mueller’s team is probing very deeply."

"Sater is a childhood friend of Cohen, a former business associate of Trump, and a onetime government informant with ties to all manner of unsavory people, including Russian oligarchs; Schneiderman at the opposite end of the probity scale, is New York state’s attorney general."

http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-mueller-finds-alarming-signs-and-sleazy-people-in-collusion/article_3eb6b7e5-68fc-5622-9f1d-197b991b3d79.html

6 minutes ago, F4UCorsair said:

Still waiting and snoring........zzzzzzz.

Give me a call when you have something, because currently, in your words, ya got nuthin!!

You won't need me to tell you when the occupier of the White House goes down in disgrace.

You will know.

And it's true, ya got nothin'.

Meanwhile, the professionals have something.

You really should do some homework before shouting so desperately in the wind...