Follow up to https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1985452
posted by @HeadsWillRoll of NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html
TRUMP RESPONSE:
https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/08/donald-trump-jr-met-with-russian-lawyer-during-election-but-didnt-follow-up
....The president’s legal team said Saturday they believe the entire meeting may have been part of a larger election-year opposition effort aimed at creating the appearance of improper connections between Trump family members and Russia that also included a now-discredited intelligence dossier produced by a former British intelligence agent named Christopher Steele who worked for a U.S. political firm known as Fusion GPS.
“We have learned from both our own investigation and public reports that the participants in the meeting misrepresented who they were and who they worked for,” said Mark Corallo, a spokesman for President Trump’s legal team. “Specifically, we have learned that the person who sought the meeting is associated with Fusion GPS, a firm which according to public reports, was retained by Democratic operatives to develop opposition research on the President and which commissioned the phony Steele dossier. "
"These developments raise serious issues as to exactly who authorized and participated in any effort by Russian nationals to influence our election in any manner,” Corallo said.....
pizzagate related as concerns Russian Hacking & Election tampering and MSM fake news
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Commoner ago
A set-up by the anti-Trumpers to further advance the fake Russian news.
2impendingdoom ago
yes, notice that the meeting happened after the election and during the transition. So you can't really claim that the meeting affected the election and yet it is supposedly proof of Russia "meddling"
abortionburglar ago
The Trumps wanted to reopen the Russian pipeline of kids to the US. I guess people around here are only against Democrat pedophiles.
2impendingdoom ago
I'm not sure we are both reading the same thing. Trumps are claiming that the meeting was requested under false pretenses. People around here from are both (and no) parties and equally sickened by all pedos. Try defending Denny Hastert here.
abortionburglar ago
Jr. Admitted it was about the adoption program. Oops.
2impendingdoom ago
yes. now that the meeting is over, he knows what it was about. Unless he slept through the whole 20 minutes.
LA_Trump ago
Also, nothing about "re-starting" the program. Probably wanted to know the real reason why it was shut down in the first place!