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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paulf ago
C. Steele was the editor of the dossier. The true author was an anon on /pol/ :)
2impendingdoom ago
right, it was a set up. but for my title I wanted to put information from the link that would make sense to people. Thank you for clarifying this.