Actually this would more like an Mar-a-Laragoacide because he just admitted to reporters that he was working with Russian hackers close to the Kremlin and trying to get Hillary Clinton's emails to use during the election.
Two separate witness say that he was telling people he was working with the Trump Campaign and that they supported this project. Witnesses said he was particularly close to General Flynn and often seem to have insight into the very top of the campaign before it was public knowledge. Smith denied this and said he was working on his own behalf. However he set up a coroporation to pay people on this project and the documents said it was to avoid "campaign reporting," I.e. reporting to the FEC who was paid by the campaign and why. In that document he listed several members of the Trump campaign as parties to this company including Flynn, Bannon and Conway.
from the Chicago Tribune
Smith committed suicide in a hotel near the Mayo Clinic at 1:17 p.m. on Sunday, May 14. He was found with a bag over his head with a source of helium attached. A medical examiner's report gives the same account, without specifying the time, and a report from Rochester police further details his suicide.
In the note recovered by police, Smith apologized to authorities and said that "NO FOUL PLAY WHATSOEVER" was involved in his death. He wrote that he was taking his own life because of a "RECENT BAD TURN IN HEALTH SINCE JANUARY, 2017" and timing related "TO LIFE INSURANCE OF $5 MILLION EXPIRING."
"Tomorrow is my last day," Smith told a man at the hotel while he worked on a computer in the business center, printing documents between 8 and 9 p.m. on May 13, according to the police reports.
One of Smith's former employees told the Tribune he thought the elderly man had gone to the famed clinic to be treated for a heart condition. Mayo spokeswoman Ginger Plumbo said Thursday she could not confirm Smith had been a patient, citing medical privacy laws.
You know that you do that every time the evidence doesn't support your argument? Because you can't point to the evidence in this case, because it would show he's a long time Anti-Clinton operative.
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quantokitty ago
Another Arkancide.
Are_we_sure ago
Actually this would more like an Mar-a-Laragoacide because he just admitted to reporters that he was working with Russian hackers close to the Kremlin and trying to get Hillary Clinton's emails to use during the election.
Two separate witness say that he was telling people he was working with the Trump Campaign and that they supported this project. Witnesses said he was particularly close to General Flynn and often seem to have insight into the very top of the campaign before it was public knowledge. Smith denied this and said he was working on his own behalf. However he set up a coroporation to pay people on this project and the documents said it was to avoid "campaign reporting," I.e. reporting to the FEC who was paid by the campaign and why. In that document he listed several members of the Trump campaign as parties to this company including Flynn, Bannon and Conway.
from the Chicago Tribune
quantokitty ago
Sounds like he was a shill working for the Clintons.
There are so many around.
Are_we_sure ago
In what universe would this guy be working for the Clintons?
Do you know any of the details about this guy?
quantokitty ago
Shills gotta shill.
Are_we_sure ago
You know that you do that every time the evidence doesn't support your argument? Because you can't point to the evidence in this case, because it would show he's a long time Anti-Clinton operative.
So then you make it about me