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Home Front: Politix
Browder: '100 Percent Certainty' Russian Intel Knew About Trump Tower Meeting, Planned in Advance
2017-07-28
[PJ] WASHINGTON -- The leading champion of the Magnitsky Act human rights sanctions on Russia told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that he has zero doubt Russian intelligence knew beforehand about a meeting with the Trump campaign and plotted in advance to try to turn the anti-sanctions effort to their advantage.

Hermitage Capital Management CEO Bill Browder's lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, discovered massive Russian government fraud that led to Magnitsky's imprisonment, torture, and 2009 death. After Congress passed the sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for Magnitsky's death, the Kremlin retaliated by blocking the adoption of Russian children in the U.S.
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  There are those who now claim that the organization that supplied the Democrats with the crazy allegations against Trump also were working both sides, ie the Dems and the Russians, and the allegations against Trump were invented by Russian intelligence. Also that same organization seems to have been behind the meeting with Trump Jr.
They conclude that it was the Clinton campaign that colluded with the Russians to create dirt against Trump through both of these things, once Trump got the nomination. The invitation to the meeting was phrased (peculiarly) to assert that it was the Trump campaign hoping to collude.
The Russian aim, it is said, was to weaken the US government no matter who won. That seems to be the Democrat's goal today as well.
Posted by: Daniel   2017-07-28 14:54  

#3  After Congress passed the sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for Magnitsky's death, the Kremlin retaliated by blocking the adoption of Russian children in the U.S.

Nah, not retaliation, just Russia trying to protect their kids against pedos.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-07-28 11:27  

#2  he has zero doubt

Which proves that?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-07-28 11:07  

#1  In the world of intelligence damage assessments, the evidence at hand would clearly implicate the Soviets Russians. One could hardly assume otherwise.

The greater question however, was USI (US Intelligence) aware of the Veselnitskaya meet. If not.... why not? One must likewise assume USI was at least as witting as the Russians. After all, it is our swamp, our turf.

The obvious follow-up question (rhetorical of course), why was the Trump campaign not provided a 'heads up.'

Posted by: Besoeker   2017-07-28 10:32  

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