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Nevilledog

(51,094 posts)
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:15 PM Oct 2021

Christopher Steele Breaks Silence in ABC Interview, Says the Trump Pee Tape 'Probably' Exists

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-christopher-steele-breaks-silence-in-abc-interview-says-the-trump-pee-tape-probably-exists/

Former British spy Christopher Steele defended the contents of his Donald Trump dossier in his first major TV interview since his bombshell allegations came to light years ago.

Steele gave an interview to George Stephanopoulos for ABC News’ upcoming multi-part documentary, Out of the Shadows: The Man Behind the Steele Dossier. The series will reflect on Steele’s discredited claims that Trump conspired with Russia to win the 2016 election, and that the Russians had salacious blackmail to use against the former president.

Stephanopoulos’ conversation with Steele was previewed on ABC’s This Week, where he was shown confronting Steele with the FBI’s assessment that the dossier’s claims about Michael Cohen were not true. The claim was that Cohen, formerly Trump’s personal lawyer, traveled to Prague in 2016 and secretly met with Kremlin agents.

Steele rejected the FBI’s findings on the alleged meeting, so Stephanopoulos remarked that “it defies logic” for Cohen to keep it a secret after turning against Trump and getting swamped in all of his legal troubles.

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Christopher Steele Breaks Silence in ABC Interview, Says the Trump Pee Tape 'Probably' Exists (Original Post) Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP
Oh for dog's sake we know that Cohen's cell phone was in Prague @ that time. It pinged off of ... Botany Oct 2021 #1
Fascinating....and just this week DJT said it was not true. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #2
MY first thought mercuryblues Oct 2021 #18
yep Lucinda Oct 2021 #21
Russia if you're listening dweller Oct 2021 #3
No Value Added releasing tapes. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #5
Urine my area of interest. Funtatlaguy Oct 2021 #8
End the thread here... MontanaMama Oct 2021 #9
Yup, Its comedy gold mercuryblues Oct 2021 #17
Engage Operation Total Humiliation Blue Owl Oct 2021 #4
If this is true and Russia has it, then it is worthless if they release it. Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #6
I'd like to see the unredacted version of the Steele Report FakeNoose Oct 2021 #7
I would as well. Bet you are correct. Why is Garland not releasing it? triron Oct 2021 #19
It seems the only evidence is the brief cell phone pings canetoad Oct 2021 #10
I'm not at all skeptical about the pee tape. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #11
This after Trump brought it up Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #12
Republican pee freakage is, um, a foul way to begin the week Champp Oct 2021 #13
K&R UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #14
Is this why Trump made his out-of-the-blue statement about "golden showers"..? kentuck Oct 2021 #15
"will reflect on Steele's discredited claims that Trump conspired with Russia" lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #16
Yep. triron Oct 2021 #20

Botany

(70,501 posts)
1. Oh for dog's sake we know that Cohen's cell phone was in Prague @ that time. It pinged off of ...
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:20 PM
Oct 2021

.... cell phone towers there.

"Stephanopoulos’ conversation with Steele was previewed on ABC’s This Week, where he was shown confronting Steele with the FBI’s assessment that the dossier’s claims about Michael Cohen were not true. The claim was that Cohen, formerly Trump’s personal lawyer, traveled to Prague in 2016 and secretly met with Kremlin agents."

The important part of the Steele Dossier was that TFG owes lots of money to Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia.

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
18. MY first thought
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:08 AM
Oct 2021

Now this makes sense. Out of the blue he said he wasn't into golden showers. He knew this was coming.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,467 posts)
5. No Value Added releasing tapes.
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:38 PM
Oct 2021

All in on a Trump continuing tp destroy this country, Art of the Deal.....a Conman's life bullshitting somehow stumbling into an office he was totally unqualified for/

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
6. If this is true and Russia has it, then it is worthless if they release it.
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:39 PM
Oct 2021

Can't blackmail the Pig if they do that. Of course once the Pig usefulness ends it may show up, but so far looks like the Pig will be useful as long as he is alive.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
7. I'd like to see the unredacted version of the Steele Report
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:50 PM
Oct 2021

How long do we have to wait for that? Somebody in DOJ has it, I'm sure.

canetoad

(17,153 posts)
10. It seems the only evidence is the brief cell phone pings
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 01:01 AM
Oct 2021

As TFG's fixer, maybe Cohen provided one of the trump spawn with a burner phone.

https://english.radio.cz/trumps-czech-kids-could-be-asset-relations-us-say-czech-supporters-8202875

Trump’s ‘Czech kids’ could be an asset in relations with US, say Czech supporters

In the Czech Republic, much has been made of the new US president’s Czech connections, given his former marriage to socialite and businesswoman Ivana Trump (formerly Zelníčková) from 1977 to 1991. Together they had three children who have now become household names – Donald Jr, Eric and Ivanka – and of course Donald Jr. speaks fluent Czech. The hope is that this and other factors could be assets when it comes to Czech-US relations.

snip....

In the interview, which is on youtube, Donald Jr discussed how important Czechoslovakia had been in forming him as a person. He made a point of saying that experiencing life with his relatives behind the Iron Curtain had been crucial in offsetting the luxury in which he grew up with and gave him a more balanced world view. And, in the interview, he even displayed a bit of his Czech:

“Já mluvím česky perfektně, víš. I am fully fluent in Czech.”

Midnight Writer

(21,753 posts)
11. I'm not at all skeptical about the pee tape.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 08:37 AM
Oct 2021

Perhaps TFG didn't set it up for himself. I imagine he was taken to the room, a couple of ladies entered, put on a performance that Trump thought was flattering and funny, and the whole thing was being filmed.

I think it is a very believable scenario that Putin targeted and compromised the fool. Why the hell wouldn't he?

Johnny2X2X

(19,060 posts)
12. This after Trump brought it up
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 08:44 AM
Oct 2021

Must be something to it.

Honestly, his cult wouldn’t care now, they’d normalize it as Alpha Male behavior. Even if the Russian prostitutes in it with him were underaged. If Trump said pedophilia is now a Republican value, they’d all be quoting the Bible in support of it tomorrow.

Champp

(2,114 posts)
13. Republican pee freakage is, um, a foul way to begin the week
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:35 AM
Oct 2021

Republicans really need to back out of the moral sewer they've slithered into.

kentuck

(111,089 posts)
15. Is this why Trump made his out-of-the-blue statement about "golden showers"..?
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:39 AM
Oct 2021

...a couple of days ago?

Was he responding to Steele's interview before it even aired??

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
16. "will reflect on Steele's discredited claims that Trump conspired with Russia"
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:41 AM
Oct 2021

WTF? None of Steele's claims have been discredited. We have seen endless confirmation of this theory ever since! Also, Steele made no such claims; he simply passed along a series of reports which lead any intelligent person inexorably to that conclusion.

I call bullshit on this hit piece.

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