Did Trump pass any documents to Putin?

[kentuck]

Because Trump has always been an agent for Putin.

And because he was so complimentary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the genius of Vladimir Putin.

If they find any documents missing, my bet would be those that are related to Ukraine.

But, no big deal. He could let whomever he wanted to see the documents, after he "de-classified" them with his mind.

Just a thought.

[sakabatou]

1. It wouldn't surprise me if he tried to get documents to him.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. I have no doubt that he did.

[edhopper]

3. Is the Pope

Catholic?

[Pobeka]

4. Wouldn't surprise me if the CIA/NSA "gave" Trump fake top secret docs ...

knowing they would get into Putin's hands.

Nothing surprises me anymore.

[Maraya1969]

7. My thought at the begining of this thread was the documents were faulty somehow

and maybe that was one of the reasons Putin is so unprepared for the Ukraine war.

[Scrivener7]

5. I would be much more surprised if he didn't than I would be if he did.

[dchill]

6. I've long thought he personally couriered some to Helsinki.

[RockRaven]

8. Nobody needs to pass documents anymore. Cell phone cameras capture a page of text just fine.

Especially if it's one of the "lots of pictures and a few bullet points" Donnie Dumbass special briefing documents.

[dwayneb]

9. Probably and...

No one really talks about it but we have to presume that digital copies of all of it are on server(s) somewhere. This the real fear I am sure, that all of this classified information has already been scanned and distributed.

I was really surprised that no computers were taken during the search (as far as I know). Maybe they couldn't get enough probably cause to remove them.

[Shellback Squid]

10. all these oligarchs dying makes me think YES

Putin would desperately want this info

[C_U_L8R]

11. The Saudis may pay better.

But he's probably very indebted to Putin.

[Bucky]

12. Any evidence of who had physical contact with the confidential file has GOT to be the evidence

That the FBI and CIA are seeking from the files.

The possession of the files is gonna be about the physical condition they're in, any fingerprints or trace data that are found in them, or what other papers are mixed in with them. The intelligence community certainly has full knowledge of what data/intel is in the file folders. The best reason for having a legal fight over these particular copies of the top secret files would be physical proof of who Trump showed them to.

[anarch]

13. of course he did; that was one of his main tasks in the WH

I'm fairly sure others of them were sold to the Saudis

[Kid Berwyn]

14. Putin has the IOUs.

As if owing Deripaska and the oligarchs that pass for Russian kleptocracy billions is nothing.

And what DID they talk about without translators, aides or witnesses?



Bet it wasn’t Putin’s golf game.

[usonian]

15. For starters

(Wikipedia)

The Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in August 2020 that Manafort's ties to individuals connected to Russian intelligence while he was Trump's campaign manager "represented a grave counterintelligence threat" by creating opportunities for "Russian intelligence services to exert influence over, and acquire confidential information on, the Trump campaign.

There are others, I am sure.