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enid602

(9,754 posts) Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:44 PM Mar 2017

Candace Claiborne

Who else here thinks Tillerson's breaking the Claiborne story right now to deflect attention from the Russia mess?

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Candace Claiborne (Original Post) enid602 Mar 2017 OP

Not me. I think nobody in the trump admin has any control. LuvLoogie Mar 2017 #1

I don't. It's legitimate news. The Russia thing won't go away The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #2

Tillerson would have had no say in the matter jberryhill Mar 2017 #3

No one. Its DOJ and NSD jmg257 Mar 2017 #4

Does Tillerson even know anybody at the State Department? nt comradebillyboy Mar 2017 #5

maybe not enid602 Mar 2017 #7

Not sure the stories are not connected Sanity Claws Mar 2017 #6

LuvLoogie

(8,907 posts)

1. Not me. I think nobody in the trump admin has any control.

Reply to enid602 (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:51 PM

Mar 2017

They're trying with Nunez, but he's a dork.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,217 posts)

2. I don't. It's legitimate news. The Russia thing won't go away

Reply to enid602 (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:52 PM

Mar 2017

regardless of whatever other news stories pop up. News that's not about Russia will keep happening; that doesn't mean that it's a distraction or doesn't deserve reporting.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. Tillerson would have had no say in the matter

Reply to enid602 (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:52 PM

Mar 2017

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

4. No one. Its DOJ and NSD

Reply to enid602 (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:53 PM

Mar 2017

Home » Office of Public Affairs » News
JUSTICE NEWS

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs

...
The FBI’s Washington Field Office is leading the investigation into this matter. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys John L. Hill and Thomas A. Gillice for the District of Columbia and Trial Attorney Julie Edelstein of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state-department-employee-arrested-and-charged-concealing-extensive-contacts-foreign-agents

comradebillyboy

(10,963 posts)

5. Does Tillerson even know anybody at the State Department? nt

Reply to enid602 (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:54 PM

Mar 2017

enid602

(9,754 posts)

7. maybe not

Reply to comradebillyboy (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 06:07 PM

Mar 2017

Perhaps not, but it might be a good time to air dirty laundry not related to Russia.

Sanity Claws

(22,439 posts)

6. Not sure the stories are not connected

Reply to enid602 (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:57 PM

Mar 2017

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