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womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:34 PM May 2017

from Claude Taylor - FBI Targeted from 28 to 42 individuals

Claude Taylor? @TrueFactsStated 23m23 minutes ago

A source with knowledge of the investigation tells me the FBI has targeted from 28 up to 42 individuals. Watch @KeithOlbermann tomorrow AM



and Palmer Report:

FBI is targeting at least twenty-eight individuals in Donald Trump’s Russia scandal

Reports for the past few weeks have painted the federal investigation into Donald Trump’s Russia scandal as have a far wider reach than previously believed, with one RICO case involving a number of targets, and one FARA case involving a far larger number of targets (link). Now come the numbers: a total of at least twenty-eight individuals have been targeted by the FBI in these investigations.

That information comes by way of Democratic insider Claude Taylor, who was the first to report on the grand juries already in progress, which was later confirmed by Republican insider Rick Wilson. Taylor is now revealing that “A source with knowledge of the investigation tells me the FBI has targeted from 28 up to 42 individuals” (link). This represents an eye popping number which clearly goes well beyond the four or five Donald Trump campaign advisers who have been widely reported to be under FBI investigation. So how can there possibly be so many targets of the investigation?

RICO cases usually involve money laundering and/or organized crime, meaning that any number of Donald Trump’s political and business associates could be wrapped up in it. There have long been stories of Trump’s Russian business associates living in Trump Tower, for instance. The FARA case centers around the Foreign Agent Registration Act, and ostensibly targets U.S. citizens who knowingly took money from foreign government sources without reporting it.

The FARA case is supposed to be the larger of the two, perhaps suggesting that a far larger number of Trump’s campaign advisers took Russian government money, or that Republican politicians outside Trump’s campaign may have taken Russian government money. In any case Taylor says to watch Keith Olbermann’s online video broadcast on Friday morning for further details on the twenty-eight or more FBI targets in the Trump-Russia scandal.
https://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/28-fbi-donald-trump-russia/2594/


plus from Louise:





Louise Mensch?Verified account @LouiseMensch 46m46 minutes ago

Trump will be gone, Team Treason will be gone, Putin will be punished, America will triumph, I'm totally relaxed about it all.
Thanks #USIC


Louise Mensch?Verified account @LouiseMensch 45m45 minutes ago

More bad news Team Trump - did you wash any Russian money in a bank with a branch in New York?
@AGSchneiderman has you by the cojones.


Louise Mensch?Verified account @LouiseMensch 47m47 minutes ago

Bad news Team Trump - FBI wuz all up in ur servers reading all ur packet data and yr iodine xfer messaging

Call your lawyers













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from Claude Taylor - FBI Targeted from 28 to 42 individuals (Original Post) womanofthehills May 2017 OP
Dear God let this be real. Maybe this is why they are in such a desperation pnwest May 2017 #1
Not sure God is involved here but otherwise hope you are right! triron May 2017 #2
Message deleted by DU the Administrators singed.dude May 2017 #18
I pretty much tune out "the palmer report" Warren DeMontague May 2017 #3
The Palmer Report is only elaborating on Claude Taylor's tweet womanofthehills May 2017 #5
I would love for this shit to come a rainin' down in an indictment/impeachment shitstorm Warren DeMontague May 2017 #7
Keith Olbermann believes in Claude womanofthehills May 2017 #9
And now I've got "Manchester England, England" stuck in my head. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #11
From "Hair" saidsimplesimon May 2017 #21
Palmer pretty much summarizes in journo form the tweetersphere elias7 May 2017 #6
Teaser #309802724 FiveGoodMen May 2017 #4
And even if these details are proven true they have no actionable value. tandem5 May 2017 #13
Is it wrong of me to hope Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. are caught up in this as well? LonePirate May 2017 #8
Mensch seems to think they are in trouble too! womanofthehills May 2017 #10
oh please, oh please, oh please. mopinko May 2017 #12
I have no doubt that there's a helluva lot of people that are going to go down for this Mr. Ected May 2017 #14
Well The Hearing With Comey Me. May 2017 #15
Bharara transferred files to Schneiderman womanofthehills May 2017 #16
So That's Why He Refused To Resign Me. May 2017 #17
4th Legal Action: Melania Filing for Divorce from the Orangutan Stallion May 2017 #19
The large number of people makes sense. Trump would have to pay-off tons for the scam to work. JoeOtterbein May 2017 #20
It's time for the United States political system to clean house bucolic_frolic May 2017 #22
They knew about this all along bucolic_frolic May 2017 #23
I am doing the same thing - checking Claude throughout the day womanofthehills May 2017 #24
Claude hopes he will have some new info in a day or two womanofthehills May 2017 #25
Taking a coffee break in 15 minutes to watch HoneyBadger May 2017 #26
I honestly was expecting something more HoneyBadger May 2017 #27

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
1. Dear God let this be real. Maybe this is why they are in such a desperation
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:41 PM
May 2017

to get trumpcare passed. They know they'll never have another chance, and the window of opportunity on this one is rapidly closing.

Dear God, please let this be real. And let it fly soon.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. I pretty much tune out "the palmer report"
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:48 PM
May 2017

Mensch's track record has been better.

Still I'll wait for independent confirmation. I'm not getting Fitzmas'd again.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
7. I would love for this shit to come a rainin' down in an indictment/impeachment shitstorm
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:57 PM
May 2017

the sooner the better.

but I'm going to hold off on getting too excited yet.

womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)
9. Keith Olbermann believes in Claude
Thu May 4, 2017, 07:03 PM
May 2017
Keith Olbermann?Verified account @KeithOlbermann 52m52 minutes ago

Keith Olbermann Retweeted Claude Taylor

Claude and his sources know their stuff. Follow him. That's exactly what I'm doing.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
21. From "Hair"
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:54 PM
May 2017

I also withhold comment based on verifiable evidence. With Comey we better practice how long can you hold your breath and tread water.

elias7

(3,997 posts)
6. Palmer pretty much summarizes in journo form the tweetersphere
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:57 PM
May 2017

Combs through the tweets of the Jester, Claude Taylor, John Schindler, Louise Mensch, Malcolm Nance, et al and regurgitates the info that they say they get from "intelligence sources". Have to say, they have been on the money all along. Mensch likes to speculate and postulate theories and scenarios, but does qualify them as her opinion, rather than the pieces of reporting she does.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
4. Teaser #309802724
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:52 PM
May 2017

None of this matters if nothing ever, actually ... happens.

The imminent demise of these crooks has been looming for longer than I can remember now.

tandem5

(2,072 posts)
13. And even if these details are proven true they have no actionable value.
Thu May 4, 2017, 07:16 PM
May 2017

Claude Taylor, Louise Mensch, and the rest of them should stay focused on pointing out potential connections and less on what they heard from a reliable source about what flavor of soda Comey chose at a vending machine outside a grand jury hearing.

LonePirate

(13,417 posts)
8. Is it wrong of me to hope Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. are caught up in this as well?
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:58 PM
May 2017

It would be fitting if the neglected Tiffany and Melania are the only ones left standing once all this goes down.

mopinko

(70,081 posts)
12. oh please, oh please, oh please.
Thu May 4, 2017, 07:13 PM
May 2017

we know from rachel that money laundering is the way cheato pays beck his mafia loans. w/o doubt, from the public record.

the only question is who has the huevos to pull the trigger.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
14. I have no doubt that there's a helluva lot of people that are going to go down for this
Thu May 4, 2017, 07:22 PM
May 2017

The question is, will they cut off the head of the snake....and who will end up brandishing the knife that does the job?

Me.

(35,454 posts)
15. Well The Hearing With Comey
Thu May 4, 2017, 07:24 PM
May 2017

Proved Claude Taylor was right about the juries so I'm willing to hang on and see what happens. So far Claude & Louise have been on the money. Also, I know Mr. Wonderful Schneiderman has been after 45 for a while and if anyone has a shot at 45 he does.

womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)
16. Bharara transferred files to Schneiderman
Thu May 4, 2017, 07:27 PM
May 2017
Claude Taylor? @TrueFactsStated May 1

I'm told by my source that Bharara took that time while still in office to collect and transfer all Trump files to AG Schneiderman.

bucolic_frolic

(43,128 posts)
22. It's time for the United States political system to clean house
Thu May 4, 2017, 09:26 PM
May 2017

Citizens United was bad enough. All this foreign influence, perhaps money laundering,
slush funds - they all aided incumbents who would take the cash.

Let this lead wherever it may. Let them get every last culprit. If we are weak or
rudderless for awhile, so be it. The way the screws have been turned on the little
guy, the hourly workers, the career laborers, the families, the kids and grandparents ...
this is un-American.

We need big, strong, bold selfless career servants to level the playing field.

bucolic_frolic

(43,128 posts)
23. They knew about this all along
Thu May 4, 2017, 09:39 PM
May 2017

Last July 27, when Trump invited the hacking, you were left scratching your head.
How can he do that?

They let the investigation run so as to catch them all.

If this OP has depth to it. We are witnessing our justice system, our tax
dollars, doing its job. Is this possible? I'm pinching myself. Hard. In many
places.

womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)
24. I am doing the same thing - checking Claude throughout the day
Thu May 4, 2017, 11:56 PM
May 2017
Claude Taylor Retweeted
Jennifer Hyatte? @MissTrueRepubs 14m14 minutes ago
Replying to @KeithOlbermann

My new daily ritual is: 1. Check @TrueFactsStated, 2. Get off Twitter & on with life, 3. Repeat Steps 1&2 seven times.

womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)
25. Claude hopes he will have some new info in a day or two
Fri May 5, 2017, 12:04 AM
May 2017
Claude Taylor? @TrueFactsStated 10m10 minutes ago

Nothing new to report-I do hope to have some new information on "bigger fish" caught in Comey's net in next day or two.
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