'Trump's son should be concerned': Wiretaps show Trump Jr. met with Putin ally

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Yahoo News

Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent,
Yahoo News•May 25, 2018

The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers and the National Rifle Association, that led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during the gun lobby’s annual convention in Louisville in May, 2016, a top Spanish prosecutor said Friday.

Jose Grinda, who has spearheaded investigations into Spanish organized crime said that bureau officials in recent months requested and were provided transcripts of wiretapped conversations between Torshin and Alexander Romanov, a convicted Russian money launderer. On the wiretaps, Romanov refers to Torshin as “El Padrino,” his godfather.

“Just a few months ago, the wiretaps of these telephone conversations were given to the FBI,” Grinda said in response to a question from Yahoo News during a talk he gave at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington. Asked if he was concerned about Torshin’s meetings with Donald Trump Jr. and other American political figures, Grinda replied: “Mr. Trump’s son should be concerned.”

The comments by Grinda were the first clear sign that the FBI may be investigating Torshin, possibly as a part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Torshin — a close political ally of Vladimir Putin — had multiple contacts with conservative activists in the United States during the election, seeking to set up a summit between the Russian president and then-candidate Trump. Although the summit never transpired, Torshin did meet briefly with the president’s son at a private dinner in Louisville during the May 2016 annual convention of the NRA. A member of the NRA since 2012, Torshin has been a regular attendee of the group’s conventions in recent years and hosted senior members of the group in Moscow.

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[Leghorn21]

1. I love the smell of "Friday afternoon" on most Fridays now!! Thanks for posting, Judi Lynn!

Dayam!

[Me.]

2. It's Just Spilling Out All Over THe Place

[MontanaMama]

3. Goddammit.

Everyday there is more evidence that these self enriching traitorous assholes are guilty of selling our republic. Just when I think there is no bottom, boom! Further down we go. One step forward two steps back.

[RandomAccess]

4. Alrighty then

Rubs hands together with glee.

I love the smell of spying revelations in the afternoon.

[TheRealNorth]

5. That's kind of like the Treason Trifecta

Russians, Trump, and the NRA. One concern I have is if there is anything incriminating, will it be admissible as evidence?

[zaj]

6. Why would the NRA have anything to do with Russia?

As an American trade association, what objective business might the NRA have in Russia? Why might they have a need to travel to Moscow? I'm trying to see it through the NRA's eyes. I can't image that this started as an effort to expand into Russia, but I also can't imagine it was originally an effort to launder Russian money into US politics either.

That seems like where it might have veered over time.

[erronis]

13. Valid observations. And I think someone has the answers. It probably starts with "Follow the money"

All of the people that we know who are involved are obsessed with money and power.

And I'm sure there was some careful analysis by the plotters within and outside of the US to find conduits that could be used to channel money.

Real-estate is of course primary. Membership organizations (NRA/PACs) are good. Trusts and other multi-layered corps work.

I'd really like to have the problem of where to stuff an extra $1M without it being detected. I like a firm mattress.

[Maine-i-acs]

18. NRA funnels Russian black money to the USA

Then to rightwing candidates via NRCC and PACs.
Good for NRA, good for Russia, good for Republicans.

[thbobby]

7. Wow, I am dumbfounded almost every day

Thanks Judi Lynn! The traitorous trump mafia is being exposed as the organized crime family they are. After eight years of an honest and intelligent black president, racists and bigots elected trump. They must be so proud. Not to mention stupid and hateful. My God, how could we let this happen in America? And it is not just trump. The entire gop is complicit. So much smoke and so many Americans bitch about unpatriotic kneeling while hating minorities more than they value America.

[mitch96]

8. Hope they drag this thing out for how ever long

Till daddy tRump is gone and can't bail him out...
m

[paleotn]

9. When all this finally comes out....

it will shake this country to its foundations. But, I think it's necessary every couple generations to clear out the dead wood. We've not had a really good house cleaning since 70's with Watergate, the Church committee, et al.

[pangaia]

12. We have NEVER had a house cleaning like this COULD be... IF it happens.

[sharedvalues]

16. Piketty: Crash, Depression and two World Wars were the last

Those terrible events were what it took to reduce wealth inequality a century ago.

Let’s hope we don’t need that again.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. When all of this comes out ...

Both the Trump sons, and Ivanka, and of course Kushner, they will all receive their pardons.

So, from a Trump point of view, no harm done.

[duforsure]

10. What's bad is

Trump senior will be putting calls into someone to stop what they're doing to him or he'll use our government and his position to hurt them , just like he does everyone else. While the GOP Congress do nothing to him for it.

[RockRaven]

11. HAHAHAHAHA... Fredo met with the Godfather

you can't make this stuff up.

worst... criminals... ever!

[NCjack]

14. There must be a treasure trove of European intercepts of non-US citizens speaking with Sr. and Jr.

[YessirAtsaFact]

21. I've always thought that our allies intelligence services would want to help Mueller

Trump's attacks on our FBI, our CIA and NATO are horrible for our traditional European allies as well as us.

Plus, the attacks on our spooks have probably pissed off a lot of their international contacts who would be happy to help fry OrangeTurd.

Hopefully this is just the beginning of the information we get from friendly intelligence services.

[sharedvalues]

15. Thieving Trump Crime Family.

Like many GOP billionaires, the Thieving Trump Crime Family will do anything for money. Step on American values, screw other Americans- whatever necessary to stuff more money in their own pocket.

[Honeycombe8]

17. I heard that when the news about his meeting w/the Russians was leaked.

Months later, and nothing has happened. And Kushner, also at the meeting, has had his security clearance reinstated.

[MelissaB]

19. I've been waiting for this story for about a year.

Finally!

[bucolic_frolic]

20. The collusion gets worse every day, this is far greater than almost anyone imagined

so many high level contact, so many countries, so many people around the President involved, some American organizations involved.

I'm finding it frightening nowadays

[BobTheSubgenius]

22. I'd really like to know how this implicates the useless wretch.

Nothing trivial, I hope.

[red dog 1]

23. Kick

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Judi Lynn

[jpak]

26. But...but...but...

No Collusion!

Sad!