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December 1, 2017

Trump July 2016 no contacts with Russia

27 July 2016
In an interview held at his golf course in Doral, Florida, Donald Trump tells a local CBS news channel there are no ties between his campaign and Russian officials.

“I can tell you,” he says, “I think if I came up with that, they’d say, ‘Oh, it’s a conspiracy theory, it’s ridiculous.’ I mean I have nothing to do with Russia. I don’t have any jobs in Russia. I’m all over the world but we’re not involved in Russia.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/donald-trump-russia-timeline-campaign-denials

November 30, 2017

Why is Trump going even more crazy?

Both Flynn and Kushner are talking to Mueller.



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/politics/flynn-mueller-russia-trump.html

A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller

http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-robert-mueller-have-been-talking-about-michael-flynn-russia-investigation-2017-11

Jared Kushner and Robert Mueller have been talking about Michael Flynn

November 29, 2017

Where Melania got her ideas for the White House Christmas Decor



It always comes back to Russia
November 27, 2017

Is Trump just a sick bastard or was he trying to change the news cycle with his "Pocahontas" stuff?

WTF is wrong w/that man?

Flynn flipping might have him in a world of hurt and I wouldn't put anything past
him at this point.

November 27, 2017

Somehow I don't think I'm gonna click on this link from a random email

Your INHERITANCE

INHERITANCE on your last name as You share same last name with our late Client email us on xxxxxxx@gmail.com for
inheritance claims.

November 22, 2017

Can I use wax paper when the recipe calls for parchment paper?

making parker house rolls

November 22, 2017

The Byrds, "He was a friend of mine."



“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.” JFK
November 22, 2017

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS TOP INVESTIGATORS ARE CIRCLING JARED KUSHNER

Source: Vanity Fair

It has been six months since news broke that investigators were looking into Jared Kushner’s meetings with foreign officials as part of their broad probe into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. Since then, congressional committees have sifted through documents and called witnesses, including Kushner, to testify for hours on Capitol Hill. Last month, special counsel Robert Mueller handed down his first indictments, and he has begun interviewing a handful of key White House aides, turning up the heat on President Donald Trump’s inner circle.

Kushner has vociferously denied any collusion, despite his multiple meetings with Russian officials—formalities and part of the job, he claims—that went unreported on his security clearance form due to an alleged clerical error. But according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Mueller and his team remain deeply interested in many of Kushner’s dealings. Specifically, investigators have been asking witnesses questions about Kushner’s involvement in a series of controversial events that transpired over the past year and a half, including Kushner’s role in firing former F.B.I. director James Comey, a decision that many believe was a fatal mistake, and which led to Mueller’s appointment. (Sources familiar with the situation confirm that Kushner supported his father-in-law’s choice.)

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The insight into Mueller’s sustained interest in Kushner comes just days after congressional investigators expressed their frustration that Kushner may not have been completely forthcoming and truthful with two committees this summer in both his testimony and his document production. Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee leaders sent Kushner’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, a letter explaining that they are still missing documents they requested last month, adding that there are “several documents” known to exist that Lowell did not turn over in his initial production, including e-mails sent to Kushner last year about WikiLeaks, which Kushner then forwarded to another campaign official.

Despite evidence that he received and forwarded the e-mails in question, Kushner told congressional committees in July that he was unaware of any contact with the campaign and WikiLeaks. In response, Lowell said in a statement that “a communication in which he was a copied recipient and was not about Russia contacts by him (or apparently by anyone else) was not responsive to any request about Mr. Kushner’s own contacts.” On Monday, Lowell told CNN, “If you look at the content of these e-mails, he’s the hero . . . He’s the one who’s saying there shouldn’t be any contact with foreign officials or foreign entities.”



Read more: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/justice-department-investigators-circling-jared-kushner



November 22, 2017

Chris Matthews is an asshole.

End of story. Who the hell is he to criticize Hillary's feelings that
the 2016 election was dirty?

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