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flamingdem

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Wed Jan 11, 2017, 01:21 AM Jan 2017

Intel says Donald Trump agreed to let Russia have Ukraine in exchange for hacking election [View all]

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-hacking-election/808/

Donald is going to wet his pants, Tweetstorm at 12 o'clock!

In the hours since an intelligence report about Donald Trump and Russia went public which the FBI, NSA and CIA all thought was credible enough to brief the President on, most of the focus has been on Trump’s alleged sexual antics included in the report. It included everything from Trump being involved with Russian prostitutes, to Russia videotaping it all and planning to blackmail him. But there’s another, potentially more serious accusation in the report: Trump agreed to let Russia have Ukraine in return for its role in helping him get elected.

The accusations in the intel report in question, which came from a former British MI6 intelligence officer, have not yet been proven. All we know thus far is that the U.S. intel community did consider the report viable enough that it briefed both President Obama and Trump himself on the matter. The most damning passage may be the following, which appears on pages seven and eight:

“Inter alia, Source E, acknowledged that the Russian regime had been behind the recent leak of embarrassing e-mail messages, emanating from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), to the WikiLeaks platform. The reason for using WikiLeaks was “plausible deniability? and the operation had been conducted with the full knowledge and support of TRUMP and senior members of his campaign team. In return the TRUMP team had agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue and to raise defence commitments in the Baltics and Eastern Europe to de?ect attention away from Ukraine, 3 priority for PUTIN who needed to cauterise the subject.”

If this particular detail of the intel report can be proven, it represents treason and it would almost certainly result in Trump’s eventual impeachment.
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Chilling. applegrove Jan 2017 #1
So who is the Palmer Report? I never heard of them, and some of the statements are very napi21 Jan 2017 #2
Nope it's in the dosier that triron Jan 2017 #8
Run by a lawyer in Florida who tried to contest flamingdem Jan 2017 #9
It's a FAKE News Site.... LovingA2andMI Jan 2017 #24
Just don't shine the black light on this investigation Blue Owl Jan 2017 #3
+1, this statement is DRIPPING with irony uponit7771 Jan 2017 #5
Or dribbling flamingdem Jan 2017 #10
lol uponit7771 Jan 2017 #13
but hillary's i.t. guy didn't keep up with microsoft security updates and podesta's risotto recipe.. unblock Jan 2017 #4
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #6
It boggles my mind that the cleanest political candidate in history... joshcryer Jan 2017 #19
It's not an impeachable offense to hire a prostitute for kinky sex acts. Chemisse Jan 2017 #30
Impeachment is a political act unblock Jan 2017 #33
was this promise what resulted in that being pulled from the RNC platform prior to his convention? KewlKat Jan 2017 #7
Good connect, circumstantial evidence galore flamingdem Jan 2017 #11
I'd love to get Trump. . . . . . Legitimately. Such junk doesn't help us, unless confirmed. Hoyt Jan 2017 #12
From the Palmer Report flamingdem Jan 2017 #14
Sad, but I'm afraid you're right. Blue_Roses Jan 2017 #23
They have Pence (ugh!) waiting in the wings, dmr Jan 2017 #26
Too bad we don't have golden water-gate evidence Ilsa Jan 2017 #38
Yep! Yep! Alice11111 Jan 2017 #31
This guy has the timeline and the characters all together. I don't know how to past an actual Maraya1969 Jan 2017 #15
Trump troll bot says: KGBot001 Jan 2017 #16
lol nt brer cat Jan 2017 #36
Impeachment...by the GOP Congress...which is implicated in covering it up pre-election? Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #17
That's what I'd like to know. Comey's timing has dmr Jan 2017 #27
My thoughts exactly Alice11111 Jan 2017 #32
If that doesn't meet the definition of 'Aid and Comfort' then I don't know what the fuck does. Volaris Jan 2017 #18
Former British intelligence officer with relationship w/Russian insiders is saying it's pretty legit iluvtennis Jan 2017 #20
I'm guessing right about now Melania's Mr. Evil Jan 2017 #21
He can't deny it. We all watched it happen just a few months ago. NBachers Jan 2017 #22
Sketchy looking site. How legit? xor Jan 2017 #25
Buzzfeed link for those who haven't made their way to it xor Jan 2017 #28
Buzzfeed said that document had been passed around the media for weeks muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #35
Thanks for the links and information... xor Jan 2017 #39
That is sick. Trump is evil. The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #29
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #34
Not sure I'm buying that aspect of the report. randome Jan 2017 #37
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