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56. "In exchange for lifting US sanctions"

Fri Mar 24, 2017, 04:28 AM

Mar 2017

The #Russiagate scandal involves claims Trump was given 0.5% of Rosneft and aid in getting elected in exchange for lifting US sanctions.

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RussiaGate blows WIDE OPEN in Abrahamson report: High Crimes and Misdemeanors [View all] LaydeeBug Mar 2017 OP

facts, evidence, corroboration sorely missing. but then every tweet is true lol nt msongs Mar 2017 #1

perhaps check again... LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #3

Reading is fundamental. nt babylonsister Mar 2017 #9

Say again? WinkyDink Mar 2017 #66

🙄 we can do it Mar 2017 #93

Holee shit!!! Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #2

++++ iluvtennis Mar 2017 #42

Forward this to the intell committee for tomorrow's meeting Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #4

Plot to sell America's foreign policy for foreign oil and steal election ... imprisonment territory L. Coyote Mar 2017 #5

Do they have any proof of the Roseneft share? Renew Deal Mar 2017 #6

Apparently it was leaked Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #12

If true, it's likely illegal 10 different way. Renew Deal Mar 2017 #13

Russian oil shares AND the Presidency. Not "for". The "for" is tRump policy action favoring Russia. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #96

A somewhat similar story from business insider a month ago womanofthehills Mar 2017 #35

wow. thanks for this. nt LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #73

'offered' but not accepted. I doubt there is a paper trail of ownership. Sunlei Mar 2017 #108

K&R..a must read... HipChick Mar 2017 #7

Bye, Felicia ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2017 #8

Be nice if they took pence first, and Ryan resigns after the Healthcare fiasco Alice11111 Mar 2017 #38

Purge Pence first. Ryan will simply decline; wants 2020/24. Doesn't want to be short term Ford 74-76 Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #98

Pence lied about not knowing flynn spoke w Russians Alice11111 Mar 2017 #106

Holy Merde! Mme. Defarge Mar 2017 #10

Gov. Don Siegelman, the Roughly $3.6 Billion, ExxonMobil, and Pissing Off BIG OIL. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #18

Opps. Pickering spelled his name wrong. it's Seth Abramson pat_k Mar 2017 #11

Is Abramson reliable? eleny Mar 2017 #14

Columnist @HuffPostPol @DallasNews. Professor @UofNH. Editor @BAX_Series. Attorney. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #20

I hope that it can be verified who was staying at the Mayflower eleny Mar 2017 #22

We know who was in the room at the invitation-only VIP event, there are photos L. Coyote Mar 2017 #26

This whole thing is blowing up big with this tweet storm but it's all health care on the news eleny Mar 2017 #30

NY Times and politico.com BadgerMom Mar 2017 #32

since he says it was a known russian meeting place, mopinko Mar 2017 #77

No, insisted Bernie was winning all the way until the convention nt geek tragedy Mar 2017 #25

sources? triron Mar 2017 #29

Note the date. geek tragedy Mar 2017 #75

I'd agree to take it with a grain of salt, but lots of those links are verfiable. nt LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #104

Over on dailykos BadgerMom Mar 2017 #33

Abramson seems very legit - professor at Univ of New Hampshire,graduate of Harvard Law, ... iluvtennis Mar 2017 #45

He is a proponent of making up the news as performance art Fiendish Thingy Mar 2017 #78

I don't have twitter or whatever Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #15

we need to wait for this to be sourced better from reading comments downthread on DKos Turn CO Blue Mar 2017 #16

I don't place a lot of weight on article comments on the web by pseudonymynous nobodies. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #23

Even if the pseudonymous nobodies provide verifiable critiques ? Fiendish Thingy Mar 2017 #79

Attacking the messenger is revelatory of losing on the truth front. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #82

Bots and trolls and nobodies, oh my! we can do it Mar 2017 #94

IF this is true, it could be a very huge story! kentuck Mar 2017 #17

wow! triron Mar 2017 #19

I mean, if even only 25% is true Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #21

And don't forget, members of the zentrum Mar 2017 #24

Bye bye BIG CON pbmus Mar 2017 #27

Never thought I'd agree with K.Fox watchers must be pissed. BTW, Intel may corroborate Obama wiretap Alice11111 Mar 2017 #40

Why does Fox News lie? sharedvalues Mar 2017 #60

Yes, those 2 things are next. Focus on Russia& Nunes resign Alice11111 Mar 2017 #105

Looks very plausible... tinrobot Mar 2017 #28

Most of this was already know and verified, Seth puts it together really well. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #34

+1000 dchill Mar 2017 #61

Nunes needs to ditch the pinstripes. dgibby Mar 2017 #88

I'm still reviewing the whole thread, but so far it rings of truth. StrictlyRockers Mar 2017 #31

Ooopha!! That's one scary spoon feeding. ffr Mar 2017 #36

Sessions was a sitting senator and betrayed his country. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #70

Absolutely agree. ffr Mar 2017 #92

He and Nunes Alice11111 Mar 2017 #107

How Russia sold its oil jewel (Reuters) dooner Mar 2017 #37

now we have some names, but what i wonder mopinko Mar 2017 #80

So, in the end they are all flamingdem Mar 2017 #39

Every single Repug involved with this... Dopers_Greed Mar 2017 #41

The only thing that makes me doubt this story,... LudwigPastorius Mar 2017 #43

.05 % 30-50 billion... pbmus Mar 2017 #47

Rosneft isn't a trillion dollar company. LudwigPastorius Mar 2017 #49

In 2006 it was worth 83 billion...and if pbmus Mar 2017 #53

You aren't including Sec of State Tillerson's role here... Kensan Mar 2017 #100

Don't forget that he also gets to be president radical noodle Mar 2017 #51

Plus he is heavily in debt. we can do it Mar 2017 #95

KNR Lucinda Mar 2017 #44

If Trump cheated to obtain office & is forced to resign, the rightful President is not Mike Pence. iluvtennis Mar 2017 #46

AMEN to that!! onetexan Mar 2017 #52

This would be the only true justice. SalviaBlue Mar 2017 #97

I'm wondering what the FBI is looking for as "solid proof" and not circumstantial. world wide wally Mar 2017 #48

Conversations with details, same as the Feds look for all conspiracy crimes. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #67

YEP Cosmocat Mar 2017 #74

Is organised crime big in Singapore? meadowlander Mar 2017 #50

I checked this Chitown Kev Mar 2017 #54

Speaking of Singapore, dgibby Mar 2017 #89

Is Singapore part of the known world? Google "Gambling in Singapore." Trump is not a "wannabe." WinkyDink Mar 2017 #68

So how long is this going to go on? JustAnotherGen Mar 2017 #55

"In exchange for lifting US sanctions" Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #56

K&R KewlKat Mar 2017 #57

Bud FUCKING McFarland? Chasstev365 Mar 2017 #58

(MEGA-THREAD) KewlKat Mar 2017 #59

+1000 dchill Mar 2017 #62

Deserves its own OP.....thank you. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #71

Fantastic, thanks! Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #87

Yes! This should be an OP. Good work! FailureToCommunicate Mar 2017 #109

Wowza! Thank you for all this excellent source material. Nt Stardust Mar 2017 #110

Remember that no act brings about impeachment BainsBane Mar 2017 #63

I suggest to you that Nixon's resignation upon threat of impeachment was based on bi-partisan WinkyDink Mar 2017 #69

True in the case of Nixon BainsBane Mar 2017 #72

Nixon almost got away with it, even though people accepted that he was responsible grantcart Mar 2017 #99

As they said about Watergate, follow the money. Vinca Mar 2017 #64

That's almost always the nitty-gritty. Stardust Mar 2017 #111

NOT vague "high crimes and misdemeanors." It is the precisely delineated "TREASON." WinkyDink Mar 2017 #65

Read the comments in the Daily Kos thread Fiendish Thingy Mar 2017 #76

Talking it down? GliderGuider Mar 2017 #83

"Circumstantial evidence strongly indicates" is a weasly phrase. randome Mar 2017 #84

Here is a VERY similar & comprehensive story from Mar 20th...Abrahmson's inspiration... jmg257 Mar 2017 #81

Thank you for this. Very enlightening. nt LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #91

The problem with conspiracies. Turbineguy Mar 2017 #85

Trump and admin need to Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #86

Why keep the owners a secret? Blue_Roses Mar 2017 #90

This is hopefully what will be exposed orangecrush Mar 2017 #101

You mean the ones Nunes just cancelled? LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #102

People need to scream about this. It is Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #103

I am fully confident orangecrush Mar 2017 #112