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Bernardo de La Paz

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25. They are blaming Obama for letting lawyer in, but latest is DHS has debunked that claim

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #12)

Fri Jul 14, 2017, 09:18 AM

Jul 2017

... for admitting the Russian lawyer into the US.

But they don't see the inherent contradiction. If the lawyer should have been barred from entry, then mini-Trump should not have met with the lawyer.

Trump's own DHS has debunked his conspiracy theory: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141820456

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