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pnwmom

(110,237 posts) Sun Sep 3, 2017, 03:18 PM Sep 2017

Jill Stein lies through her teeth about her Putin dinner in Moscow. [View all]

The guy sitting next to her is Dmitry Peskov, one of Putin's most trusted aides, who speaks excellent English and has served as a translator.

http://www.newsweek.com/2017/09/08/jill-stein-interview-russia-trump-645722.html

Your name was mentioned in the document request from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the lawyers of Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. Why?

I think it’s there for the same reason that that photo keeps circulating without a single fact. There was no translator at the dinner. Putin came in very briefly. Maybe he was there for 10 or 15 minutes before he gave a speech in Russian. Nobody was introduced to anybody. My conversation was actually with the guy sitting next to me, a German diplomat.

THE DINNER TABLE IS SHOWN HERE, WITH THE DINERS IDENTIFIED.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/flynn-putin-dinner-payment-security-clearance-photo/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Peskov

Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov (Russian: Дмитрий Серге́евич Песков; IPA: [pʲɪˈskof]; born October 17, 1967) is a Russian diplomat, translator and turcologist. Since 2012, Peskov has been the Press Secretary for the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

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Jill Stein lies through her teeth about her Putin dinner in Moscow. [View all] pnwmom Sep 2017 OP

"Clearly" the photo was doctored. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #1

Are you fucking serious? Unbelievable. Fucking unbelievable. nt Blue_true Sep 2017 #9

He's being sarcastic. BainsBane Sep 2017 #21

Seems to me that more and more often people here are missing obvious sarcasm. pangaia Sep 2017 #28

I think people are on edge BainsBane Sep 2017 #33

I was being sarcastic. DU needs a dedicated sarcasm font. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #49

Sorry. DU does have a sarcasm smilie but you need to go to the second page of smilies. Blue_true Sep 2017 #52

Nothing to apologize for. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #53

You should put the "sarcasm" smilie in your posts when sarcastic. So people know for sure.nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #29

I agree. Or I should put in a sarcasm alert. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #51

Funny enough Peskov directed the hacking operation Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #2

I expect nothing more than Progressive dog Sep 2017 #3

Jill Stein is a liar and a fraud. Her campaign was promoted by the Russian oligarchs R B Garr Sep 2017 #4

It was all a concentrated plot to destroy Hillary. Initech Sep 2017 #5

Desperate lies from Jill Stein. She must be worried. yardwork Sep 2017 #6

How Low Can She Go? Me. Sep 2017 #7

Methinks she is in trouble mcar Sep 2017 #8

I hope that she ends up in prison for the rest of her life. Blue_true Sep 2017 #14

I hope her associations plague her until she's out of U.S. politics completely. What a charlatan. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2017 #10

Here's another angle of that table. Apparently they're all looking at someone speaking.... George II Sep 2017 #11

ooh, that is very interesting, and it supports Stein's reticence and outright refusal R B Garr Sep 2017 #15

But it does support her stmt a German diplomat was sitting next to her leftstreet Sep 2017 #36

There's Jill next to the Putin apologist, lapucelle Sep 2017 #72

"turcologist"? lastlib Sep 2017 #12

Had to look that one up myself. Ligyron Sep 2017 #43

I don't see the lie. thesquanderer Sep 2017 #13

The man to her left is not German, he's Dmitry Peskov, Putin's top aide. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #16

Willie Wimmer doesn't show in that photo leftstreet Sep 2017 #26

So if Wimmer is to her right and the event had no translator... thesquanderer Sep 2017 #38

They appear to be wearing earpieces oberliner Sep 2017 #47

It's in bold in the OP. She said she was talking to a German diplomat, but it was a Russian R B Garr Sep 2017 #17

Which one is the German Diplomat? mockmonkey Sep 2017 #19

I hope Mueller gets to the bottom of this BainsBane Sep 2017 #24

Willie Wimmer. He's actually to her right leftstreet Sep 2017 #25

re: "I don't know why she says he's to her left " thesquanderer Sep 2017 #34

Oh, you're right leftstreet Sep 2017 #35

(she doesn't know her right hand from her left hand from her large arse.) lastlib Sep 2017 #45

"large arse" in a thread about a woman may get you accused of misogyny (nt) thesquanderer Sep 2017 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author m-lekktor Sep 2017 #71

Did Mother Jones... mockmonkey Sep 2017 #44

Maybe they had Musical Chairs that night mockmonkey Sep 2017 #46

That is a reasonable question oberliner Sep 2017 #48

I think the original credit remains even if someone else then crops it. (n/t) thesquanderer Sep 2017 #67

NBC News published the photo with the same cropping a month prior to the Mother Jones piece oberliner Sep 2017 #68

And their version was terribly cropped, it cuts out half the people's names. thesquanderer Sep 2017 #69

Willy Wimmer is very much pro-Putin oberliner Sep 2017 #70

There is no question that there are cropped and uncropped versions of the pic, thesquanderer Sep 2017 #73

I have no idea leftstreet Sep 2017 #50

The cropped version is actually more flattering lapucelle Sep 2017 #59

!! You're right leftstreet Sep 2017 #60

I wasn't referring to her outfit. lapucelle Sep 2017 #63

Ah leftstreet Sep 2017 #64

Jill Stein is a tool of the right wing. nt SunSeeker Sep 2017 #18

I wondered why...? kentuck Sep 2017 #20

And ran very expensive ads right before the election BainsBane Sep 2017 #23

She got a chunk from our taxes, when we check off that little box. pnwmom Sep 2017 #27

That's no where near enough BainsBane Sep 2017 #31

Susan Sarandon and other celebrities? And matching govt funds? Just guessing. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #30

We should look at her FEC filings. BainsBane Sep 2017 #32

Lying is yet another trait she shares with Trump BainsBane Sep 2017 #22

That whole interview says so much about Jill Stein oberliner Sep 2017 #37

She's crazy as loon, but she's not lying about the German diplomat leftstreet Sep 2017 #39

She says she is not convinced that the Russians planted fake news stories oberliner Sep 2017 #40

I think she has some delusions leftstreet Sep 2017 #42

Willy Wimmer has had no diplomatic mission since 2000 lapucelle Sep 2017 #57

Yep, true. But he was sitting next to her leftstreet Sep 2017 #58

Interesting that she did. I wonder why. N/T lapucelle Sep 2017 #61

Hmm leftstreet Sep 2017 #62

The "German diplomat" in question is a Putin apologist oberliner Sep 2017 #41

Just a harmless German "diplomat". lapucelle Sep 2017 #54

Very interesting, lapucelle! It sure confirms that only anti-USA types were invited, and R B Garr Sep 2017 #55

This explains a lot. Thanks, oberliner! I also found this: pnwmom Sep 2017 #56

As Malcom Nance has repeatedly pointed out, Russian motives and actions are multi-layered... Hekate Sep 2017 #65