Carl Bernstein: Trump Tower Meeting Was 'Convened For The Purpose Of Collusion'

[jpak]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernstein-says-trump-tower-meeting-was-convened-for-purpose-of-collusion_us_5b5e67b5e4b0de86f49843f8

Legendary Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein said Sunday that Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting in Trump Tower with a Kremlin-linked lawyer to get “dirt” on Hillary Clinton was “convened for the purpose of collusion.” In addition, Donald Trump participated in a “demonstrable cover-up” by devising a fake story about the purpose of the meeting, he said.

The Washington Post reported that it was the president who “dictated a misleading statement” saying the purpose of the campaign meeting was “primarily” to discuss a “program about the adoption of Russian children.”

Bernstein and two other reporters broke the CNN story last week that Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen said his boss “authorized” the meeting.

“That is huge news,” Bernstein said on Brian Stelter’s “Reliable Sources” on CNN. “Who is telling the truth is yet to be determined.” Trump has denied knowing in advance about the meeting.

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[Quixote1818]

1. Of course it was nt

[RockRaven]

2. Journalists should stop using the word "collusion" as it has no statutory meaning...

a partial list of the correct terms (some of which have many subsets/qualifiers) would be, in no particular order:

conspiracy
fraud
theft
espionage
treason


STOP using the word collusion if you want to convey useful meaning with your words -- hint, hint, that's why Trump always says "no *collusion*"

[dchill]

3. Are journalists conspiring to avoid....

saying "conspiracy?" Or just colluding...

[TheFrenchRazor]

4. true, they need to focus on things that have clear legal penalties. nt

[More_Cowbell]

5. Yes. They should say "conspiracy"

Manafort is charged with conspiracy against the United States; Gates already pled guilty to it. 18 USC 371.

The MSM is just helping Trump by using "collusion"

And the ones who say Russia "meddled" in our election drive me MAD.

[Hekate]

6. What you said. By now, use of "collusion" & "meddling" is just lazy. The public evidence....

...is waaay past those anodyne descriptions.

[duforsure]

7. I agree

When they went there knowing the Russian government might give them stolen dirt on Hillary, then they showed up , that was collusion, which is not illegal, but conspiracy is. They admitted already they colluded , and already there is evidence showing they conspired with them to use it against Hillary , and well organized together to hurt her campaign. When trump repeats something a lot , its always a lie, and he does that often, repeats his biggest lies , a lot. No collusion he knows is a lie, just like his claim its a hoax when he has known for a long time it isn't. trumps a serial liar who can never be trusted for the truth, ever.

[elias7]

8. For all you Mensch lovers and haters...

Her contacts tell her that there was more than one meeting, these were recorded (cell phone as hot mic, Manafort’s) and that Mueller has them. Further, Trump called into one or more of these meetings.

“Sources with links to the intelligence community and the justice department report that Donald Trump himself is on tape calling in to a meeting at Trump Tower, where collusion with Russians was discussed. The source of the recording of Mr. Trump was his campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s campaign chairman. His phone had been legally hacked by the United States intelligence community under an SS7 exploit and turned into a ‘hot mike’ where he was, unbeknownst to him, recording all those with whom he was speaking. Manafort officially left the Trump campaign in the summer. However, it is important to note that he lived in Trump Tower throughout. He was also working on the campaign throughout.”

https://patribotics.blog/2017/07/15/exclusive-donald-trump-called-into-a-trump-tower-russian-spy-meeting/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[2naSalit]

9. If true...

boy are they in big trouble.

[BSdetect]

10. It was for treason not collusion.