Mike Pence Is Toast: Anonymous Letter To WaPo Shows The Role Of Eric Prince In Trump-Russia

[babylonsister]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/26/1666425/-Mike-Pence-Is-Toast-Anonymous-Letter-To-WaPo-Shows-The-Role-Of-Eric-Prince-In-Trump-Russia


Mike Pence Is Toast: Anonymous Letter To WaPo Shows The Role Of Eric Prince In Trump-Russia
By ursulafaw
Saturday May 27, 2017 · 12:00 AM EST


Mike Pence lost all plausible deniability about his alleged ignorance of all things Russian today, if the Washington Post is correct that Pence benefactor and mentor Erik Prince is the "representative of Trump" named in an anonymous letter received by the Post in December; and moreover that Prince was a member of the Trump transition team all along.

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Erik Prince is an interesting character. Erik Prince portrays himself as a mix between Indiana Jones, Rambo, Captain America, and Pope Benedict, according to The Intercept article, "Mike Pence Will Be The Most Powerful Christian Supremacist In U.S. History." Mike Pence and Erik Prince go back a long ways. Erik Prince is Mike Pence's benefactor. Mike Pence is Neo to Erik Prince's Morpheus. Bankrolling Mike Pence so that he can become POTUS and implement dominionist rule in Washington is Erik Prince and Mike Pence's dream. The Intercept said this:


...his close relationship to Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater. In December 2007, three months after Blackwater operatives gunned down 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square; Pence and his Republican Study Committee, which served “the purpose of advancing a conservative social and economic agenda in the House of Representatives,” organized a gathering to welcome Prince to Washington. But their relationship is not just forged in wars. Prince and his mother, Elsa, have been among the top funders of scores of anti-gay-marriage ballot initiatives across the country and have played a key role in financing efforts to criminalize abortion.

Prince has long given money to Pence’s political campaigns, and toward the end of the presidential election, he contributed $100,000 to the pro-Trump/Pence Super PAC Make America Number 1. Prince’s mother kicked in another $50,000. [...] Erik Prince...portrays himself as a mix between Indiana Jones, Rambo, Captain America, and Pope Benedict...


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Mike Pence has been playing games pretending that he is a Washington outsider, which defies the imagination let alone common sense. He has lost all plausible deniability after today. It will be interesting to see him squirm out of this one. Pence and Prince were side by side on the transition team and the Washington Post has it down in black and white and considerable detail. After today's bombshell about Jared Kushner requesting a communications back channel a lot more dots are getting connected in the Trump Russia investigation. Yeah, Mike, as the Hoosier good ole boys say, “Last time there was a leak like this, Noah done got hisself a boat.”

[underpants]

1. DeVos's brother

[Madam45for2923]

30. DeVos Med. co. was the other server (Trump tower server too) connected to the Russian Alfa Bank.

[underpants]

31. Yes. The story that has been ignored.

It could very well come down to a server.

[Crash2Parties]

52. That would explain why the GOP focused so much on Clinton's server

Projection, always projection of whatever they are most guilty...

[LunaSea]

67. server post

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029037181

[Lindsay]

2. And in case anybody's not aware,

Erik Prince is the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

More branches on the Trump Crime Family tree....

[samnsara]

19. and blackwater family

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. $6,000,000,000 was lost in Iraq. A lot, maybe an awful lot, surely went through Blackwater & pockets

[Snotcicles]

56. Pallets of cash unloaded from cargo planes. Hauled away in wheel barrels. Yes I remember.

And who was the Viceroy over seeing those minor incidents? Oh yeah, Paul Bremer.

[KingCharlemagne]

63. Support our Oops! - nt

[LOL Lib]

3. Burn in hell Pence!

You are a sick and twisted man.

[Plucketeer]

44. Precisely why Trump picked him

as his running mate. Things are just so much easier when the whole crew works in unison!

[Crash2Parties]

53. Well, that and they needed someone the conservative Christians would back.

Trump already had the white supremacist crowd.

[SergeStorms]

61. But, but...........

HE'S A CHRISTIAN! He's a Republican christian, and that's a christian that is VERY unchirst-like. These types of "christians" use the term as an excuse for all the evil they do, then beg for forgiveness. I'd like to see them beg from their prison cell, please.

[LOL Lib]

65. You are so right.

They use religion to carry out their evil agenda. Prison is almost to good for them.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick.

[suffragette]

5. Was aware of Prince's connections to Trump, but not to Pence. This is extremely important.

Thanks for posting!

Massive K&R.

[Pisces]

6. They wo t let Pence go down. Trump on the other hand

They can't wait to bury him!!

[Alice11111]

7. ...but Pence lied and was there

[Pisces]

34. He will be shielded

[Alice11111]

70. So far, they are pretentiously shielded him

[furtheradu]

8. WOW! Pense & prince goin DOWN!!

Thanks God!
Important read. Big ole K&R!!!

thanks for the post!

[KT2000]

9. trump has no cover

if the Prince's are scheming for a takeover for Pence. trump may have been played big time.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Notice how things are amping up in the last two weeks.

Are some or all of the Retired CIA,NSA and other Spook people feeding the system the real truth? When the story about Comey being duped by a fake Russian E-Mail and going after Clinton,that seemed to be the Straw that broke this wide open.

Thankfully we have a few brave Men and Women who place Country above Party Politics.

[MedusaX]

11. Plus... It was the Prince/DeVos Spectrum server communicating with Alfa Bank & Trump server..

So Pence cannot reasonably possess plausible deniability for the data related activities transpiring amongst those servers

Little pensie poo you have been a bad bad boy..
Mother will not be pleased...

[furtheradu]

12. OmdearG. Thank YOU! I need a cigarette!

THIS, & Suffragette post, making my DAY!

[NightWatcher]

13. I keep saying, the IC is putting together a "prosecutable package" that will deliver the whole cabal

The end of this past week gave us the case against Jared. Soon you will see a couple days of damning evidence that sinks Pence (it may already be starting). You'll also see the systematic takedown of Sessions, Ryan, maybe McChinless, it (and we) will climax with a bulletproof case against Chump himself.

This release of evidence is highly organized but I'm not quite sure who has scheduled the takedown.

Can't wait to see what this week brings.

[grantcart]

15. They have a script and are keeping on schedule

You can just log in at 7:45 and see the bombshells run out.


The establishment has its angels and they are wearing brass knuckles are going to take Trump out.

Pence is likely to survive.

[Hekate]

23. Why do you think Pence will survive this?

Do they just not want to decapitate the entire government at once? Do they figure that Pence/Prince will be toothless at that juncture?

I swear, I cannot keep up and haven't the energy to start drawing flow charts....

[grantcart]

26. He wasn't in the loop

They never really trusted him so he stayed clean

[Hekate]

28. I've been afraid all along that Pence would maintain plausible deniability...

It's just that he looks more like a dirty liar with each passing day.

[Docreed2003]

36. Two words...Paul and Manafort....

Manafort personally chose Pence and convinced Trump to bring him on. Pence is as dirty as the rest of them. In fact, in some ways, I think the BS "my hands are clean" stuff is the intended smokescreen. Trump was the mark and Pence was the chosen golden boy. I'll never buy that Pence is clean. The whole thing is too convenient.

[Leghorn21]

39. "Why, BOTH kinds of music: country AND western!" Yeah, Docreed, "Paul and Manafort"!

I am dull witted, old and exhausted, but I do remember reading about Paulie hooking Pence up - something about a delayed plane, Paulie busts a move, Kasich (sp) out, Pence in?

Doesn't matter, those pesky details (not to my wee brain that is)!!! - the crucial takeaway here is that MANAFORT brought in Pence, and if MANAFORT lays hands on you, you're an automatic resident of Traitortown. Bam, done, over and out.

[grantcart]

50. Manafort chose him from a very short list of doable names

for 2 reasons

1) he could reassure the evangelical wing

2) they could tell him to sit in the corner.

LBJ , HHH, Nixon, Truman, Agnew served as VP and none of them hand any access to any inside information and only served as errand boys.

Pence wasn't picked because he was on the inside but because he was too stupid to look through the windows.

[WinkyDink]

27. I detect the fine Italian hand of James Comey.

[furtheradu]

29. HA! Yesssss!

[GreenEyedLefty]

66. I disagree... Pence is going down

Notwithstanding Pence's own high crimes and misdemeanors, Trump will take Pence with him.

[grantcart]

68. actually the opposite is true

Trump gains nothing by taking him down, he needs Pence to issue the pardons.

[Initech]

14. The sooner this whole party goes down the better!

[furtheradu]

16. Afternoon KICK!

Thanks again!

[AntiFascist]

17. If Trump gets taken down, Pence needs to go as well! n/t

[L. Coyote]

18. Kushner and Prince didn't know IC knew exactly what they were up to.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[H2O Man]

21. Recommended.

This is as bad -- maybe worse -- than the Reagan/Bush attempt to have a shadow government by way of the NSC, bypassing the State Department and military, in the Iran-contra scandal.

[GoCubsGo]

22. Why am I not surprised that little shitstain, Erik Prince, is involved?

That whole goddamn family is probably complicit.

[donco]

24. When I clicked on

the first link on the KOS site this is what I came up with.

We're unable to locate the page you requested.
The page may have moved or may no longer be available.
We want to help you find what you're looking for. Here are some suggestions:

[babylonsister]

37. Did you click on the link in the OP?

I just did again and got the full article.

[WinkyDink]

25. How can all these creepy, ugly, disgusting, pustules of human beings stand to be near each other?

[Solly Mack]

32. K&R

[keithbvadu2]

33. Prince sent four of his employees to their deaths in Fallujah

Prince sent four of his employees to their deaths in Fallujah

under-equipped as if it was a picnic.

[Mountain Mule]

35. K & R!

The evil empire continues to disintegrate. Can't happen fast enough or soon enough.

[furtheradu]

38. Who do Y'all think wrote anonymous letter?

& it was sent in Dec? !
wth?

[LS_Editor]

40. I hope we have dirt on Ryan, too.

That would be a different type of catastrophe.

[stuffmatters]

41. Strong relationship between Mercer (lunatic billionaire king of data analysis)Pence&Prince/DeVos too

[pamdb]

42. erik and betsy

Lets not forget that Erik Prince is the brother of Betsy
DeVos.

[trueblue2007]

43. never heard of Erik Prince

[Thor_MN]

47. Blackwater? Privately owned army that got no bid contracts during Dumbya's reign of terror?

Betsy Dumbass, I mean Devos's brother?

Meet Erik Price.

[pablo_marmol]

51. I found Jeremy Scahill's 'Blackwater' to be a great read. NT

[furtheradu]

54. Scahill..awwwsome investigative Journalist.

Highly recommended reading.
& a fine young man.
Bless 'im.

[pablo_marmol]

55. No doubt!!! NT

[gopiscrap]

45. Let's hope he's toast

[Thor_MN]

46. "Make America Number 1"

What they are doing is making America Number 2. Everything Trumppence touches turns to shit.

[brewens]

48. That Blackwater crap and the independant contractor scam is one of the biggest crimes against us

ever. I guess we thank Dick Cheney for that. It was supposed to save us money, using them for things we can't afford to pay the military to do. I say bullshit. The military used all their won stuff for, transportation, security, food service and construction in WWII didn't they? That turned out okay didn't it?

Prince and his guys pay ex military people top dollar and then some to make a profit. They charge us for everything we'd have to pay for if it were our own troops anyway. It's no deal at all. Plus they lure away our guys and we have to get more and pay to train them. We get hit with that cost too.

A couple years ago I worked with a kid that was military but only Naval reserve. He told us a lot of guys had the idea of getting their training and "going Blackwater". I pissed him off when I said those guys were crooks. BTW. This kid, Christian and home schooled, an alt-right dream. Escorted by police from a high school blood drive for hitting on a high school kid!

[not fooled]

71. Plus with contractors...

...NO DRAFT

They can foment and fight innumerable endless wars and as long as they aren't drafting middle-class kids (or what passes for the middle class these days) and the mediaduh plays along by not properly covering the wars--and showing the coffins coming back--they can get away with it.

Disgusting.

[YOHABLO]

49. Under the guise of 'Christianity' they want to privatize everything .. even wars.

It's nothing less than Christian Fascism. They are the ones who make life miserable for everyone else in the country, and I might add, the world. It should be illegal to have established a private army for hire in this country.

[pablo_marmol]

57. This is what I've been dearly hoping to hear.

I think it's highly unlikely at this point that 45 will complete his term. But Dog help us if we can't keep Pence out of the WH.

The whole lot need to be shown the door.

[Snotcicles]

58. Watch for the names Mike Rogers and Pete Hoekstra to start showing up. Just a hunch. nt

[dchill]

59. K&R.

[JustAnotherGen]

62. Not surprised

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=journals&uid=207530&year=2017

If you search on DU - Stacy Deluke Erik Prince's wife -

There's a treasure trove of information. Right here at DU. Others who follow the Dominionist Republicans picked up on it a few months ago. I saw her FB page from Trump Tower on election night before she made the post private.

Pence is in like Flynn.

[DFW]

64. Would be nice, but don't start wishing him bon voayge just yet

Whereas Republicans convene House committees every time Breitbart accuses a Democrat of littering or jaywalking, a Republican could take a billion dollars in dirty money, kill a relative on live TV, and pour enough toxic waste into the drinking water of West Virginia, Kentucky or Michigan to kill every man, woman and child in the state, and STILL be guaranteed millions in campaign contributions, positive press in the right-wing dominated media, and immunity from prosecution granted by Republican legislators and law "enforcement."

[furtheradu]

69. KICK for Sunday eyes

Thanks again for this post.