GOP lawmaker dined with alleged Russian agent in DC: report

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) once dined with the Russian woman who was indicted earlier this month on charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Moscow, according to ABC News.

The network reported on Thursday that Rohrabacher’s office confirmed he met with the then-28-year-old Russian at French eatery Bistro Bis in Washington, D.C., in February 2017.

In addition, federal officials told ABC that Butina had arranged a meeting two years earlier in St. Petersburg that Rohrabacher attended.

The report comes about a week after Rohrabacher first admitted he met with Butina while visiting Russia with a congressional delegation in August 2015. Rohrabacher pushed back against its potential significance, though, saying he was joined by another U.S. lawmaker, along with other Americans.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/399068-gop-lawmaker-dined-with-alleged-russian-agent-in-dc-report

[iluvtennis]

1. Lock. Him. Up.

[jayschool2013]

2. Of course he did

How was he going to collect his payment otherwise? Those rubles don't just magically appear in his pocket.

[Achilleaze]

3. republican traitors who have betrayed America deserve justice

charge them, try them, convict them, lock them up.

We don't need no stinking republican traitors.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. His constituents of both parties

should open their minds and ears to learn what he's been up to. They are negligent if they don't.

I once heard a Democratic committeeman advise about voting: learn all you can about who you vote for. So many people just vote by party. They pull the lever. "Don't give away your vote." Understand who and what you vote for. Voting without knowledge is just surrendering to the process, to the party, to the advertising.

"Don't give away your vote!"

This line of thought pressures parties to put up better, more informed, more articulate candidates. If we can't compete on that level, we deserve to lose. And we Democrats do have better candidates.

[xxqqqzme]

5. My un-representative.

n/t

[ancianita]

6. Is there a master list somewhere of Russian-groomed congress people? We need one.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Maybe Bob Mueller has one he'll agree to release soon

[edbermac]

8. Dinner and what else?

[nycbos]

9. "There's two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,"

[RestoreAmerica2020]

10. Not suprising..according to rep. mccarthy--putin pays two ratas, trump and ratonbacher

Ok, he didn't say it exactly say it like that..he did say (as highlighted) so no it's not suprising that a seemingly russian spy met with an actual russian spy...



https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/adam-entous/


KIEV, Ukraine — A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"There's two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump," McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy's assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

[FakeNoose]

11. Wow that Maria Butina sure gets around, doesn't she?

You almost have to wonder why she's so attracted to fat old Republicans!