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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 06:42 PM Jun 2018

Steele Dossier Says Information Went Both Ways Between Trump and Russia


The information flow wasn't only to the president's campaign.
By Mark Sumner / Daily Kos June 29, 2018, 6:01 AM GMT

The Associated Press has compiled a list of the information provided in the list of memos authored by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, and compared it with what has been revealed through court filings and public statements. And while the AP finds what they believe to be “snippets of fiction” in the pages, they also find that a great deal of what Steele produced is proving to have a basis in fact.

What has turned out to be true is the primary narrative thread that runs through all the memos — The Russian government set up an “elaborate operation” to damage Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election through social media, propaganda, and by stealing Democratic information and providing it to Trump. And the Russian government sought to aid Donald Trump, whose campaign responded eagerly to Russian offers of help.

The Kremlin set out to harm Clinton and help Trump. Trump jumped on the opportunity. That makes Trump a colluder, conspirator, and any other c-word that comes to mind.

Steele’s memos were also accurate in many details, such as laying out Carter Page’s meeting with Russian officials at a time when it wasn’t otherwise known, possibly even to the FBI who had been watching Page for years. But there’s another key area of the memos that often gets obscured by the focus on some of the more sensational … yellow elements.

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Steele Dossier Says Information Went Both Ways Between Trump and Russia (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP
Two T words come to mind. kennetha Jun 2018 #1
How can we get this info out to everyone kimbutgar Jun 2018 #2

kimbutgar

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2. How can we get this info out to everyone
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jun 2018

And how can we convince the brainwashed Twitler supporters their man is a Russian asset meant to destabilize the US?

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