What if Trump has been a Russian asset since 1987? Will he be meeting with his counterpart – of his handler? Trump’s determination to conciliate Putin is raising suspicions among the public & probably among hawkish @GOP senators.
via @intelligencer#Maddownym.ag/2u3oiPw
As Trump prepares for his private meeting with Putin, the collusion between them metastasizing from accusation into an open alliance, it would be dangerous not to consider that the summit is a meeting between a Russian-intelligence asset and his handler.
by @jonathanchait#Maddow
● In early Jan 2017, the CIA told Israeli intelligence officials that Russia had “leverages of pressure” over Trump, warning them not to share secrets with his admin lest they leak them to Russia.
● In May 2017, Trump shared Israeli intelligence with Russian diplomats. #Maddow
Jan 12, 2017, CIA to Israeli intelligence: “Be careful” as of Trump’s inauguration date. Until it's clear that Trump isn't compromised by Russia or being extorted, avoid revealing sensitive intel to his admin for fear it will reach the Iranians. #Maddowynetnews.com/articles/0,734…
Once they were married in 1977, Czech spies in NYC monitored Trump & Ivana [whose father had ties to Czech secret police] & passed info to the KGB. According to Czech files declassified in 2016, Ivana spoke of Trump's growing interest in politics. #Maddow
As Trump tells it, the idea for his first Moscow trip came in 1986, after he "found himself" seated next to Soviet ambassador Dubinin, who knew all about Trump Tower. The KGB almost certainly made Trump's 1987 Moscow trip happen – and they didn't do that out of altruism. #Maddow
Dubinina's daughter: There was a determined effort by the Soviet govt to seek out Trump. "My father’s visit worked on Trump like a bee to honey.”
Trump, 1987: “One thing led to another...now I’m talking about building a luxury hotel...in partnership with the Soviet govt.” #Maddow
Trump: “In Jan 1987, I got a letter from ambassador Dubinin. The leading Soviet state agency for international tourism, Intourist, had interest in pursuing a joint venture for a Moscow hotel.”
There were better developers in the US — why pick Trump? The KGB ran Intourist. #Maddow
While in Moscow in Jul 1987, the Trumps stayed at the National Hotel, which was under KGB control, in the Lenin suite, which would have been bugged. Then, in Oct 1987, despite refusals to do so in 1980 & 1984 due to "red tape," Trump announced he was running for POTUS. #Maddow
Ex-Russian spy explains KGB methods: "Once in Moscow, they receive lavish hospitality. Everything is free [but w/ security cameras]...It’s at this point you say, ‘Knock, knock! Remember the marvelous time in Moscow? We just show you something...'" #Maddow
The secret service of communist-era Czechoslovakia [the StB, who shared intel with the KGB] spied extensively on Trump in the 70's & 80's. In 1988, informant “Milos” reported that Trump was being put under considerable pressure to run for POTUS. #Maddowbit.ly/2KS3pR9
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Trump's former NSA accused him of treasonous conduct –– “aiding and abetting” Russia's attack on the 2020 election –– and the story was blown away by the never-ending firehose of craziness and disinformation generated by Trump and his crew.
by @DavidCornDC motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Also see this thread by @ChrisMurphyCT about "the massive coverup campaign underway to disguise the octopus-like Russian election interference operation being run on Trump's behalf."
Senior Pentagon leadership are quarantining after exposure to Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard, Adm. Charles Ray, who tested COVID+ Monday:
-Gen. Mark Milley
-CoS of the USAF, Charles Brown
-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gilday
-Chief of Space Operations, Gen. Raymond.
Last Sunday, General Milley and many of the Pentagon’s senior leadership attended a White House reception for “Gold Star” families of fallen troops. Trump and Melania were at that event.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/0…
Feds are seizing masks and other #COVID19 supplies from hospitals without a word.
“Federal officials sweep in without warning to expropriate our supplies... Are they stockpiling it? Distributing it? Will we get any of it back? We can’t get any answers.”latimes.com/politics/story…
“Trump and other White House officials, including Jared Kushner, claim that the federal government is using a 'data-driven approach' to procure [STEAL] medical supplies from hospitals and direct them where they are most needed [TO HELP TRUMP'S REELECTION].”
!! Chairs of two key House panels are demanding answers about Jared Kushner's role “in the acquisition, distribution of, or federally directed sale of any form of PPE or medical supplies and equipment to be used for the diagnosis or treatment of COVID-19.”nbcnews.com/politics/white…
It took 70 days from the initial notification on Jan 3 for Trump to treat coronavirus not as a hoax, but as a lethal force poised to kill thousands. But by then, critical time had been squandered and opportunities to mitigate the pandemic were lost.washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Because of Trump and his admin's failures over the first 70 days of the coronavirus crisis, the US will likely go down as the country that was supposedly best prepared to fight a pandemic but ended up sustaining heavier casualties than any other nation.
For 70 days, Trump lied to the public about coronavirus.
By the time he proclaimed himself a wartime president and coronavirus the enemy, the US was on track to see more of its people die than in the wars of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined. washingtonpost.com/video/politics…
BREAKING: Trump has fired inspector general for the intelligence community, Michael Atkinson, who opposed then-DNI Maguire’s decision to withhold the whistleblower complaint from Congress, which sparked the impeachment inquiry.
NEW: Trump has fired intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson, who was first to sound the alarm to Congress last September about an “urgent” complaint he’d received from an intelligence official re Trump’s communications with Ukraine.politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
Schiff: Trump’s dead of night decision to fire ICIG Michael Atkinson is another blatant attempt to gut the independence of the Intelligence Community and retaliate against those who dare to expose presidential wrongdoing.