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EXCLUSIVE: Republican Dana Rohrbacher and Democrat Greg Meeks were the congressional delegation referenced in the charges against alleged Russian spy Maria Butina. thedailybeast.com/maria-butina-r…
Dream team @JFKucinich and @attackerman scoured the Congressional record, and found they were the only two US lawmakers in Russia at the time. Meeks confirmed he was in Moscow with Rohrabacher then.
@kyledcheney confirms @JFKucinich / @attackerman scoop - Rohrabacher is the lawmaker in the Russia-NRA spy file. … … thedailybeast.com/maria-butina-r…
Rohrabacher spox: “All he could recall about Ms. Butina is that she was an aide to Torshin who arranged a dinner meeting and was of no consequence other than that." thedailybeast.com/maria-butina-r…
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Playing the Soros card was just this start for this shady PR firm employed by @facebook. 1/x thedailybeast.com/inside-the-sha…
The company was also behind a mysterious non-profit, 'Progress Oregon,' that spent heavily to try to defeat Oregon’s Democratic governor. In one TV spot the group claimed that Gov. Kate Brown allowed Oregon daycare operators to sell drugs on the premises. 2/x
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If you've been following the Russia case, this @kpoulsen exclusive is a freakin' gold mine. thedailybeast.com/this-hacker-pa…
For example... Some of the Russian intel officers indicted by Mueller were hanging out at a hacking conference that featured a competition to cripple a simulated city—attacking its telecom infrastructure, rail lines, and electrical grid. thedailybeast.com/this-hacker-pa…
But the craziest year for the conference may have been 2014. Ruslan Stoyanov, who headed the investigations team at Kaspersky Lab, was there. He was later was thrown in prison by the FSB on charges of treason. thedailybeast.com/this-hacker-pa…
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You. Can't. Make. This. Up. A Trump Hotel employee handbook warns of "collusion," and orders staff not to hire relatives. @woodruffbets SCOOP:

thedailybeast.com/trump-hotel-to…
The manual also bars Trump employees from making “[s]exually suggestive or obscene comments or gestures” as well as “[n]egative statements or disparaging remarks targeted at one sex.”

Obviously, “grab ‘em by the pussy” would've run afoul of this policy. thedailybeast.com/trump-hotel-to…
Another issue: The Trump employee handbook bans male employees (but not female employees) from having braided hair. The provision could raise concerns about racial discrimination. thedailybeast.com/trump-hotel-to…
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😻Spy😻

📌US’ spies b/4 Trump took his oath of office concluded that the Kremlin helped elect Trumpz

📌16 or more TeamTrumpTraitors schmoozed/conspired w/ RUs during campaign or transition

📌Butina did a deal & is cooperating!

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📌Butina sought to establish a “back channel” to “penetrate the U.S. national decision-making apparatus.” #GOPCongress
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EXCLUSIVE: Paul Erickson, the boyfriend of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina, finally lawyered up thebea.st/2E04y67
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Trump: Day 586
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💃🏼TGIF💃🏼

CC: Genesis #TrumpRussia: “Going back to summer 2015, USIC had intelligence of suspicious activity relating to this matter. SIGINT continued to pour in after. By the time #CROSSFIREHURRICANE began, FBI already had solid reason to believe treachery was afoot.”
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🔥WHOA🔥

Paul Erickson, the “boyfriend” of accused #Russian🇷🇺spy Maria Butina, recommended KT McFarland (Flynn’s “brain”) to serve as Deputy NSA.🤨

In Dec’16, MacFarland wrote that #Russia🇷🇺had “just thrown the USA election to him (@realDonaldTrump)”‼️

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Just *one day* after Obama imposed #sanctions on #Russia🇷🇺for hacking Democratic groups & state voting systems, McFarland ADMITTED IN WRITING that #Russia had THROWN THE ELECTION TO TRUMP‼️

#Treason
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*Mere hours* after Obama imposed #sanctions, McFarland wrote that Misha Flynn would be speaking to then #Russian🇷🇺ambassador Kislyak.🙄

#Collusion
#TrumpRussia

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The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank, who has close ties to Republican lawmakers and the NRA, which led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. in May 2016. yahoo.com/news/trumps-so…
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