@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #1: Kremlin had been feeding Trump intelligence on his political rivals for several years (as of June 2016).
Status: Zero evidence of that, even though virtually all emails of the Trump campaign have been released.
Status: Zero evidence of that, even though virtually all emails of the Trump campaign have been released.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #2: Kremlin offered Trump a lucrative real estate deal with respect to the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament.
Status: Zero evidence of that. So implausible that even Seth Abramson hasn't written about it.
Status: Zero evidence of that. So implausible that even Seth Abramson hasn't written about it.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #3: Trump's team used moles in the DNC and hackers in the US to get information to give to Kremlin in exchange for information that Kremlin had.
Status: Zero evidence. So implausible that even Seth Abramson hasn't written about it.
Status: Zero evidence. So implausible that even Seth Abramson hasn't written about it.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #4: Manafort used Carter Page as an intermediary to Russia in the alleged conspiracy.
Status: Page was surveilled for an entire year, and likely Manafort was surveilled too. No charges brought against either with respect to Russia, and Page claims not to know Manafort.
Status: Page was surveilled for an entire year, and likely Manafort was surveilled too. No charges brought against either with respect to Russia, and Page claims not to know Manafort.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #5: Trump's team was happy with Russia collusion narrative because it deflected attention from Trump's corrupt dealings in China and other emerging market countries.
Status: Implausible. Media would have moved on to China by now if true.
Status: Implausible. Media would have moved on to China by now if true.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #6: Page held secret meetings in Moscow with Sechin and Divyekin in July 2016.
Status: Page has adamantly denied it under oath, and nothing has emerged (after two years) to controvert his sworn testimony. Remember he was under surveillance for a whole year.
Status: Page has adamantly denied it under oath, and nothing has emerged (after two years) to controvert his sworn testimony. Remember he was under surveillance for a whole year.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #7: Trump (as of 2016) had been feeding intelligence to the Kremlin on Russian oligarch activity in the US for at least eight years.
Status: Implausible on its face, since Trump had no special ability to gain such intelligence. Not even Seth Abramson has addressed it.
Status: Implausible on its face, since Trump had no special ability to gain such intelligence. Not even Seth Abramson has addressed it.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #8: Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen took over Manafort's role of point man on the Russia collusion. Cohen held secret meetings with Kremlin officials in Prague, in August 2016.
Status: Cohen adamantly denies, even after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors over other crimes.
Status: Cohen adamantly denies, even after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors over other crimes.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #9: Mikhail Kalugin (spelled wrong in the dossier) was withdrawn from US because his extensive role in the election interference was about to be exposed.
Status: Never heard of the guy? Because his role hasn't been exposed. Not named in Mueller's indictments of Russians.
Status: Never heard of the guy? Because his role hasn't been exposed. Not named in Mueller's indictments of Russians.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #10: Anti-Clinton hackers paid by both Trump team and Kremlin.
Status: Zero evidence of Trump payments, despite everyone looking for it. Once again, we are too believe that Steele found dirt in two months that the rest of the world can't find in two years.
Status: Zero evidence of Trump payments, despite everyone looking for it. Once again, we are too believe that Steele found dirt in two months that the rest of the world can't find in two years.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 Claim #11: A company, XBT/Webzilla, owned by a Russian named Gubarev, had been transmitting viruses to steal and corrupt data from Dem Party leadership.
Status: XBT/Gubarev have sued Steele and Buzzfeed in London and in Florida for defamation. Buzzfeed has apologized.
Status: XBT/Gubarev have sued Steele and Buzzfeed in London and in Florida for defamation. Buzzfeed has apologized.
@dave_inperth @krashe848 @Sanity__please @CarrollQuigley1 @GeorgePapa19 12/ Many other claims which are implausible, yet difficult to controvert since they involve internal discussions or opinions of Russian government officials. The remainder of the dossier consists of information sourced (suspiciously IMO due to timing) from public news reports.
