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This thread by @andrewsweiss is excellent, a timeline of Trump's secret conversations with Putin before Trump spun (lied) that the Trump Tower meeting was about "Riussian adoptions."
But a much earlier detail is even more damning:
@PaulManafort's own notes from the meeting. 1/
But a much earlier detail is even more damning:
@PaulManafort's own notes from the meeting. 1/
2/ Last week, I reviewed Manafort's Trump Tower notes to show how Veselnitskaya's indictiment shed light on that meeting as a quid pro quo deal: Trump would lift sanctions in exchange for help (and bribes.)
Why "Russian adoption"?
(Thread linked here):
Why "Russian adoption"?
(Thread linked here):
3/ These notes are about Russian money laundering ("illici," Cyprus and Prevezon) and sanctions on Russia (Gazprom, Browder/Glover).
So what's up with "Russian adoption"?
It was part of the bribery conspiracy from the beginning: how to sell lifting sanctions to the public.
So what's up with "Russian adoption"?
It was part of the bribery conspiracy from the beginning: how to sell lifting sanctions to the public.
4/ Here's what I explained last week about Veselnitskaya's indictment and Manafort's notes:
1. She was indicted for participating in the smearing of Russian whistleblower Magnitsky and Bill Browder in Prevezon.
2. Russians murdered Magnitsky in 2009.
1. She was indicted for participating in the smearing of Russian whistleblower Magnitsky and Bill Browder in Prevezon.
2. Russians murdered Magnitsky in 2009.
3. In 2012, Congress passed Magnitsky Act, the toughest sanctions that ere more effective because they hammered Putin's oligarchs... like Oleg Deripaska, the oligarch and alleged murderer behind Rusal and Manafort.
(Mnuchin is trying to lift sanctions on Deripaska's Rusal now).
(Mnuchin is trying to lift sanctions on Deripaska's Rusal now).
6/
4. Everyone must understand this next step: After the Magnitsky Act, Russia retaliated by barring the American adoption of Russian children, a pathetic reverse sanction: brookings.edu/on-the-record/…
4. Everyone must understand this next step: After the Magnitsky Act, Russia retaliated by barring the American adoption of Russian children, a pathetic reverse sanction: brookings.edu/on-the-record/…
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5. Not only is "Russian adoption" code for American sanctions of Russians, it is also part of how to execute the conspiracy from the White House.
How would Trump sell the lifting of Russian sanctions?
Two steps...
5. Not only is "Russian adoption" code for American sanctions of Russians, it is also part of how to execute the conspiracy from the White House.
How would Trump sell the lifting of Russian sanctions?
Two steps...
8/ Step 1: "A Ukraine Peace Plan." Remember that revelation from Manafort's filing last week? That was part of this quid-pro-quo conspiracy to lift sanctions as part of a "grand bargain" with Russia and Saudi/UAE/Israel over Crimea and Syria...
9/ Step 2: Sell the plan by telling Americans they can start adopting Russian babies again.
My point is that this spin did not start with Putin in Summer 2017 meeting Trump.
It was part of the conspiracy during the campaign, Summer 2016, Trump Tower.
My point is that this spin did not start with Putin in Summer 2017 meeting Trump.
It was part of the conspiracy during the campaign, Summer 2016, Trump Tower.
10/ Final point: @andrewsweiss's and my timelines pull together:
A Russian money laundering case w/ a Russian plot against Browder and Magnitsky...
with a Trump Tower meeting on sanctions relief & adoptions spin...
with Trump secretly meeting Putin in 2017 about it.
It's damning.
A Russian money laundering case w/ a Russian plot against Browder and Magnitsky...
with a Trump Tower meeting on sanctions relief & adoptions spin...
with Trump secretly meeting Putin in 2017 about it.
It's damning.
