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BREAKING: Readers of this feed know I wrote about this last fall—how the men at the 3/31/16 meeting lied about what happened, and how Trump and Papadopoulos had previously undisclosed contacts—but now a book says so, so it can be accepted as breaking news. yahoo.com/amphtml/news/p…
2/ Here's my thread on this "breaking news" from four months ago:
3/ Here's another thread of mine on tonight's "breaking news" from four months ago:
4/ Here's my original thread on tonight's "breaking news," from six months ago:
5/ Here's my thread, from five months ago, on the aspect of tonight's "breaking news" that involves the men at the TIHDC meeting lying about how Trump reacted to Papadopoulos' revelation he was authorized by the Kremlin to set up a Putin-Trump summit:
6/ This thread from two months ago discusses how every trip taken by George Papadopoulos was, according to both him and his wife-to-be, authorized by the Trump campaign, *including* trips he took to try to make contact with Russians (e.g., to Greece).
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(THREAD) Yesterday's NBC reporting about Rod Rosenstein's impending departure from DOJ, and what it may mean for the Mueller investigation, already seems to be coming apart at the seams. In this thread I take a look at why yesterday's breaking news was neither breaking nor news.
1/ First, here's the NBC News report from Pete Williams—a talented journalist. (What he's not—as far as I know—is an attorney or an expert on the Trump-Russia probe, and, like many journalists, has been using dubious sources to get info on Mueller's work.) nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
2/ Williams' lede: "Rosenstein plans to step down after Mueller finishes his work." But in the fourth graf, he obliterates that lede: "But others familiar with his thinking said there’s no firm timeline and Rosenstein would work out a departure plan once the new AG is confirmed."
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Per CNN reporting just now, William Barr before today told the White House that he would be bringing in his own Deputy Attorney General if confirmed, so the news that Rosenstein will step down if Barr if confirmed should not have led to *any* of the hysteria it seems like it has.
2/ Rosenstein previously said he'd serve two years—so his departure around now isn't surprising anyway, and (in fact) will make it easier for him to coordinate with Mueller as a witness rather than a supervisor. Too many people are reading way too much into his pending departure.
3/ I'll go further: Rosenstein is friendly with Barr, used to work with him, and recommended him for the Attorney General spot—all of which indicates that his comfort level with Barr taking over the Mueller probe has *nothing* to do with an assessment of when that probe will end.
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*ONE WEEK IN 2016*

July 27, 2016: Trump asks for Kremlin help
August 2, 2016: Manafort meets Deripaska agent Kilimnik in NYC
August 3, 2016: Trump Jr. meets Deripaska agent Zamel in NYC

NOTE: Deripaska calls himself "one with the State [Kremlin]."

(h/t @ZevShalev/@TheAtlantic)
@ZevShalev @TheAtlantic *ANOTHER WEEK IN 2016*

August 17, 2016: CIA tells Trump Kremlin is attacking US
August 19, 2016: Trump fires Manafort

NOTE: In January 2018, NBC reports Trump is privately telling friends Mueller can't get him *because* Manafort won't "flip" (he already knew Trump Jr. wouldn't)
@ZevShalev @TheAtlantic 3/ A reasonable conclusion: after he and Flynn left the room the CIA briefed them in on August 17, 2016, Trump realized that it was entirely possible Manafort's contacts with the Russians had been picked up by American intelligence, and he could therefore no longer work with him.
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#BREAKING: Senate Democrats say there is clear evidence that Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 election. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee just released their findings. Here is their full report:
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Now, as of this morning, here is what we know...

COLLUSION:

Trump's campaign colluded with the Russian government, a hostile foreign power, during the 2016 election and tried to cover it up. Now, they're engaged in a full-blown cover-up.
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1. The sole purpose of the Trump Tower meeting with Kremlin agents was to obtain promised dirt on Hillary Clinton and political opponents.
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