@PaulaChertok's Threads
Giuliani makes another major admissionāTrump DID speak to Cohen about his testimony beforehand. āSo what?ā So the guy who lied to us about Russia DIDNāT tell Cohen to lie about Russia?? Cāmon. Coaching, coordinating, directingāitās all witness tamperingāobstructionāterritory.
Giuliani digs the hole deeper on @CNNSotu. Sidestepped Qs on Trump directing Cohen to lie. Said Trump was too busy running for POTUS to know details of Russia deal. It was COHENāS project. So Trump talked to Cohen before his false testimony to GET info?? Right. (Tapperāsš¤face :) 
@CNNSotu Giuliani did his Sunday morning propaganda best & still made key admissions: 1) Trump did talk to Cohen before his false testimony, 2) T knew abt Moscow project thru Nov election. So POTUS lied to hide he was compromised financially by Russia & had motive & oppty to tell C to lie
ā¼ļøāMake it Happen!āāTrump Directed Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project & Visitā¦even as Trump told the public he had no business deals with Russia. Ivanka & Don Jr received regular detailed updates from Cohen on deal. buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonlā¦
After the election, Trump personally & explicitly instructed Cohen to lie about Moscow Tower negotiations ending early in order to obscure Trumpās involvement. Mueller has witness testimony & company emails, text messages, other docs.
#Obstruction #SuborningPerjury #ImpeachTrump
#Obstruction #SuborningPerjury #ImpeachTrump
FYI Barr memo on Mueller probe: "Obviouslyā¦if a President knowinglyā¦suborns perjury, or induces a witness to change testimony, or commits any act deliberately impairing the integrityā¦of evidence, then heā¦commits the crime of obstruction," #OBVIOUSLY #Obstruction #Impeachment
šØTrumpšØISšØašØnationalšØ securityšØthreatšØHe just canceled Pelosiās Afghanistan tripāwhich was a secret for security reasonsāuntil he revealed it. His shutdown games as he plays POTUS are a clear and present danger to the country and the world. #ImpeachTRUMP #ShutdownTrump
Trump cancels secret Pelosi trip to visit troops ONE day after she asked him to postpone SOTU until after shutdownāfor security reasons. His letter is Foxnews ridiculous. Says stay in DC & talk border security. But if you want to fly commercialāthatās ok. Basically, FU and die.
Oh what faux outrage & short memoryš: Republican Kevin McCarthy canāt imagine why Pelosi would make a foreign trip to meet troops during a shutdown. Maybe ask Trumpāwho visited Iraq during the shutdown in December?? And that was pure photo op. In & out.
SO Oleg Deripaska's escort Nastya Rybka was detained upon returning to Russia. She's been in jail in Thailand for nearly a year after she claimed to have 16-18 hours of recordings of Putin's favorite oligarch, including alleged discussions w/ 3 Americans for Trump election plan.
Nastya Rybka's recordings were first reported by Russian opposition politician @navalny (), connecting Deripaska Manafort dots. She was then arrested on routine trip to Thailand w/ her sex guru Alex Leslie Kirillov. She seemed terrified. (Feb 2018šTHREAD)
More Rybka background: Russian journalist Maxim Borodin died in fall after investigating Rybka's claims of Deripaska links to Trump-Russia conspiracy.() Deripaska sued her. She gave him her recordings, and promised to stay silent. Now she returns to Russia.
OMG Trump administration separated *thousands* more migrant children from parents at border than previously known, HHS washingtonpost.com/news/politics/ā¦
So yes collusion with Russia, fake polls, endless media manipulation & lies got Trump in office. Where his admin now wreaks daily havoc everywhere. Latest blow: Thousands more children were separated at border than govt admitted, and HHS doesnāt know how many. What a nightmare.
Yes, Giuliani is a propagandist & bad at it. And he's a terrible lawyerāmaking admissions harmful to his client (as in last night's seismic "I never said there was no collusion"). But also remember that Rudy has his own ties to pro-Russia kleptocrats. See @mikercarpenter THREADš
NEW >> Michael COHEN paid a guy from evangelical Liberty Univ to RIG POLLS in 2016 election. Cohen says ā¦@realDonaldTrumpā© directed him to do it. ā©(The guy screaming āRigged Electionā was actually rigging the election every way he could) wsj.com/articles/poll-ā¦
š¤ÆScene from a bad mafia movie or the 2016 election?? Man shows up at Trump Tower to collect $50,000 for rigging online polls in the bossās favor. Cohen surprises the guy, gives him a blue Walmart bag w $12,000-$13,000 in cash andārandomlyāa boxing glove. And the guy gets stiffed
Cohen rigging online polls is another data pt in the mass manipulation of our 2016 election. Thereās likely more than just this one IT guy from Falwellās univ. What else was Trump successfully rigging while accusing others? WSJ report begs for deeper dive into poll manipulation.
#BREAKING Russia wins againāthanks to Republicans! Senate just killed Democrat-led effort to keep #sanctions on Russian oligarch #Deripaska, @mkraju reports
@mkraju Our EU allies are adding Russians to their sanctions list and Republicans are taking them off. Even @MittRomney caved to the Kremlin today on lifting Deripaska's sanctions. Reporters need to press him hard on this. Is it b/c Romney's helping get a Mormon temple built in Russia??
Oh >> Former Republican Senator David Vitter has been lobbying for #Deripaskaās companies for months. This may explain why so many Republicans voted today for lifting #sanctions. GOP stick together, even when on team Kremlin - CNNPolitics cnn.com/2019/01/16/polā¦
Lindsey Graham is Nunes #2. Spouts Trump propaganda at #Barr hearing. Reads Strzok texts, slams Steele dossier, slams FBI opening counterintel investigation of Trump: āWeāre relying on you to clean this place upā¦make sure they donāt have an agenda. Will u look into it?āāāI willā
#Barr says ānothing could be more dangerous than political interferenceā in an investigation. But also says itās completely fine for a president to fire US attorneys for political reasons ābecause theyāre political appointmentsā š¤
#Barr: It would be a crime for president Trump to promise a pardon in exchange for a person not incriminating him in an investigation.
#RussianAsset much?? Trump's been hiding details of his encounters w/ Putin. So there's no detailed record of their 5 interactions in the past 2 yrs. Unusual for any POTUS, let alone one Russia sought to install thru an unprecedented interference campaign washingtonpost.com/world/nationalā¦
Trump's gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations wi/ Putināfrom even his own admin. No wonder FBI thinks he's working for Russia. This is so outrageous. And incredibly stupid. You can bet the Kremlin has recorded every word. washingtonpost.com/world/nationalā¦
#RussianAsset Trump told Putin "I believe you" when Putin denied Russian involvement in US election, according to the interpreter (whose notes he seized!) at Hamburg G20 meeting in 2017. That's also when Trump admitted he spoke w/ Putin about "adoptions" ie Magnitsky #sanctions.
NEW: FBI Opened Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia Against the United States - The New York Times nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/ā¦
FBI was suspicious of candidate Trumpās ties to Russia but held off opening an investigationā¦in part b/c they were uncertain how to proceed w/ an inquiry of such sensitivity & magnitude. Then Trumpās conduct as POTUSāfiring Comey, bragging to Russians in Oval abt itāchanged that
Fmr FBI Counterintel Asst Dir @FrankFigliuzzi1: Investigation reported in @nytimes would have to have surpassed the evidentiary threshold from preliminary into full inquiry. The worst case scenario is investigating whether the POTUS is working for Russia against the US. #Maddow
āThey are doing an exhaustive investigationā¦narrowly focused on collusionāāEx-Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg on Senate Intel Committee grilling him in Russia probe interview nbcnews.com/politics/natioā¦ via @NBCNews @KatyTurNBC
āIf I were the White House, I would be concernedāāNunberg, after todayās 4.5hr grilling by Senate Intel Cmte asking about Trump & Russia dealings & relships. He said he was surprised by Moscow Tower project b/c it contradicted the campaignās official position of no foreign deals.
Nunberg said Senate investigators were interested in campaignās relationship w/ NRA. He said he was aware of efforts by Maria Butina (who pleaded guilty to conspiring w/ Russian official to interfere in American politics) to seek a meeting with Trump, using the NRA as a conduit.
>> BOOM >> Mueller has evidence Manafort shared polling data about the 2016 presidential election with Russian intel asset Kilimnik. And lied about it. His lawyers bungled redactions in filing and here we are. #TrumpRussia #Conspiracy #Collusion #RussiaGate #MuellerInvestigation
My favorite part so far (paraphrasing): OK, so Manafort shared [presidential polling data] with Kilimnik. But why assume he lied when he failed to tell Mueller? He just forgot! He was so busy! After all, he was running a US presidential campaign. He can't remember EVerything. lol
Not only is NO COLLUSION a big lie. Thereās so damn much collusion, itās more like TREASON. We learned today 1) Manafort met Russian agent Kilimnik in Madrid during campaign, 2) Paulie shared polling data w/ him, & 3) They discussed āUkrainian peace plan.ā While Russia attacked.
#BREAKING >> Feds Charge Natalia VeselnitskayaāRussian Lawyer at 2016 Trump Tower MeetingāIn Money Laundering Case That Shows Kremlin Ties nytimes.com/2019/01/08/nyrā¦
SDNY charged Veselnitskaya with obstruction of justice (making "misleading declaration") in the Prevezon case involving money-laundering fraud Sergei Magnitsky discovered involved Russian govt officials. (Sorry, Putin. Magnitsky sanctions are here to stay)
āRussian Attorney Natalya Veselnitskaya is now a wanted person in the U.S. for intentionally misleading US investigators, regarding Prevezon Holdingsā role in the $230 million dollar tax fraud scheme perpetrated by a criminal organization that includedā¦corrupt Russian officials"
Wall shutdown showdownās next act: Trump goes to southern border Thursday āto meet with those on the frontlines of the national security and humanitarian crisis.ā Heās not negotiating a deal. Heās putting on shows to keep his propaganda on TV/media. Maybe heāll bring a caravanš
Trump to visit southern border after telling aides on Sunday he wanted them to come up with a resolution to the shutdown fight that would reopen the governmentāwithout him appearing to have capitulated to Democrats. via @WSJ wsj.com/articles/trumpā¦
TV networks agreeing to air Trump's far-right wall propaganda address as if a real national security emergency is pretty despicable. An ominous sign that they haven't learned much about how propagandists use media to elevate bullshit in ways that undermine our country & the press
MAGA America: Trumpās about to speak in the Rose Garden. He reportedly just threatened to keep the govt shutdown for āmonths and yearsā over his campaign con wall. While a federal worker tells CNN she canāt pay her bill. #winning š
Trump: āTremendous things are happening. Wages are finally going up. Itās beautiful. That doesnāt happen from luck. I worked hard on that.ā Now heās just rambling about āopen borders,ā people getting shot, childrenā¦āCoyotes take a left, turn at the wall or powerful steel.ā š¤¦āāļøš
Listening to Trump, like
Itās official: Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker as Democrats Take Control of House !! via @NYTimes #Democrats #Democracy #116Congress nyti.ms/2RsaB9L?smid=nā¦
My wonderful Representative @RepBarbaraLee walks on the floor of the chamber as Nancy Pelosi is set to make history by being elected Democratic Speaker of the HouseāAGAIN. And third in line to the presidency. A good day.
JUST NOW: Democrat Nancy Pelosi is now the duly elected Speaker of the House of the #116Congress. First person in 6 decades to return to speakership. And the first, second and only woman to hold that powerful position. #winning
Trumpās rant at WH meeting today even made Bill Shineādisgraced FoxNews exec now head White House PR guyāsquirm. He couldnāt sit still, as Trump rattled off his usual ignorant propaganda talking points and self-praise.
āWhatās he done for me?āāTrump on Mattis, says he fired him because āI want results.ā This rant at WH cabinet meeting is just incredible. Itās like heās on speed. He just canāt shut upš¤. TV cameras should pan outāto capture the reaction of people in room.
How dumb is Trump? Really really REALLY dumb: "The reason Russia went into Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there. That's why there's no Soviet Union."
It's a miracle we've survived 2 years of this. Not sure about the next two.
It's a miracle we've survived 2 years of this. Not sure about the next two.
Russiaās arrest of American Paul Whelan on spy charges seems a convenient lever to end admitted agent Maria Butinaās cooperation. Just last week Putin hinted w/ this denial: āwe will not arrest innocent people simply to exchange them for someone else laterānyti.ms/2CIEbzD
CNN reports more on Paul #Whelan, American arrested in #Russia for allegedly "carrying out an act of espionage"
-born in Canada
-lives in Michigan
-ex US Marine
-works in corporate security
-was in Moscow to attend friend's wedding
-didn't show bc FSB arrested him
(family source)
-born in Canada
-lives in Michigan
-ex US Marine
-works in corporate security
-was in Moscow to attend friend's wedding
-didn't show bc FSB arrested him
(family source)
Russia's FSB arrested former Marine Paul Whelan Dec 28. State Dept? Crickets. Pompeo's in Brazil praising an authoritarian while the world's most aggressive authoritarian VV Putin has essentially kidnapped a US citizen. Putin's dream was to emasculate GosDep. Mission Accomplished
Over and overāad nauseamāTrump promised a wall that Mexico would pay for. ā100%ā he said. āMark my words;ā he vowed. It was a campaign con, a rousing jokeālike Trump himself. Now that the conman is president, itās the olā bait & switch. Mexico who?? #ByeFelicia #TrumpResign
Trump shut down the govt over a racist campaign con. Mexicoās not paying for a wall. Itās not even a wall! John Kelly just now: āTo be honest, itās not a wallā¦We left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration.ā What the experts said. (Not demagogues & propagandists)
So now they admit it. The āwallā is just a āmetaphor,ā says todayās Trump advisor @LindseyGrahamSC. The trouble is, itās a metaphor for xenophobic racism, which is an irrational beast. So itās never satisfied but keeps demanding more and more hate & fear
BIG: Russian ex-spy pressured Manafort over debts to oligarch Deripaska. This important report from @shustry is a chilling reminder of the dark world of Russian espionage, diplomacy and arms trade at the heart of the Trump-Russia scandal. Our world now. bit.ly/2LGSqb1?utm_soā¦
"He owed us a lot of money. And he was offering ways to pay it back"āViktor Boyarkin on #Manafort. Yet another Russian spy with leverage over the Trump campaign. This corroborates earlier reports of "private briefings" to Putin pal Deripaskaā¦who was just gifted sanctions relief.
Boyarkin did more than collect Deripaska's debts. He worked w/ Manafort since 2006ā"the year Deripaska asked both of them to help redraw the map of Eastern Europe." š±Manafort has consistently worked for Putin/Russia's interests & against US interests. In 2016, on Trump campaign.
All 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia FSB in #KerchStrait declare themselves "prisoners of war." They await trial in Moscow. #Russia's outrageous open attack on #Ukraine in int'l waters off #Crimea is a HUGE int'l incident. Barely a blip in US press. ru.krymr.com/a/news-zahvat-ā¦
Reminder THREAD on Russia's recent attack on Ukraineāramming, shooting & seizing ships & sailors in int'l waters. Its overtness shows a dangerously brazen & newly emboldened Putin. I bet Trump's meek response to such a major attack played a big role in Mattis' decision to resign.
Yes, Trump's Syria withdrawal was the last straw for Mattis. But Mattis' bold remarks & acts re Russia attacking Ukraine in Kerch Strait take on new significance given his resignation. Mattis condemned Putin as someone "we simply can't trust" & likely expected Trump to do same.š
BOMBSHELL >> Cell signal puts Trump fixer Michael Cohen outside Prague around time of purported Russian meeting noted in Steele Dossier mcclatchydc.com/news/investigaā¦ #TrumpRussia h/t @aravosis
>> Phone & surveillance data from Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a conversation among Russians remarking that Cohen was in Prague. This lends new credence to key part of Steele dossier describing coordination between Trump campaign & Russiaās election operation.
McClatchy reports Mueller has both new foreign intelligence intercepts: 1) Cohen cell phone signal placing him in Prague, 2) Russians talking about Cohen being there. Add this to April report that Mueller has evidence Cohen had traveled to Prague in 2016, as alleged in dossier.
Wow Trump defends Syria withdrawal TO troops in Iraq: At surprise stop to US airbase in Iraq, Trump said because of militaryās gains against ISIS, US forces can leave. He told them Erdogan told him Turkey agreed to eliminate remnants of IS in the country. apnews.com/d26d5e39327c45ā¦
Trumpās lowered the bar so much, all he has to do is SHOW UPāliterally! He showed up in Iraq but lied to our troops when he said āWeāre no longer suckersā¦Weāre respected again as a nation.ā Nothing could be further from the truth. Weāre a laughing stock. trib.al/1kQDkVW
Trump turned his visit to warzone in Iraq into a campaign rally. He lied to troops abt ISIS, said silly & self-serving fact-free propaganda and even signed MAGA & Trump2020 hats. āThatās not supposed to happen. A political tinge to a presidential visit,ā reports @barbarastarrcnn
The Threat in the White House nyti.ms/2RdA5HD
Trump is a national security threat. Dysfunctional, reckless, dangerous. He blindsided our allies & Congress, and delivered early Christmas presents to our adversaries from Russia and Iran to Hezbollah and the Taliban. The costs of this chaos are enormousā@AmbassadorRice
šÆRice: Trumpās dealt a death blow to effective policymaking. He doesnāt care abt facts, intelligence, military analysis or national interest. He undermines national security more than any foreign adversary. Yet no Republican in Congress is willing to do more than bleat or tweet.
