To reiterate what I reported last week: The FBI has an active investigation into Papadopoulos and his ties to Russia and other governments. They are taking this seriously.
I voted for Bernie in the primary and chose not to vote for President in November. Though I live in CA and my vote didn’t really matter, I would vote for Clinton if I knew what I know now.
This wasn’t intended to start a debate about 2016 but instead recognize and own up to my own shortcomings as someone who was swayed partially by Russian propaganda.
I think this post and the subsequent replies are a really good case study as to how Russia is still winning. The death threats, divisiveness and nastiness are at an all time high.
My upcoming book now has cover art! Expecting to make some minor changes to the subheadings but I’m thrilled with the way it turned out. Hope you’ll consider preordering a copy. amazon.com/Real-News-Inve…
e-book version should be available in the next couple weeks and we are negotiating for a deal to make an audio version!
This is the part of the cover that will be tweaked in the future, BTW:
Real News. Pick up this book and you will see the empirical evidence of the 5 key areas of the Trump-Russia conspiracy as told by my year+ of investigative reports. Coming May 2019 with the support of @skyhorsepub. Preorder now! amazon.com/Real-News-Inve…
Each section of the book is a chronological tick-tock of how the events unfolded. 1. Trump Tower Moscow 2. The secret 2016 Manhattan meetings - Russians in June and Zamel/Psy Group in August 3. The Papadopoulos saga 4. Russian infiltration of the NRA 5. Suspicious business deals
I focused on 29+ individuals and entities, from Donald Trump Jr to Maria Butina to Cambridge Analytica. My hope is that this book will be informative for those who know nothing about the Russia investigation and those who follow it hourly.
The most common question I get is, “if Russia colluded with the Trump campaign, what did they get out of it? Trump has been tough on Russia...”
The answer is simple: Chaos. Look at social media tonight. Our house is on fire and the chaos is preventing us from calling 911.
This chaos has been intentionally spread by the Trump team around the world. The EU/Brexit is a mess. NATO has been kneecapped. Russian-backed riots in France get pushed by Trump. These are Russia’s geopolitical enemies and they are being systematically weakened.
Most importantly: US institutions, once thought of as the ultimate example of how government should function, are being tested to their breaking point. Vladimir Putin cannot believe his success.
Melania’s friend set up a shell company shortly before the inauguration that got paid $26 million for “event planning”. Prosecutors should start there.
This is a really good piece on Portugalov and his connections to the Russian govt. He undoubedtly could get on the phone and arrange a Trump-Putin meeting nytimes.com/2016/08/14/spo…
Russia is amassing military hardware on the Ukraine border and starting an expansive online disinformation campaign spreading false flag theories. The world needs to wake up to Putin’s moves before it’s too late for our important ally.
Done! You guys are incredible. Hoping to have a substantive update on the investigation in a week.
Update on the timeline of this: Waiting for $ to clear and then it will be 10 business days to produce the report (if successful). Looking like end of the month before we get the info.
Sam Patten once sent me an email saying, "I’ve been responding to various media requests on this general subject for going on two years, Scott, and it’s getting real old. There’s not a story here... them’s the facts."
Mueller has filed Cohen's sentencing submission. It is 7 pages.
BREAKING: "Cohen provided the SCO with useful information concerning certain discrete Russia-related matters core to its investigation that he obtained by virtue of his regular contact with Company executives during the campaign."
Cohen "provided information about his own contacts with Russian interests during the campaign and discussions with others in the course of making those contacts."
Psy Group (whose CEO met with Trump Jr and Erik Prince during the campaign pitching his social media manipulation skills) has transferred ownership again. It is now owned by a different shell company in the British Virgin Islands. We have no idea who ultimately owns it.
If Joel Zamel owns Psy Group as has been claimed, why not register the shares of the company in his name? He did that with his other major company, Wikistrat.
.@JeffreyToobin I appreciate you telling me to “get a life” on national television but I don’t think I’m going to take advice from someone who cheated on his wife and had a baby with another woman.
For people who missed it:
I’d invite those on the CNN panel who put up my name and laughed at my expense to take a look at the work I’ve done over the past 13 months and then decide to tell me to get a life.
NEW: We know that Cohen lied about Trump Tower Moscow but now I can confirm that the Russian real estate developer, Andrey Rozov, lied as well. Documents prove he lied when he said he owned 100% of the development company. In fact, at least 25% was owned by someone else.
Here's Rozov certifying that he owned 100% of IC Expert (the development company) as of October, 2015 when he signed the deal with Cohen and Trump.
And here's an official IC Expert document from Jan 2016 (in Russian and then translated to English), as well as Russian business records confirming that "Stanislav Kozev" owned 25% of IC Expert.
A question that I hope is answered by Mueller and/or House Dems soon: How did the August 2016 Psy Group meeting at Trump Tower come to pass? What was Don Jr’s involvement and did he solicit the help of a foreign entity?
We’ve analyzed every minute, every email and text regarding the June 2016 Russian Trump Tower meeting but barely have a clue how the Psy Group meeting was initiated.
I’d argue that the Psy Group meeting brings even more legal liability to those involved than the Russian meeting. And yet nearly the entire backstory is unknown.
Flynn sentencing memo has been posted. It is 13 pages long.
6 pages are redacted
"The defendant deserves credit for accepting responsibility in a timely fashion and
substantially assisting the government... the government submits that a sentence at the low end of the advisory guideline range is appropriate and warranted."
I don’t think the full relationship between Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos has been revealed. I wouldn’t be surprised if Papadopoulos is mentioned in the upcoming Flynn legal docs.
Per the Washington Posr, Flynn emailed Papadopoulos in December 2016 saying “Stay in touch and, at some point, we should get together.” Did they ever get together? Did Flynn offer Papadopoulos anything?
According to one confidant, Papadopoulos was talking about a Russian business deal in December 2016, the same time that Flynn was secretly negotiating sanctions with the Russian ambassador. Do these two events have a nexus?
Anyone ready to talk about the fact that 21 days after Trump signed the deal, Sberbank (not VTB) actually went through and completely funded IC Expert - the developer of Trump Tower Moscow?
Sberbank is owned by the Central Bank of Russia and would have a keen interest in seeing sanctions weakened or removed.
When Sberbank extends a 10 billion ruble line of credit to any company it can result in headline news. It’s a huge number. Why then does the 10.6 billion ruble funding of IC Expert days after signing a deal with Trump not get ANY coverage?
