(07-12-2017, 07:39 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(07-12-2017, 07:11 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: He released the emails because the New York Times was about to release them, and he thought he could get out in front of the story.   It was a really desperate thing to do that apparently has backfired, because now, no one can claim it's fake news. 

Email to Trump Jr. in June 1996:
"This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump,"

And Trump Jr replied:
"If it's what you say I love it,"
And then he forwarded the email to Kushner and Manifort and invited them to the meeting, which they attended. 

So, whether we want to judge it malicious or dumb or whatever, there it is.   This is no longer fake news.  Whether the Russians actually helped Trump get elected or not, and why, and what they might have received in return, we don't know yet, but what we do know is, the top Trump campaign people were eager for Russian help, because getting those 3 guys into that meeting is no small thing in the middle of a campaign.  

So now we know, the Russians wanted to help, the intelligence agencies have all said that, and we also know the Trump campaign wanted their help.  Stay tuned.  This is not fake news.   It's real.

Yep, it's real. Because no one can resist good logical contortionism and multiple leaps to conclusion. 

Good gawd, you people should hear yourselves.

What have I said that is not true?   This isn't being filtered through the mainstream media.   It's in the emails that Trump Jr released himself, and it's in his followup statements.  

"This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump,"

And Trump Jr replied:
"If it's what you say I love it,"

And then he talked about releasing the damaging information later in the summer, and then he and Kushner and Manafort attended the meeting with what they thought was a Russian operative. 

There's no disputing those facts, because they come from Trump Jr himself.

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