Accused Russian Spy Butina Met w/Obama Treasury Dept. Officials.

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  1. Grokmaster

    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Somehow, the FAKE NEWS neglected to mention any of this....she came here in 2015, and then met with SENIOR OBAMA TREASURY OFFICIALS.

    Gosh I wonder why that wasn't mentioned....no wonder the story has been kicked off of the front page(s). :



    Accused Russian Spy Met w/Obama Treasury Dept. Officials.


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department.

    The meetings, revealed by several people familiar with the sessions and a report from a Washington think tank that arranged them, involved Stanley Fischer, Fed vice chairman at the time, and Nathan Sheets, then Treasury undersecretary for international affairs.

    Butina traveled to the United States in April 2015 with Alexander Torshin, then the Russian Central Bank deputy governor, and they took part in separate meetings with Fischer and Sheets to discuss U.S.-Russian economic relations during Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration.

    The two meetings, which have not been previously reported, reveal a wider circle of high-powered connections that Butina sought to cultivate with American political leaders and special interest groups.

    The meetings with Fischer and Sheets were arranged by the Center for the National Interest, a Washington foreign policy think tank that often advocates pro-Russia views.

    The meetings were documented in a Center for the National Interest report seen by Reuters that outlined its Russia-related activities from 2013 to 2015. The report described the meetings as helping bring together "leading figures from the financial institutions of the United States and Russia."


    https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-accused-russian-agent-butina-met-u-treasury-100302782.html


    Waiting for the PF left to start screaming "TREASON! TREASON!" over this....as IF.
     
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    Rhym3pays Well-Known Member

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    This thread isn't going to end well for you.
     
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    PeppermintTwist Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It's all they have. The POS they support is a traitor agent of a foreign adversary that is actively attacking the USA and it's democracy.
     
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    Bring it on...
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Sorry, but I do not support the traitor who did all of THIS...for RUSSIA, in addition to having an alleged RUSSIAN SPY meet with his SENIOR TREASURY DEPT. OFFICIALS:


    Allowing Putin to take control of 20% of our uranium reserves;

    Allowing the ILLEGAL EXPORT of yellow cake uranium;

    Reneging on the European Miissile Defense Shield because that's what Putin wanted;

    Secretly promising EVEN MORE "FLEXIBILITY" AFTER THAT BETRAYAL;

    Refusing the arm the Ukraine to fight back against Putin;

    Ordering our intel services to STAND DOWN, and NOT INTERFERE WITH RUSSIAN MEDDLING in the 2016 election?
     
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    Knock it off with that BS. Everything you hate about the Russians happened when Obama was president. A few years ago Russia was BFFs with Clinton and Obama, what changed?

    Russia gave the Clintons millions, she gave them uranium
    Iran chants death to America and Obama gave them billions

    But it's Trump who's the traitor.

    There are times when I truly believe the left doesn't have their thinking cap fully charged up.
     
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    Rhym3pays Well-Known Member

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    Self projection is fun to watch


    ...but I am going to just sit back and let you guys keep digging the hole deeper.
     
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    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Do you call that a response to what I posted?
     
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    What a clueless post. Shame on you for being so gullible that you support a traitor and refuse to accept facts. Your uranium bull **** has been debunked so many times the dead have gotten the information and understand it already Pathetic!!!
     
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    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! :clapping:
     
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    Let's destroy the lies one at a time....

    Now this Uranium One deal is funny because the same people who believe this BS -- are the same people who are outraged about the steele dossier being used as evidence against Trump -- but they don't mind this whole Uranium One conspiracy being completely lifted from Clinton Cash -- a book by a partisan hack

    What is even worse is that among the news agencies that debunked Uranium One, one of them was Fox News themselves.

    Also, there is ZERO evidence that any uranium went to Russia -- neither can Trump supporters produce any evidence supporting that claim --- and...a change in company ownership doesn’t mean that 10 to 20 percent of America’s uranium literally went to Russia. Neither Uranium One nor ARMZ (Rosatom’s mining subsidiary) is licensed to export uranium from the U.S. to other countries.

    Now, a question for the Trump lovers --- If Uranium One is such an evil company and the merger is corrupt and a threat to the free world -- Trump is president now, they can easily void the deal and sanction all of the companies involved...and you Trump lovers should be banging the drums to make that happen -- but you are not, because you are full of crap.
     
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    Russians do not give a damn about anything except creating conflict and turmoil. The more the partisan idiots fight the better they like it. Thanks to the internet and cable news they are succeeding wildy.

    On a more lighthearted note I heard Mueller's team is looking at on DC brothel which specialized in East European hookers. Mueller is claiming they meddled with American erections. Of course nothing will come of it :)
     
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    Did the "models" come through the Trump modeling agency now defunct? :)
     
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    And with the hyper partisanship and pathological trump hatred, the pickings are very good for the russians. An abundant harvest, as they exploit our sickness. What is that old saw about being ones own worst enemy?
     
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    I am sure what I am about to say is oblivious to Trump supporters -- but after you are done being butt-hurt about having another talking point destroyed, you can thank me later.

    2007: U.S. President George W. Bush formalizes plans to set up a missile defense base in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic, part of the United States’ larger ballistic missile defense system with sites in California and Alaska.

    2009: U.S. President Barack Obama cancels Bush’s plans, putting forward a sea-based strategy, arguing ships could be deployed more quickly to counter Iranian rockets. Permanent ground bases are foreseen at a later stage.

    The GOP now claims that this mean Obama is in league with Putin and hates America and is a traitor, blah blah blah...

    2012: At NATO’s summit in Chicago, the alliance says it can now protect southern Europe from a ballistic missile limited attack. It plans to cover all of Europe, from Greenland to the Azores.

    2013: Russia breaks off the missile shield talks with NATO, after failing to win a commitment that Washington would limit the scope of its ballistic missile defense interceptors. <<-- but leave it to Trump supporters, Obama was supposed to agree to everything Putin asks

    2016: The United States declares Deveselu operational and is expected hand over command of the Romanian site to the NATO alliance. Construction starts on a second ground site in Poland.

    Once again, Trump lovers are purposely lied to by their own so-called conservative leaders and they continue to not care...They don't even know that the defense shield is fully operational, so to claim Obama reneged on the deal is silly.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-unveil-european-missile-shield-idUSKCN0Y217P
     
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    I see lots of tin foil hats, but so few of those thinking caps. They thought hillary could win. But someone like trump beat her. Replacing the tin foil hats with thinking caps would be a move in the right direction, IMO.
     
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    Let me ask you a question or two. Did Clinton and others approve the sale of Uranium One? Did Russians, our evil enemies, donate millions to her charity and pay Bubba $500k to speak for 45 minutes? Is Russia aiding Iran with their nuke program?
     
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    Why.......they are even talking about this article over at Democratic Underground.........
     
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    This is yet another reason I don't take Trump lovers seriously -- this isn't even worth dignifying

    This talking point is also funny because leave it to Trump supporters -- liberals are supposed to be thirsty for war with Russia...

    but when Obama didn't escalate arms to Ukraine -- it was the GOP who was banging the drums for a possible conflict with Russia, not liberals...

    Obama's reasoning at the time for not sending arms is because he didn't feel the Ukrainians could win a war with Russia without US troops being involved, you can agree or not with that assessment -- but even one of the think tanks who were pushing for arming the Ukraine said:
    "No one really doubts that Putin can prevail in this fight," The think-tank report concedes, "Even with enormous support from the West, the Ukrainian army will not be able to defeat a determined attack by the Russian military."

    But hey, if you feel that means Obama is a traitor and is in league with Putin, have at it.

    While I am glad Trump lovers are finally admitting that Russia didn't just "meddle" in our elections -- they launched a full attack on our elections -- It was Obama's watch, so I hold him and his intelligence agencies responsible for failing to stop them -- just like I am sure you Trump lovers hold Bush and his intelligence agencies responsible for failing to stop 9/11...which is also why you Trump lovers were not opposed to the HUGE spending increases in the name of security due to fears from another 9/11 attack -- and if democrats ever had voted to cut funding or zero out funding for any agency responsible for national security, you trump lovers would rightfully call that treasonous...

    But when the GOP this week refuses to fund cyber security initiatives designed to prevent foreign countries from attacking future elections in this country, Trump lovers are silent
     
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    Did they talk about how Butina didn't have any success getting any Obama people to play ball with her?
     
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    Not sure.......but it appears that this 'Russian spy' seems to have had meetings with Obummer's higher ups in his administration.......maybe it will all come out after she spends a few months in 23 hour a day solitary confinement. Manafort should be breaking soon as well.
     
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    I need more "like" buttons for your post.

    The DNC is mad at Russia because they 'think' they are trying to manipulate our election by exposing that the DNC is manipulating
    our election?
     
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    But she actually successfully co-opted the GOP, the NRA and the Evangelicals with Ruble dole.........your thread has an actual point?
     
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    9 different agencies approved the sale, the term for these nine agencies is called CFIUS, ever heard of it? --- Clinton wasn't one of those involved with granting approval -- let me know when you have evidence saying otherwise -- Trump is president now, so if there is evidence of it, it is in his power to find it..

    As for the millions donated by NOT RUSSIANS but by a Canadian named Frank Giustra, the founder of Uranium One (I know, they are our enemy too) -- furthermore, he sold off his entire stake in the company in 2007, three years before the Russia deal and at least 18 months before Clinton became secretary of state -- maybe he could read the future and he knew that Hillary would lose the election, become Sec of State, bypass the 9 agencies and approve the deal herself..

    Does it bother you that the Russian govt funneled millions of dollars thru the NRA directly into the campaigns of many GOP campaigns? or do you only care if you mistakenly believe democrats did it?

    Do you think Russia is aiding Iran's nuke program? If so, what has Trump said about it? Obama isn't president you know.
     
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    The point that you are missing entirely and that you just confirmed yourself is that RUSSIA was indeed very active in our election despite the denial from the cultists and the president.
     
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