Posted on 01/20/2018 5:51:49 PM PST by janetjanet998
In the days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, a wealthy Russian pharmaceutical executive named Alexey Repik arrived in Washington, expressing excitement about the new administration. He posted a photo on Facebook of a clutch of inauguration credentials arranged next to a white “Make America Great Again” hat, writing in Russian: “I believe that President Donald Trump will open a new page in American history.” Throughout his trip, Repik had prime access. He wrote on Facebook that he got close enough to the president-elect at a pre-inaugural event to “check the handshake strength of Donald Trump.” He and his wife, Polina Repik, witnessed Trump’s swearing-in from ticketed seats in front of the U.S. Capitol. And he posed for a photo shoulder-to-shoulder with Mike Pompeo, the president’s nominee to head the CIA, although Repik later said he was not aware of Pompeo’s intended role at the time. The attendance of members of Russia’s elite at Trump’s inauguration was evidence of the high anticipation in Moscow for a thaw in U.S.-Russia relations following a campaign in which Trump stunned U.S. foreign-policy experts by repeatedly praising Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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As questions about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election were beginning to percolate publicly, prominent business leaders and activists from the country attended inaugural festivities, mingling at balls and receptions — at times in proximity to key U.S. political officials.
Their presence caught the attention of counterintelligence officials at the FBI, according to former U.S. officials, although it is not clear which attendees drew U.S. government interest. FBI officials were concerned at the time because some of the figures had surfaced in the agency’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, the officials said.
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I understand leftists are massively depressed and all, what with their fantasy world crashing down all around them, but this story takes pathetic to a whole new level.
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No one expected Donald Trump to win: Hillary thought she would be 50 points ahead. The leadership of Russia would try to get him elected? Why?
Bill and Hillary had don business with the Russians. They knew Bill and Hillary and I don’t think they knew the Donald all that well.
The Memo is scaring the crap out of them
I was within fifty feet of President (then candidate) Trump at a rally. I must be part of the President’s inner circle of advisers. /sarc
“The attendance of members of Russia’s elite at Trump’s inauguration ....”
But the numerous mohammedan radicals invited to the White House while Obummer infested the place was of no consequence?
Natasha and Boris members of local 13 Villians, thieves and sondrals union.
deep state is fighting back, releasing everything they’ve got to keep the focus on Trump Russia collusion. this piece is laughable...
No just peter please
Here you have the Democrats paying Russians to make up lies against our president. BIG BUCKs!! Millions — to disrupt his popularity which finally ate them alive. And they lost because they were leftists and we hate leftist communism but they want to say the the RUSSIANs are to “blame” for their loss. NOBODY falls for their bull shit.
Is this at the bottom of the desperation bin, or does it get deeper?
Here in Minnesota the Russian olive tree is considered to be an invasive species. I never thought about it before but do you suppose Trump is behind it all? I’m calling the Federal Bureau of Matters. Like they say... see something, say something.
Bagster the noob.
after that crap the first thing I thought of was “oh for crying out loud, FFS just give it up, stop with this nonsense”
Yup. The memo needs to be leaked or released pronto. Deep state is already getting its lemmings in the press to come up with distractions and misdirections.
You know we’ve been over this a million times already these people are crazy they’ve lost their minds this whole thing was concocted bunch of nonsense from a dossier that was concocted by opposition research and I think that’s all going to be exposed for those who still have their heads up their butts. In the end there’s nothing wrong with Russian “elites” at the inauguration in the crowd. Who cares.
And the Russian so-called elites were wearing MAGA hats trying to be incognito, huh?
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