Posted on 10/25/2017 11:32:28 AM PDT by mandaladon
President Trump, in a wide-ranging sparring session with reporters Wednesday afternoon, blasted Hillary Clinton over new revelations her campaign helped fund a salacious anti-Trump dossier last year – calling the project a “disgrace” and claiming the tables have turned on Democrats over the “Russia hoax.”
“They’re embarrassed by it, but I think it’s a disgrace,” Trump told reporters, before heading to Texas for a briefing on Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts and a Republican fundraiser. “It’s a very sad commentary on politics in this country.”
In the midst of a court case that threatened to reveal the dossier’s funding, it emerged Tuesday night that political consulting firm Fusion GPS was retained last year by Marc E. Elias, an attorney representing the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign. The firm then hired former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele to write the dossier that contained unverified and lurid allegations against Trump and his team’s ties to Moscow.
The Washington Post first reported on the connections, which were confirmed by Fox News.
Trump, though, repeatedly said Wednesday that this information only came out because the court case would have revealed it. Amid a series of Russia-related controversies that have Democrats – at least for now – on defense, Trump suggested the allegations of Russia collusion with his campaign have boomeranged and are hurting Democrats.
“The whole Russia thing … this was the Democrats coming up with an excuse for losing the election,” Trump told reporters. “They lost it and they lost it very badly. And they didn’t know what to say, so they made up the whole Russia hoax.”
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Hillary was flapping her gums to any reporter she could find over the last few weeks. She’s been amazingly silent the last few days.
Amazing silence from the dastardly media. LAst week he said they were protecting people. They didn’t report that either. Just went and dug up the cowboy hat idiot. Our press is beyond shameless.
Time to shut the Trump Russia investigation down. Appoint a new special counsel and investigate the Uranium 1 deal. Appoint another special counsel to investigate the dossier and how it was used to create a false pretext to spy on Trump.
People seriously need to be in jail at the end of the day for this.
I'm hearing that Trump and his people have known all about this for months, even though this story just broke in the media in recent days. This tells me that there are plenty of other shoes to drop in the coming weeks and months.
That in itself, speaks volumes
Hillary’s birthday is tomorrow. IIRC Assange usually gives her a present every year.
PleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePlease
“She’s been amazingly silent the last few days.”
i noticed that too ...
That’s what happens whenever......... The Hunter gets captured by the Game.
A great dig at Flake when he said it’s a very sad commentary on politics.
That in itself, speaks volumes
We should never been mislead by the Clinton’s silence. They have used some unique political tactics over the years.
Years ago I read the book “Damage Control” by Larry Nichols. Nichols used to work for Clinton. The book was about all the Clinton’s corruption, lies, and deception. So many things were mentioned in this book that later proved to be true. One of the things mentioned were the Clinton’s use of what they called their “rope a dope” strategy. They would let all the negative news about them come out and it would die down. They would then come out swinging to discredit the story by any means necessary.
Another thing I remembered in the book was that Bill didn’t consider oral sex to be sex. The book was written before Monica ever became known. So in his mind, he may not have been lying. Bizarre people.
I only hope like the Balrog in Lord of the Rings, Hitlary hooks and links Obama on her way down!!!
Hey, we need an encouraging Meme with that imagery...can someone creative make such a meme to remind her to scorch the earth and include Obama???
I am RUBBER!
You GLUE!
It bounces off ME!
AND STICKS TO YOU!!!!..................
It may not be a case of Manafort working for Podesta Group, but rather Manafort steering Russia-connected money to Podesta Group for lobbying.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/paul-manafort-lobbying-ukraine-podesta-group-237163
...Lobbying powerhouse the Podesta Group filed paperwork with the Justice Department today acknowledging that its work years ago for a European nonprofit benefited the same Ukrainian political party once advised by Paul Manafort, who later ran Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
The filings, obtained by POLITICO, appear to clean up the firm’s requirement to disclose its role in foreign lobbying that Manafort reportedly orchestrated...
Excellent
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