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Russia Probe Twist: A Billion Dollar CEO, A Convicted Russian Agent And The FBI
saraacarter.com ^ | 7/26/2019 | Sara A. Carter

Posted on 07/26/2019 11:21:50 AM PDT by bitt

If what you already know about the FBI’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia has you wondering what can come next, “make sure you are sitting down because it’s about to get worse,” said Patrick Byrne, the philanthropist and CEO of the mega online retail chain Overstock.com.

Byrne revealed never published details about his intimate relationship with the Russian gun right’s activist and libertarian, Maria Butina, who is now serving out her sentence after pleading guilty in 2018 to working as a foreign agent in the U.S. without registering.

In an interview several weeks ago, Byrne recanted first meeting Butina at Freedom Fest 2015. He described the relationship that developed between the two and revealed that he had initiated contact in July, 2015 with the FBI after his first meeting with Butina. He also disclosed that he met twice with attorney’s from the Department of Justice in April, giving a total of seven hours of interviews on the separate occasions. A source directly familiar with the interviews, confirmed those meetings took place.

Butina’s lawyer, Robert Driscoll, also confirmed the relationship between Byrne and Butina. Driscoll stated that he also had relayed the information to the FBI and prosecutors earlier during his trial, and asked repeatedly about any Brady material -exculpatory information – that the bureau may have collected from Byrne on Butina, to no avail. The bureau denied it had any information regarding Byrne and Butina’s relationship, Driscoll’s letter stated.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2015; 201507; 201607; 201904; butina; fakenews; fbi; freedomfest; freedomfest2015; hedgefunds; mariabutina; overstockcom; patrickbyrne; redsparrow; robertdriscoll; russia; saracarter; waronthnra; warrenbuffet

1 posted on 07/26/2019 11:21:50 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/26/2019 11:22:07 AM PDT by bitt (US intel is there to protect the safety and security of Americans. It is not a political tool.)
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To: bitt

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3 posted on 07/26/2019 11:22:33 AM PDT by defconw (WWG1WGA! MAGA)
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To: bitt
Well, well.

Looks like people may be taking the idea of an investigation into a soft coup seriously.

4 posted on 07/26/2019 11:35:11 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: bitt

And those meetings between them had nothing to do with President Trump, but watch the MSM spin it.


5 posted on 07/26/2019 11:40:11 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: marktwain; bitt

Well, well.

Looks like people may be taking the idea of an investigation into a soft coup seriously.

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I had a feeling her arrest & conviction was a bumwrap.

fibbers were prolly lickin there lips waiting for her to have a meeting with Jr.

with the clock running out, fibbers had to nail her to prove they arrested a real live ruskie


6 posted on 07/26/2019 12:03:01 PM PDT by thinden
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To: bitt

Hand down the Indictments and end the Dem Party. This game playing is really getting silly. Dems keep delaying and they let it happen. I am sure there is a reason but with the investigations into earlier investigations there needs to be urgency. Declass NOW!


7 posted on 07/26/2019 12:04:41 PM PDT by DrDude
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Sara does good work, but her grammar skills are right up there with your average FReeper. Pitiful. Embarrassing for someone who makes her living as a "writer." She doesn't even bother to use Spellcheck.

If a carpenter used his primary tool with the same level of competence as Cater shows here, he'd have a sore thumb. Her punctuation is even worse. Where did she go to school, Kmart Tech?

the Russian gun right’s activist

Byrne recanted first meeting

met twice with attorney’s

Counsel On Foreign Relations

or note worthy

some we are more confidant

about Russian spy’s who

8 posted on 07/26/2019 12:06:58 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: bitt
... and revealed that he had initiated contact in July, 2015 with the FBI after his first meeting with Butina.

At this point in time you have to be a fool to voluntarily contact and work with the FBI or any other FedMob agency.

9 posted on 07/26/2019 12:13:03 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: FirstFlaBn

Who is Cater?


10 posted on 07/26/2019 12:16:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

lol


11 posted on 07/26/2019 12:37:34 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (u)
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To: TigersEye
Great question!

Considering how many typos I make, especially when in a hurry, I am not about to complain about others.

12 posted on 07/26/2019 12:44:37 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: bitt
He decided to continue meeting with the then 26 year old Russian graduate student.

Yes, I've seen her photos in a bikini. Not a difficult decision to make.

13 posted on 07/26/2019 12:46:09 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Jane Austen; Zuben Elgenubi

I quit correcting typos years ago because I found that I made more of them when I was making corrections than when I wasn’t.


14 posted on 07/26/2019 12:48:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

This happens to me also.


15 posted on 07/26/2019 1:13:26 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: TigersEye

Ahahaha!


16 posted on 07/26/2019 1:33:34 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: TigersEye

Byrne’s decision to come forward didn’t come lightly. ….“It was something I knew I had to do,” he told this reporter. “Those running the operation were not honest and in the end I realized I was being used in some sort of soft coup.”


17 posted on 07/26/2019 1:48:44 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Fedora

ping


18 posted on 07/26/2019 1:58:44 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: bitt

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19 posted on 07/26/2019 2:07:02 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/26/maria-butina-exculpatory-fbi-informant/

She's how old???

https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Maria_Butina-e1531767102726.jpeg

20 posted on 07/26/2019 5:34:31 PM PDT by ptsal
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