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How Paul Manafort promoted Russian disinformation that has been embraced by Trump
Thw Washington Post ^ | August 20, 2020 | Rosalind Helderman

Posted on 08/20/2020 6:31:49 PM PDT by elpadre

Edited on 08/20/2020 6:37:00 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The effort began only days after Paul Manafort resigned as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in August 2016.

Manafort faced scrutiny for accepting millions in off-book payments from pro-Russian Ukrainian officials — an uncomfortable situation for the longtime lobbyist, since accusations were then emerging that Russia was interfering in the White House race to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 08/20/2020 6:31:49 PM PDT by elpadre
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This article copied from the Ukrainian TV link; https://112.international/politics/how-paul-manafort-promoted-russian-disinformation-that-has-been-embraced-by-trump-54049.html

This and several other articles read reveal a heavy bias to the Democrat/Biden forces.


2 posted on 08/20/2020 6:36:57 PM PDT by elpadre
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It was a Hoax. They wanted someone to be pressured into making allegations against Trump.

They needed a Star Witness.

They would drop everything and more if someone accused Trump.

It was the Get Trump Operation.

Manafort worked in numerous Dem Administrations, and worked for Trump Campaign for like 90 days.

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3 posted on 08/20/2020 6:37:16 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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Geez, not this ___ again!


4 posted on 08/20/2020 6:39:28 PM PDT by oldplayer
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It was cool when Manafort did it in Dem Administrations, just like the Podestas became Rich beyond belief without registering as Foreign agents.

We are talking Politically motivated Investigations with Trump as the Target.

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5 posted on 08/20/2020 6:40:21 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: AnthonySoprano

It is going to be terrible in 2025 when these media communists don’t have the Orange Boogie Man to occupy them as the central key to their imaginary world.


6 posted on 08/20/2020 6:43:13 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: elpadre

They just can’t let go of the Russia hoax.


7 posted on 08/20/2020 6:57:16 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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SPJNK


8 posted on 08/20/2020 7:16:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wear Your Mask-Stay In Your Home-Do What You're Told-Vote Democrat)
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Manafort faced scrutiny for accepting millions in off-book payments from pro-Russian Ukrainian officials

Yet another attempt to resurrect the "Black Ledger" hoax that was formulated by anti-Russian Ukrainian politicians in response to a State Department order to dig up dirt on Trump. The ledger has been debunked as a ridiculous fabrication of a form supposedly showing bribes to Manafort (which he signed for) and other Ukrainians from the pro-Russian Regions Party. The document was (miraculously) the only to survive the burning down of the Regions Party's building and all its files. Others named in the document have clear evidence that this never could have existed and was created to give to Andrea Chulupa who worked for the DNC dirty tricks team in Ukraine. Only the WaPo would still be stupid enough to keep beating this pathetic dead horse lie regarding Manafort.

9 posted on 08/20/2020 7:21:56 PM PDT by Dave Wright
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Letting go of the hoax would expose Hunter Biden and many others to prosecution. The hoax must go on.


10 posted on 08/20/2020 7:34:50 PM PDT by Fedora
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EXCLUSIVE: The Obama Treasury Department Spied on Flynn, Manafort, and the Trump Family
The Ohio Star ^ | 18 May 2020 | Neil W. McCabe / FR posted by Erik Latranyi

President Barack Obama’s Treasury Department regularly surveiled retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn’s financial records and transactions beginning in December 2015 and well into 2017, before, during and after when he served at the White House as President Donald Trump’s National Security Director, a former senior Treasury Department official, and veteran of the intelligence community, told the Star Newspapers.

“I started seeing things that were not correct, so I did my own little investigation, because I wanted to make sure what I was seeing was correct” she said. “You never want to draw attention to something if there is not anything there.”
The whistleblower said she only saw metadata, that is names and dates when the general’s financial records were accessed. “I never saw what they saw.”

By March 2016, the whistleblower said she and a colleague, who was detailed to Treasury from the intelligence community, became convinced that the surveillance of Flynn was not tied to legitimate criminal or national security concerns, but was straight-up political surveillance among other illegal activity occurring at Treasury.

“When I showed it to her, what she said, ‘Oh, sh%t!’ and I knew right then and there that I was right – this was some shady stuff,” the whistleblower said.’

“It wasn’t just him,” the whistleblower said. “They were targeting other U.S. citizens, as well.”

Only two names are listed in the whistleblower’s official paperwork, so the others must remain sealed, she said. The second name is Paul J. Manafort Jr., the one-time chairman of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The other names include: Members of Congress, the most senior staffers on the 2016 Trump campaign and members of Trump’s family, she said.(Excerpt) Read more at theohiostar.com ...

The “Members of Congress” being spied upon by Obama could be a goldmine of info.
Betcha good money, Obama was spying on DEMOCRATS.

Was Obama checking to see if Democrats were holding out on his share of the graft?


11 posted on 08/20/2020 7:49:34 PM PDT by Liz
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The full scope of the criminality of the Kenyanesian Usurpation hasn’t even begun to be discovered.


12 posted on 08/20/2020 7:54:01 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Amen.


13 posted on 08/20/2020 8:25:19 PM PDT by Liz
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To: elpadre

The Washington ComPost. Nothing but Big Lies and #ComDem Propaganda.


14 posted on 08/20/2020 8:38:48 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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Consistent with that, Obama Treasury Secretary and former White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew was listed among those who received unmasked information bout Flynn in documents declassified by acting DNI Grenell in early May. Lew received the information on December 14, 2016 and January 12, 2017. The December 14 info was also shared with several of his subordinates: Arthur "Danny" McGlynn, Mike Neufeld, Sarah Raskin, and Nathan Sheets.
15 posted on 08/20/2020 8:42:47 PM PDT by Fedora
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Because they have nothing else. They’re gonna throw everything they can at the president and hope something sticks. Their collusion with the Deep State needs to be kept under wraps.


16 posted on 08/20/2020 8:46:51 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
One of those DNC talking points / heads-we-win-tails-you-lose agitprop pieces. Figures that it would be Jeff "The Hills Have Eyes" Bezos' s***-sheet that swills it out.

Partisan Media Shills update.


17 posted on 08/20/2020 9:04:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Still trying to cover for the deep state.

BS/


18 posted on 08/20/2020 9:08:33 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Fedora

No crime was beneath the Obama lowlifes.


19 posted on 08/20/2020 9:14:42 PM PDT by Liz
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To: Fedora

No crime was beneath the Obama lowlifes.


20 posted on 08/20/2020 9:14:42 PM PDT by Liz
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