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Russian charged w/ breaching U.S. firms says FBI attempted to coerce confession over Clinton hack
Washington Times ^ | May 11, 2017 | Andrew Blake

Posted on 05/11/2017 8:40:57 PM PDT by bobsunshine

A Russian man wanted by the Justice Department on charges connected to hacking U.S. companies now claims the FBI offered him immunity in exchange for accepting responsibility for cyberattacks targeting former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Yevgeny Nikulin, the alleged hacker, laid the claim to Russian media Thursday in a letter sent from a Czech Republic prison cell amid an international extradition battle currently underway between Washington and Moscow.

FBI agents promised Mr. Nikulin money, American citizenship and a free apartment for taking the fall over hacking Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, he alleged in a letter published Thursday by Nastoyashchoe Vremya, a Russian-language website.

“[They told me:] you will have to confess to breaking into Clinton’s inbox for [President Trump] on behalf of [Russian President Vladimir Putin],” Mr. Nikulin wrote, as translated by The Moscow Times.

“He was offered to falsely testify that he was cooperating in the attack on the Democratic Party,” defense attorney Martin Sadilek said Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The FBI declined to comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bribery; clinton; comey; corruption; doj; election; fbi; hacking; hillacyhacked; immunity; nikulin; pleadeal; russia; russianhacker; trump
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To: txhurl
Seth Rich’s killer.

Seth Rich's killer is unlikely to have been Russian.

Much more likely is, he actually did what the Russians are only accused of doing, and was killed for it by those who stood to lose the most from his treachery leakery.

IOW, the DNC was an inside job, not a hack by the Russians or anyone else.

41 posted on 05/12/2017 2:23:51 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Pippa

All strings tied up in a neat little bow.


42 posted on 05/12/2017 2:39:58 AM PDT by griswold3
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To: SSS Two

Cops can tell any lie they want in order to get a suspect to confess or lie or whatever.


43 posted on 05/12/2017 2:48:05 AM PDT by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning....)
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To: Tamatoa

“I can’t even imagine what life will be like right now if Hillary was President. The media will be singing her praises and every country will step all over us. The liberals and government will come to destroy us and the elected GOPee will fold like cheap chairs.”

I think this was part of a much larger plan - can you imagine what would be going on between Macron/France and the US if she had won?

It would be a contest to see who could destroy their country faster - millions of illegals, unlimited welfare, completely destroying Americans and bowing to sharia law.

Germany was already all in. the US is the cherry on top of the sundae.


44 posted on 05/12/2017 3:23:58 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Stopthethreat

Sadly, if you read the comments to articles in the WaPo, NYT, or on Twitter, the left is worked up into a cultlike foaming rage over this. They truly, truly believe that the media would not lie to them and that Trump’s impeachment for this is nigh. The media knows what they are doing whipping these people up into hysterical outrage with every headline - giving them hope that Trump is about to be impeached. The media hopes that this is true, by the way. They WANT to discover that Trump colluded with the Russians. They WANT another Watergate where they can pat themselves on the back and be heroes for destroying Trump. Their goals is nothing more than his destruction. They are the opposition party, and they’ve dropped all pretense of objectivity (it was a thin line before that anyway).


45 posted on 05/12/2017 3:42:01 AM PDT by Pinkbell (Hillary's Russia Ties - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-clinton-and-democrats-have.htm)
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To: bobsunshine

This is very interesting, and if true, it is a game changer. If true, the Russian narrative crumbles like a house of cards.


46 posted on 05/12/2017 3:43:18 AM PDT by Pinkbell (Hillary's Russia Ties - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-clinton-and-democrats-have.htm)
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To: digger48

My tagline.....


47 posted on 05/12/2017 4:23:32 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: bobsunshine

I’m guessing that there is no corroboration for this account of events...


48 posted on 05/12/2017 4:24:20 AM PDT by Homer1
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To: SSS Two

I can believe it. Comey was bought and bribed by the Democrats and Clintons. He was desperate to find anything, even if not true, against Trump for them.


49 posted on 05/12/2017 4:40:44 AM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: bobsunshine
"A Russian man wanted by the Justice Department on charges connected to hacking U.S. companies now claims the FBI offered him immunity in exchange for accepting responsibility for cyberattacks targeting former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton."

Wow, if that's true this country is in a lot more trouble then we could possible believe.... The FBI has more commies then cops... We are toast..!

50 posted on 05/12/2017 4:59:16 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Gunpowder green
"It’s quite credible, that was the FBI under Obama/Lynch/Comey.

Sure, why not... Obummer and company didn't mind using the IRS as a weapon against their enemies... Why not use the FBI.?

I think the infection runs a lot deeper then we could possible imagine...

51 posted on 05/12/2017 5:14:58 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: plain talk

“...I want whoever was responsible for this crap gone, in jail or both. It wasn’t just Comey....”

It’s likely a long list and Comey probably knows who they all are.

Hitlery & The Bent One
Obamy
Holder/Lynch
Comey
McCain
McCabe
and probably some DNC echelon as well.

IMHO, they ALL need to be locked up in GITMO as enemy combatants.


52 posted on 05/12/2017 5:28:15 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: SSS Two
In return, he gets U.S. citizenship and a government funded apartment? C’mon people. Turn your B.S. detectors on.

We already give ILLEGALS this and more. Why do you think it's BS? I guess you forget that the U.S. govt is as corrupt as the mafia if not more.

53 posted on 05/12/2017 5:28:30 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Homer1

I’m guessing that there is no corroboration for this account of events...

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Even if there were, would it matter to the RATS?

Did Benghazi matter?
Did Cabbage, urine and poop’s illegal server matter?
Did Lois Lerner’s targeting Conservatives matter?


54 posted on 05/12/2017 5:28:41 AM PDT by HypatiaTaught (Trump's victory makes me smile 24/7)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
This is not how the FBI operates.

The FBI used a faked Clinton opposition research dossier to try and get a FISA warrant against the Trump campaign.

So lets drop the false pretenses about how they operate ok?

55 posted on 05/12/2017 5:30:41 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: bobsunshine
My biggest question is...why would the Washington Times (and Newsweek) publish this story?

How does this fit (or proactively support) the current narrative?

56 posted on 05/12/2017 6:20:30 AM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (NOT tired of winning.)
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To: bobsunshine

If they would have brought him HIS BIRD he would have done it!


57 posted on 05/12/2017 6:28:30 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: SERKIT

Soro’s probably offered him a few bucks when he got out.


58 posted on 05/12/2017 6:53:18 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Believe or not, we R in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! RU saved?)
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To: bobsunshine

The Democrats are so damn stupid for pushing this Russian narrative on interfering in the presidential race. Are you telling me the party that had orgasms over Gorbachev, and over the decades has had close relations to Russia and communist Soviet Union, now considers them the enemy? The Kremlin probably has a warehouse full of incriminating evidence involving Democrats and Russian/Soviet officials over the years. We’re talking espionage, shady business deals and other activities that provided a benefit to Mother Russia while affecting us negatively. Vlad is just sitting on this explosive info and will no doubt bring it out when the time is right.


59 posted on 05/12/2017 6:56:06 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Tamatoa

You should change your many “will” to “would”......


60 posted on 05/12/2017 7:00:32 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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