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CNN: The 1 giant question Donald Trump still hasn't answered on Russia
CNN ^ | 01/14/2019 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 01/14/2019 1:30:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind

President Donald Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Monday that suggestions he was some sort of Russian agent were totally ridiculous, and insisted that the entire special counsel investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election is a "whole big fat hoax."

It's in keeping with his broader approach to the question of Russia's election meddling efforts and ties between those close to his campaign and actors for foreign powers: This is all a sham. Special counsel Robert Mueller is out to get him -- as is the entire FBI. They've got nothing. (The 192 criminal counts, 36 people and entities charged, seven people who have pleaded guilty, the four people sentenced to prison and the one person convicted at trial as a result of the Mueller probe make clear, of course, that Trump is wrong.)

But even if you ignore all of those facts about the Mueller investigation, there's still one question I keep coming back to over the last 48 hours: Why did Trump go out of his way to ensure that no records of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin exist?

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Russia
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To: SeekAndFind

This is only “staggering” to those who believe the smear that President Trump is a Russian agent.

And I assume those include you....since you consistently further those smears on FR.


61 posted on 01/14/2019 3:06:40 PM PST by roses of sharon ("Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43)
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To: SeekAndFind

Meanwhile , Hillary stumbles free.


62 posted on 01/14/2019 3:08:32 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: SeekAndFind

One go question CNN needs to answer, are they trying to over throw our Constitutional government?


63 posted on 01/14/2019 3:08:40 PM PST by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: roses of sharon

If Trump is a Russian agent, why hasn’t he already turned over the keys to Putin?

Not even fake news is claiming he did.


64 posted on 01/14/2019 3:09:50 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
But even if you ignore all of those facts about the Mueller investigation, there's still one question I keep coming back to over the last 48 hours: Why did Trump go out of his way to ensure that no records of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin exist?
What a surprise -- a CNN Partisan Media Shill regurgitating the latest DNC talking points!

65 posted on 01/14/2019 3:13:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Because private conversations with world leaders are off the record?

Neither the public nor the media has a rjght to see them. Period.

Nothing conspiratorial or extraordinary about it. Just normal state protocol.


66 posted on 01/14/2019 3:16:54 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
Because private conversations with world leaders are off the record?

And also not all that unusual. Plus, you can't leak what you don't have.

67 posted on 01/14/2019 3:24:39 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: realcleanguy

And, the damn pubbies did NOTHING about the Clintoons when they held both houses of Congress and the White House.

They are in it up to their eyeballs, and we are the fools who keep electing them.

Time to water Jefferson’s Tree of Liberty, methinks.


68 posted on 01/14/2019 3:30:58 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: dirtboy

My guess is the usual Deep State leakers weren’t present in the meeting and they couldn’t leak its contents to the media.

Trump learned who they were and managed to get rid of them or sideline them.

The fact he able to keep secrets speaks for itself and no wonder the Deep State and the media are in an uproar.

Trump is not as dumb as he looks.


69 posted on 01/14/2019 3:31:05 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmmmm. Does no one remember the conversation leaked when President Trump advised Putin of the possibility of particular types of Islamist attacks which were in the works?


70 posted on 01/14/2019 3:59:29 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: goldstategop
Nothing like some notes of a recent meeting to reinforce (or correct) one's memory of the conversation. Nothing odd about that. Nothing odd about not keeping it for the long term, either.

71 posted on 01/14/2019 4:04:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SeekAndFind

And here it is.............why isn’t Hillary, Obama and his crew not in jail


72 posted on 01/14/2019 4:04:31 PM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: timestax
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73 posted on 01/14/2019 4:07:35 PM PST by timestax
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To: SeekAndFind
FOIA all correspondence leading up to the Kerry-Soetoro secretive dump of billions on unmarked bills to the Ayatollah. Make public the “golf and grandchildren” transcript of the tarmack meeting. Make public the 302s of the July 4th Hilary meeting the had her attorneys/fact witness in the same room.


74 posted on 01/14/2019 4:17:56 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: treetopsandroofs; AAABEST; marajade
"EVERY Rat I know is completely sold on it. No exceptions."

We were completely sold on the guilt of the Clinton crime syndicate during the impeachment wars. The Media fought in defense of the Clintons every step of the way.

Now, the Media has created a Narrative that all the Rats believe. They're aiding and abetting the delusion they created, and they're flinging gasoline on the "bonliar" daily.

I believe we're going to have to fight, or go down under the jack-booted heel of the Lefty government-Media complex.

They started it.

75 posted on 01/14/2019 4:26:47 PM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: SeekAndFind

The question is fake. Trump didn’t conceal shit. He kept things confidential. Next.


76 posted on 01/14/2019 4:28:06 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: SeekAndFind

CNN is ISIS.


77 posted on 01/14/2019 4:35:44 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: SeekAndFind

“These two paragraphs, from The Washington Post’s Greg Miller, are staggering stuff:”

What’s “staggering” about it?


78 posted on 01/14/2019 4:49:47 PM PST by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump has every reason to keep his interactions with heads of state extremely restricted. The Deep State zombies were leaking transcripts of Team Trump from before he arrived in office — the scummy (ILLEGAL) national security leaks of Mike Flynn started BEFORE Jan. 20, 2017. Then in the first weeks of the Trump admin. calls with heads of state were quickly leaked. I am sure that POTUS Trump quickly realized that the State Dept, National Security Council, etc. had staffers working on behalf of the “resistance” — he had excellent reason to severely restrict info on his interactions with foreign leaders. I’ll bet that info on many more leaders than just Putin is held closely, but of course the Mediascum is always trying to promote the #FakeNews “Muh Russia” b.s.


79 posted on 01/14/2019 5:01:23 PM PST by Trump_the_Evil_Left (FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
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To: SeekAndFind

“there’s still one question I keep coming back to over the last 48 hours: Why did Trump go out of his way to ensure that no records of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin exist?”

The news readers/talkingheads apparently are in one accord, because they are all fixated on the same talking point, that President Trump seized the transcripts of his meeting with Putin.


80 posted on 01/14/2019 5:40:15 PM PST by Heart of Georgia
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