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posted by martyb on Monday November 20 2017, @05:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the couldn't-have-done-it-without-Shiva-Ayyadurai dept.

The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks

The Atlantic writes:

The transparency organization asked the president's son for his cooperation—in sharing its work, in contesting the results of the election, and in arranging for Julian Assange to be Australia's ambassador to the United States.

[...] The messages, obtained by The Atlantic, were also turned over by Trump Jr.'s lawyers to congressional investigators. They are part of a long—and largely one-sided—correspondence between WikiLeaks and the president's son that continued until at least July 2017. The messages show WikiLeaks, a radical transparency organization that the American intelligence community believes was chosen by the Russian government to disseminate the information it had hacked, actively soliciting Trump Jr.'s cooperation. WikiLeaks made a series of increasingly bold requests, including asking for Trump's tax returns, urging the Trump campaign on Election Day to reject the results of the election as rigged, and requesting that the president-elect tell Australia to appoint Julian Assange ambassador to the United States.

Its a quite long, but interesting article.

Kushner Failed to Hand Over Emails

Senators: Kushner Didn't Disclose Emails On WikiLeaks, 'Russian Overture'

Senior White House adviser and son-in-law to the president Jared Kushner failed to hand over to Senate investigators emails concerning contacts with WikiLeaks and a "Russian backdoor overture," according to a letter sent by two senior lawmakers.

The letter, released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and its ranking Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, says Kushner failed to turn over "September 2016 email communications to Mr. Kushner concerning WikiLeaks" and other emails pertaining to a "Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite."


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by tizan on Monday November 20 2017, @06:50PM (8 children)

    by tizan (3245) on Monday November 20 2017, @06:50PM (#599329)

    Let's try Bengaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii then..

    Or is it Uranium Oooooooooooooooooooooooone

    Or better still Kenyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan !

    You live by fake news you die by it....Trump and many republicans in power started it.....so accept it when it goes against your "boys".

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @07:49PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @07:49PM (#599362)

    Can we just admit that the Russian shills have likely targeted SN for its "grassroots street cred"?

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by julian on Monday November 20 2017, @09:06PM (5 children)

      by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 20 2017, @09:06PM (#599397)

      There are definitely some useful idiots here doing the FSB's work for free.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @01:05AM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @01:05AM (#599469)

        In an above comment, you wrote "white nativists", which I take to refer to Trump supporters.
        Your signature mentions "indictments", as if this is something that Trump and his people might face.

        This is divisive, which is exactly what the FSB wants.

        • (Score: 5, Insightful) by julian on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:24AM (3 children)

          by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:24AM (#599488)

          MIGHT face? I guess you're not keeping up with the news. The indictments have already started.

          As for charges of divisiveness, I've made more conservative friends and allies this year than in my life before. They all loathe Trump and what he's done to the Republican Party. I'm a strange sort of liberal who thinks our country needs a sane, stable, conservative party. We also need an enlightened, forward thinking, innovative left-wing party. Both sides could be doing better at the moment, but it's clear to me one side has gone off the fucking rails. Moral failure and depravity is NOT spread equally at the moment. It's the GOP which is the bigger shit show. I've found plenty of conservatives who agree.

          • (Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @03:46AM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @03:46AM (#599515)

            Those indictments include Tony Podesta, brother of John Podesta and (until just recently) head of the Podesta Group. The Podesta Group does lobbying.

            John Podesta, along with Robby Mook, ran the Hillary campaign.

            In 2012-2014 the Podesta Group had a client that was a pro-Russia party in the Ukraine. Paul Manafort worked for the Podesta Group and ran that effort. Note that this is a time period before Donald Trump ran for president. It is also a time period in which Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State.

            Paul Manafort got indicted for that time period. Robert Mueller also indicted Tony Podesta, due to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act with his lobbiest work.

            So yeah, there are indictments. We're now 1 or 2 steps away from the big fish, Hillary Clinton herself.

            ....

            What do you think a conservative is? Do you think it means a globalist bribe-taker like many republicans (and democrats) in congress, or maybe a Bible-thumper who cares for nothing beyond abortion and gays? A conservative wants to conserve what we have or recover what we have lost. That starts with building a wall, stopping islamization, protecting free speech, protecting gun rights, and getting our workers working again. For a conservative, Trump is a dream come true. Conservatives loath Paul Ryan, Mich McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, John McCain, Jeb Bush, George Bush (both), Mitt Romney and all the others who have no intention to deliver greatness for America.

            • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by julian on Tuesday November 21 2017, @04:13AM (1 child)

              by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 21 2017, @04:13AM (#599525)

              I won't engage with whatabouttery. You're welcome to log in if you want to continue, but if you're a Trump supporter you'll need to apologize first.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @04:42AM

                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @04:42AM (#599539)

                Not that whatabouttery is wrong (it is often a legit argument) but this isn't it.

                Those ARE the indictments.

                You said there were indictments. Yes. Yes, there are indictments. Robert Mueller has indicted people close to Hillary Clinton.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:22AM (#599486)

    Trump and many republicans in power started it

    Someone swallowed the narrative hook line and sinker.