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President Trump Changed His Story on Son's Meeting with Russian Lawyer

posted by martyb on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:08PM   
from the "A-Tale-of-Flodden-Field" dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

5News reports:

President Donald Trump appears to have changed his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel's investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent.

[...] That is a far different explanation than Trump gave 13 months ago, when a statement dictated by the president but released under the name of Donald Trump Jr., read: "We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago."

also at Vox, MSN and Mic

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• Re:How dare he say something else when asked again Re:How dare he say something else when asked again (Score: 5, Informative) by julian on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:45PM (4 children)

  by julian (6003) on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:45PM (#718335)

  This story is still, years later, complete horseshit, [snopes.com]

  Among the ways these accusations stray from the facts is in attributing a power of veto or approval to Secretary Clinton that she simply did not have. Clinton was one of nine cabinet members and department heads that sit on the CFIUS, and the secretary of the treasury is its chairperson. CFIUS members are collectively charged with evaluating proposed foreign acquisitions for potential national security issues, then turning their findings over to the president. By law, the committee can’t veto a transaction; only the president can.

  All nine federal agencies were required to approve the Uranium One transaction before it could go forward. According to The New York Times, Clinton may not have even directly participated in the decision. Then-Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez, whose job it was to represent the State Dept. on CFIUS, said Clinton “never intervened” in committee matters. Clinton herself has said she wasn’t personally involved.

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• Re:How dare he say something else when asked again (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:12PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:12PM (#718350)

  But whatabout my whataboutism???

  Lock her up! Locker her up!

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• Re:How dare he say something else when asked again (Score: 1, Troll) by Pav on Tuesday August 07 2018, @11:52PM

  by Pav (114) on Tuesday August 07 2018, @11:52PM (#718519)

  Complete horseshit?! Are you serious? Did you read through that article, especially to the "update" portion on Vadim Mikerin being investigated for both corruption and connection to the Clinton foundation?

  This is the same Clinton foundation which (despite billions in donations) channelled the vast majority of Haiti relief to... elsewhere. Bill and Hillary gained a quarter billion in the last 15 years alone. What's the old saw about those who gain wealth in public office? We even SAW IN THEIR OWN WORDS how Hillary and her campaign subverted US democracy by cheating Bernie in the primaries, and colluded with the media to "elevate" Trump. Oh, but ignore that... because the DNC is a corporation and are allowed to do that (BTW, a judge specifically threw this argument out in court during the DNC fraud lawsuit). Oh, and ignore cheating Bernie because the emails proving this weren't leaked... it was a RUSSIAN HACK, Russia, Russia, Russia, and we're at war (or something). Machiavelli would be pround - blame your opponent for your own weaknesses. Brilliant!

  I'm sure if I had that much money I could arrange to get a big fat FALSE instead of an UNPROVEN on Snopes. I mean... Clinton wasn't SOLELY responsible for making the Uranium One decision... oh, and the guy who owned the company before payed EVEN MORE in s/bribes/donations to the Clinton Foundation anyway. And some time had passed between the payment and the decision. And the Vadim Mikerin corruption investigations links to the Clinton foundation are still being investigated... I'm sure there's nothing to that at all, so of course the whole Uranium One scandal deserves a nice red FALSE at Snopes!

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• Re:How dare he say something else when asked again (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 08 2018, @02:14AM

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Wednesday August 08 2018, @02:14AM (#718598) Journal

  So - uhhhh - you're moving responsibility for that uranium sale off of Hillary's shoulders, directly onto Obama's shoulders? Good enough, I guess. It only helps to prove that the Dems hop into bed with Russians when it is convenient, while screaming and shouting if they think the Repubs might be doing the same thing.

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• Re:How dare he say something else when asked again (Score: 2) by arulatas on Wednesday August 08 2018, @06:30PM

  by arulatas (3600) on Wednesday August 08 2018, @06:30PM (#718900)

  Facts are the enemy to conspiracy theorists.

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