Dude, he barely speaks American. Pretty sure Latin is out of the question.
vyshka
4042
Poor Jared. Not a good week for him
It’s usually a pretty good sign when the lawyer who represents you decides they want the fuck out.
KevinC
4044
I dunno, that lawyer just sounds like a real liberal-lover to me. He was probably trying to sabotage him.
Killary and Loretta Lynch got to him!
And unlike Kasowitz/Trump, it isn’t like Kushner has been publicly shooting his mouth off constantly.
CraigM
4047
Yup, they’re so good at it that it got him elected.
Former Trump campaign advisor tells CNN they were too incompetent to collude
“The idea that somebody at that campaign would have had the forethought and the treachery … or the resources to go out and do this is laughable.”
In fairness, the interview was conducted the day before Jr released the emails, so he was working from a soon-to-be-defunct playbook.
"The president’s son has tried to discount the meeting, saying that he did not receive the information he was promised. […]
During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee. Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.
“This could be a good issue to expose how the DNC is accepting bad money,” Akhmetshin recalled her saying."
This sounds like a very credible take - and the conclusion is damning.
Had this Russian overture been rejected or promptly reported by the Trump campaign to U.S. authorities, Russian intelligence would have been forced to recalculate the risk vs. gain of continuing its aggressive operation to influence U.S. domestic politics. Russian meddling might have been compromised in its early stages and stopped in its tracks by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies before it reached fruition by the late fall.
So the suggestion that this was a nothing meeting without consequence is, in all likelihood, badly mistaken.
Clay
4051
Turns out that Jared’s dishonesty may have cause Ivanka to commit a crime. Click through for the thread.
Quaro
4054
It’s amazing just how many times they have lied about this meeting, got caught, and lied again. Five? Six?
vyshka
4056
The best part is she is complaining about the goalposts being moved. The world would be a much better place if she was struck by lightning.
vyshka
4057
So it sounds like Gorelick is still working with him, but she is now focused just on ethics compliance and the SF-86 form. Funny that he needs a lawyer focused on that form. With all the fuck ups he has made most people would be fighting to avoid jail time by now.
From the author of that piece:
Akhmetshin is named as “translator” in June 9 meeting. Here are some thoughts including why DonJr can't deny knowing who he was /1
Don Trump Jr.’s lawyer is now saying Don Jr. knew nothing of man’s
background: https://t.co/EteAdZg7q5
BUT that’s hard to imagine … /2
A Google search would turn up Akhmetshin’s Russian intelligence background
For example: https://t.co/R0fA2f3fMQ
Read this text closely: /3 https://t.co/HFU1IKSAOQ
Note the quote in prior tweet. Not just ex-Soviet intel officer. Also “special expertise in running negative public-relations campaigns” /4
Now the KEY piece:
Goldstone’s email on June 7 said “I will send the names of the two people meeting with you for security…later today” /5 https://t.co/9ENZIITjhk
If Goldstone sent Akhmetshin’s name to Trump Tower on June 7, surely Don Jr-Manafort-Kushner or their security people looked him up /6
Especially because they were told the visitors were coming directly from the Russian government. /7
Looks like props go to @twistopherrobin @mla1396 for predicting (on Tues) Akhmetshin was in the meeting: https://t.co/YLJ4togqQw 8/8
“…and two hard-boiled eggs.” Honk! “Make that three hard-boiled eggs.”
ShivaX
4060
Minor tweetstorm about how laws actually work.
