5511

Comey, after recently unveiling his Twitter presence, is coming out with a book. Also makes an Oxford comma joke.


5512
5513

Hard to say what this means. Someone floated a rumor that he’s under investigation for espionage. Selling to his daughters doesn’t mean much, since they are as Nazi-rific as he is. We shall see…

5514

The apple doesn’t rot far from the tree, eh?

5515

The Cyprus-based Lucicle Consultants Limited, in turn, reportedly received millions of dollars from a businessman and Ukrainian parliamentarian named Ivan Fursin, who is closely linked to one of Russia’s most notorious criminals: Semion Mogilevich.

Mogilevich is frequently described as “the most dangerous mobster in the world.” Currently believed to be safe in Moscow, he is, according to the FBI, responsible for weapons trafficking, contract killings, and international prostitution. In 2009, he made the bureau’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

5516

Paulie sure has some shady friends…Semion Mogilevich, DJT…

5517

Great. A James Bond level of villain is chummy with chums of Trump.

But her emails…!

5518

The Associated Press reports that the Russian effort to swing the election to Trump may have been much broader than previously known. The AP reports on extensive new data collected by a cybersecurity firm — which accessed it via a misstep by hackers — that experts say leaves little doubt of direct Russian involvement in the hacking and reveals a much broader set of targets for it than previous reporting had indicated. One key revelation concerns how many Democratic Party officials were hit by the hacks, per the AP: “More than 130 party workers, campaign staffers and supporters of the party were targeted, including [campaign chair John] Podesta and other members of [Hillary] Clinton’s inner circle.”
[…]
The new AP reporting, by revealing just how ambitious that interference appeared to be, underscores how much is riding on developing this full accounting, and it should prompt us to revisit just how destructive Trump’s blithe dismissals threaten to be.

The new reporting is also cause to revisit the posture of Republican lawmakers toward the Russian meddling efforts during the 2016 election. As The Post has reported, Obama administration officials privately asked senior congressional officials in both parties to show a united front against Russian sabotage, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) refused, claiming (in The Post’s words) that “he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics.”

Former CIA director John Brennan has delivered new public remarks about this that deserve attention. Brennan told “Frontline” the following about this meeting:

“In those briefings of Congress, some of the individuals expressed concern that this was motivated by partisan interests on the part of the [Obama] administration. And I took offense to that. I told them that this is an intelligence assessment; that this is an intelligence matter.”

5519

McConnell, using his power to cover treasonous activities.

5520

Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected a proposal by a junior campaign aide who offered to use his “Russian contacts” to try to set up a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The aide, George Papadapoulos, has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and documents released Monday show he was in contact with Russians who offered him “dirt” on Hillary Clinton — including thousands of emails.

This new revelation is significant because Sessions told Congress under oath in June that he had “no knowledge” of any conversations by anyone connected to the Trump campaign about “any type of interference with any campaign” by Russians.

5521

Better than his usual preference of using his power to perform treasonous activities.

5522

There you go! Way to find the bright side, dude!

5523

Know what they used to call me?

5524

Tee hee

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/11/02/us/politics/ap-us-trump-russia-probe-the-latest.html

At a brief court hearing Thursday, Manafort’s lawyer asked the judge to take off GPS monitoring. The judge declined to do so, saying she wanted more information. Gates also appeared and was told he would also remain on house arrest with certain exceptions.

5525

It’s probably safest for them. Putin has been known to extinguish annoyances…

5526

Sen. Franken Demands Attorney General Jeff Sessions Explain Himself Amid New Trump-Russia Revelations (Franken’s website) in an eight-page letter that was delivered to Sessions today.

“Once again, developments in the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election have brought to light evidence that you failed to tell the truth about your interactions with Russian operatives during the campaign, as well as your awareness of Russian contacts by other members of the Trump campaign team,” wrote Sen. Franken in the letter. “This is another example in an alarming pattern in which you, the nation’s top law enforcement officer, apparently failed to tell the truth, under oath, about the Trump team’s contacts with agents of Russia—a hostile foreign power that interfered in the 2016 election. We must get to the bottom of what happened so that we can prevent it from happening again, and I am deeply troubled that this newest revelation strongly suggests that the Senate—and the American public—cannot trust your word.”

5527

Another article indicated that Franken (and at least one other Senator), have asked the FBI to determine whether Sessions perjured himself under oath during his confirmation hearings.

5528

If Jeff had said what he said to the FBI he’d have gone to prison.

Fortunately for him, he only said it to Congress.

5529

Yeah, is lying to Congress even a crime?

5530

It was sworn testimony under oath, under penalty of perjury, so yes, it’s the crime of perjury.