5632

he gives off the creepy Uncanny Valley vibe of a rogue, possibly murderous android or of a man with a too-extensive knowledge of human taxidermy and a soundproofed van.

5633

WASHINGTON — After a business meeting before the Miss Universe Pageant in 2013, a Russian participant offered to “send five women” to Donald Trump’s hotel room in Moscow, his longtime bodyguard told Congress this week, according to three sources who were present for the interview.

Two of the sources said the bodyguard, Keith Schiller, viewed the offer as a joke, and immediately responded, “We don’t do that type of stuff.”

The two sources said Schiller’s comments came in the context of him adamantly disputing the allegations made in the Trump dossier, written by a former British intelligence operative, which describes Trump having an encounter with prostitutes at the hotel during the pageant. Schiller he described his reaction to that story as being, “Oh my God, that’s bull----,” two sources said.

The conversation with the Russian about the five women took place after a morning meeting about the pageant in Moscow broke up, two sources said.

That night, two sources said, Schiller said he discussed the conversation with Trump as Trump was walking back to his hotel room, and Schiller said the two men laughed about it as Trump went to bed alone. Schiller testified that he stood outside Trump’s hotel room for a time and then went to bed.

One source noted that Schiller testified he eventually left Trump’s hotel room door and could not say for sure what happened during the remainder of the night.

5634

I’m going to bet that someone sent a text message.

“Vlad. U up?”

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Washington (CNN)White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller has been interviewed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

The interview brings the special counsel investigation into President Donald Trump’s inner circle in the White House. Miller is the highest-level aide still working at the White House known to have talked to investigators.
Miller’s role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey was among the topics discussed during the interview as part of the probe into possible obstruction of justice, according to one of the sources.

Special counsel investigators have also shown interest in talking to attendees of a March 2016 meeting where foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos said that he could arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin through his connections. Miller was also at the meeting, according to a source familiar with the meeting.

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As many as a dozen intelligence services worldwide, on four continents, are in possession of some sort of “Trump tape” featuring sexual escapades of a controversial nature; in some cases, the women involved appear to be underage. Some of these tapes have been shared with the Mueller investigation.

One Western intelligence agency with a solid professional reputation is in possession of an unpleasant Trump tape that they assess “with high confidence” is bona fide, i.e. exactly what it appears to be. They obtained the tape from a trusted source who plausibly had access to it. Over the decades, Trump has traveled widely—including to Russia more than once—and thereby exposed himself to surreptitious filming in numerous countries.

However, here’s the rub: Many of the “Trump tapes” floating around in spy circles worldwide cannot be verified, while some of them are obvious fakes. The Western spy agency that’s holding a Trump tape they’re pretty sure is real has also been approached two other times with tapes that were less solid—and one of them was transparently fake.

It’s obvious to savvy Western counterspies that someone is spreading fake Trump tapes—not all of them high quality—to muddy the waters. The obvious suspect, of course, is the Kremlin. Since the Russians know all about President Trump’s decades of personal antics, including what kompromat exists on him, they appear to be pushing dubious and unverifiable tapes, some of them obviously fake, to create chaos and confusion.

5637

Yeah, I just don’t buy anything Schindler is selling without reputable confirmation.

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5639

Is he not reputable? Did I miss something?

5640

We can all relate. Performance reviews are a pain, but they have to be done.

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5642

I don’t know, man. I’ve never heard anyone reputable say he was. Look at it this way: he and Malcolm Nance are both supposedly ex-intelligence guys. But when I was following what they were saying back after the election, they were nearly always saying how they were right and the other was wrong. Who to believe? Throw in the Claude Taylors and the Louise Mensches of the twitterverse, and before long, these guys all start looking like one big, coordinated misinformation campaign targeting the same gullibility that handed the election to trump, and distracting people from what’s important.They always seem to be on the attack against one of the others, which encourages you to pick a side on who you believe. But what if none of them are genuine/right/truthful?

5643

For whatever it’s worth, Nance has panned out better in my experience, but they’ve certainly seemed to possess “competing views” in that realm.

5644

Isn’t Schindler the one that’s waiting for the lizard or gecko or something?

5645

WASHINGTON — Investigators for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are questioning witnesses about an alleged September 2016 meeting between Mike Flynn, who later briefly served as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a staunch advocate of policies that would help Russia, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told NBC News.

The meeting allegedly took place in Washington the evening of Sept. 20, while Flynn was working as an adviser to Trump’s presidential campaign. It was arranged by his lobbying firm, the Flynn Intel Group. Also in attendance were Flynn’s business partners, Bijan Kian and Brian McCauley, and Flynn’s son, Michael G. Flynn, who worked closely with his father, the sources said.

Mueller is reviewing emails sent from Flynn Intel Group to Rohrabacher’s congressional staff thanking them for the meeting, according to one of the sources, as part of his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

5646

Yep23

5647

I think Tom Nichols will vouch for him. I’d still wait for verification on something, but that is the case with anyone, but he is definitely not in the same class as Mensch and Taylot.

5648

Schindler is on the line of reliability.

His association with Mensche and her sockpuppets made me stop really listening to him much.

I rate him higher than them, but he’s too iffy to really consider solid imo. I think he is what he says he is, but I also think he’s easily manipulated and fooled at times.

5649

Hmm i forgot Mensch since i left Twitter. Wasn’t she ridiculed for her insanely high volume of Russian conspiracy not-theory-anymore tweets?

5650

She’s been mocked for being a complete idiot in every possible way.

Everyone is a Russian agent and the Grand Marshal of the Supreme Court is handing out sealed indictments. Lawyers have mocked her ruthlessly for months now. Then she picked a fight with Jester because he wouldn’t embrace her insanity, so now he’s also a Russian agent. She also has like… 5 accounts or something that all follow and support each other.

Everyone who disagrees with her for any reason is a Russian agent. She’s like a “liberal” Sean Hannity, only she isn’t liberal. If it came out she was actually a Russian agent it would actually make sense.

5651

Heh. She’s as mad as a box of frogs is our Louise.