Wouldn’t have been entirely surprised if that was a WaPost story rather than The Onion…
ShivaX
1690
You know, the guy that no one knows.
LMN8R
1691
It’s incredible that the White House is pretending that Manafort never played a significant role in the campaign.
It makes it far more believable that, had Trump lost, Trump would be claiming by now “I never really ran for president”. Oh to dream…
Timex
1692
All these idiots are gonna start showing up dead. Putin doesn’t give one shit about killing idiots who may talk.
None
1693
You mean like Sergei Magnitsky?
Magnitsky had alleged there had been a large-scale theft from the Russian state sanctioned and carried out by Russian officials. He was arrested and eventually died in prison seven days before the expiration of the one-year term during which he could be legally held without trial.[3] In total, Magnitsky served 358 days in Moscow’s Butyrka prison. He developed gall stones, pancreatitis and a blocked gall bladder and received inadequate medical care. A human rights council set up by the Kremlin found that he was physically assaulted shortly before his death.[4][5] His case has become an international cause célèbre[6] and led to the adoption of the Magnitsky bill by the US government at the end of 2012 by which those Russian officials believed to be involved in the auditor’s death were barred from entering the United States or using its banking system. In response, Russia blocked hundreds of foreign adoptions.[7]
In early January 2013, the Financial Times editorialised that “the Magnitsky case is egregious, well documented and encapsulates the darker side of Putinism”[8] and endorsed the idea of imposing similar sanctions against the implicated Russian officials by the EU countries.
Oh, look, his lawyer just fell several floors off a building whilst trying to move a jacuzzi.
ShivaX
1694
LMN8R
1695
Would they dare start killing Americans, instead of “only” killing Russians?
Miramon
1696
Putin has Russians murdered, not Americans. Oh, the occasional Ukrainian, Moldovan, or whatever. But as a KGB guy, he knows what happens when you start conducting that kind of operation abroad and the other side has the same capabilities that you do.
Timex
1697
Sure, who’s gonna stop him? Trump? Lolololol
If they did, you might get one of these guys to turn on the others for the promise of witsec. Aww, who am I kidding? That’s probably compromised too.
Quaro
1699
I can’t believe it, but I’m genuinely concerned that Trump would cover up Putin murdering Americans on American soil. It would make Trump look bad, and that’s what Trump cares about.
He’d be more likely to say they deserved it and call it a win for America.
LMN8R
1703
Is that guy supposed to be reliable or something? Who is he?
Quaro
1704
I’ll never forgive Joe for normalizing Trump before practically anyone else in the Republican primaries, but at least he’s off the Trump train now:
I follow him on Twitter and just assumed he yet another rando vlogger e-celeb dick. Can’t say I hold his opinion above any of the rest of the horde of e-celebs, all of whom exist in a state of delusion that their shitty vlog means something.
Looks like he’s been around longer than Trump:
No idea if he’s credible or not, but in all things follow the $$$ (i.e. Exxon and Russian oil.)
ShivaX
1707
Jester is a hacker that mostly targets enemies of the US (primarily terrorist orgs online), though he’s gone after Westboro and 4chan as well iirc. So far he’s been pretty reliable.
His laptop is in the International Spy Museum, so he’s not without credibility.
KevinC
1708
Like in the lost-and-found bin, or what?
