The borscht thickens…
If his lips are moving . . .
“I don’t think it’s possible I could have even inadvertently had discussions with Russian officials.
It just seems like, if you didn’t talk to them, you’d say “I didn’t talk to them”.
Maybe they used email, but didn’t have discussions?
Maybe bags of cash and notes?
He’s right. He didn’t inadvertently have discussions with the Russians - the conversations he had were advertent.
And all those millions, I earned them fair and square. Torturers and murderers need lobbyists too.
Is this what he said to the FBI? That’s pretty slick, if he knows his contact poses as a legit business man or politician then he can use that to avoid lying. He’s lawyered up, trust.
Because you cannot lie to the FBI.
Any photo of Manafort looks like it comes straight from a KGB recruiting poster. Just sayin’…
Just. Not. Credible.
What a bunch of rookies. After all the crap during the Bush administration and it’s revelation by Edward Snowden these assholes didn’t think it was still going on? You can’t pick up a phone or a mouse and connect to ANYTHING Russian without it being recorded in 100 locations. There isn’t a word said by Manafort that’s not archived in Langley or Fairfax.
They really are not up to this.
And I would point out that this is the kind of distinction the FBI will make when they compare his public statements to things said in interviews. That’s what sunk Flynn and why he had to revert to the “I think I don’t remember” defense.
Well he did have conversations with pro-Russian Ukrainians. Maybe they weren’t wearing their official “I’m definitely not Russian” badges.
“No discussions with Russian intelligence…” - no, he spoke directly with his buddy Vladimir V. Putin.
There isn’t a word said by Manafort that’s not archived in Langley or Fairfax.
NSA is in Fort Meade, Maryland, but apart from that…
Kathleen Manafort says: “They are literally making things up. It’s untrue. Total lies. Didn’t know you could get away with these things.”
Have you watched FOX News? Have you ever listened to Hannity? Did you not pay attention to the Republican debates? They make shit up all the time. Trump may be the worst of these, though Conway is running a close second.
It’s not like they wear badges.
Paul, worried that his pockets couldn’t accommodate wads of cash, was totally focused on Russian checkbooks.
“It’s not like they wear badges” sounds like “she swore she was 19.” Which, as far as I know, no one innocent ever says.
Ok, so how could Pence NOT know about Flynns lies earlier than claimed when Priebus was briefed with Bannon and Trump by WH counsel?
Right now it’s CIA and FBI in play. NSA isn’t as yet a big player.