Discussion: Scaramucci: Trump Jr. 'Got Bad Advice' About How To Handle Russia Meeting

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Collusion Center Advice Column:

Dear Don Junior: Thank you for your letter. When meeting with foreign spies and agents for dirt on your political opponents, it’s best to concoct a plausible cover story. Your meeting will surely be revealed, so ineffectual denials will not serve you well. You can pick from one of the following tried and true cloak-and-dagger dodges:

  1. We were meeting to talk about adoptions - those poor, poor Russian orphans. I can hardly sleep at night. Something must be done. Sniff.
  2. I just went in to ask directions to the nearest men’s room for me and my seven associates…
  3. The nice lady was visiting America and asked for a tour of Trump Tower. I was just trying to show her some genuine American hospitality.
  4. I was looking for the Obama wiretaps. I just happened upon this meeting. I knew nothing about it. I left as soon as I could after searching the room.
  5. I had a report that 3 to 4 million illegals who voted in the 2016 election had made their way into Trump Tower. I had to check it out.
  6. Yes, I know the Russian Lawyer in question, I was hoping she could exchange my monthly ruble payments into dollars.
  7. I was looking for Jared’s secret back channel Russian communications room when I accidentally stumbled upon this Russian agent… er, I mean lawyer.

Of course, Mr. Trump, if you left an email trail documenting everything, the above cover stories will likely not stand a close inspection.

Please PARDON ME for the late reply to your letter.

Sincerely,

Michael Flynn

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Every time I see this guy I think of the Bohemian Rhapsody. His time in office could mean a revival for Queen.

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So when the first NYT story was coming out, Fredo Trump should have said, “Yes I met in secret with people I thought were Russian lawyers who had intelligence that I could use to attack Clinton which came from the Russian Government to help my father win the election” and it would have been all peaches and cream?

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But GOPers running for re-election do.

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I guess you don’t read many spy novels either. I probably consume more than my fair share of the genre, so I’m familiar with the term.

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Donald Trump Jr. was the least significant person in that meeting. The more people focus on him, the less they focus on the fact that the two most important and busiest people in the campaign, the campaign manager and the guy who’d just been tasked with building a data operation from scratch, dropped everything to attend it with him.

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Yep, it’s the advice he got a year after the fact rather than the original treasonous actions that are the bad thing. Keep the hits coming Scaradouche.