It would make interesting story telling, a marriage of spy versus spy. Somewhat complicated plot though, but it already is regardless. As Josh pointed out, something is not quite right with Simona, possibly a honeypot. So why not Papadopoulos as a bear trap?
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She appears to be doing that.
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“shady individuals” with a “specific agenda” were “targeting” her husband."
Perhaps they speak Russian?
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I know she’s a Russian spy, but this is almost as bad as giving airtime to the duchess’ father.
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Isn’t this simple? If there is no immunity deal, then Mueller has to share discovery. Not one word from GP tells me he is not going along with her plans
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That would be the plot to Mr. and Mrs. Smith (spies on different teams), or maybe True Lies (spies on same team). I could also be an Osterman Weekend deal, where bigger spies are using these idiots to force the other side to drop their guard or make a mistake, i.e. catch some more valuable agent.
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Haha. It’s easy to talk ‘big’ when your ass isn’t on the line.
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Are we sure Ms. Papadopolous isn’t a Russian spy? I believe she claims Italian heritage, but she does sound an awful lot like Natasha.
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Is there a native Italian speaker out there who has commented on her accent? Or, perhaps a dialect/language expert?
I, and everyone else, can see that she looks Russian, sounds eastern European and more. But what do the experts say?
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I can’t shake the surprise, I never would have guessed we would have a Manchurian Republican as president, with both houses of congress owned by Republicans, and whole Justice Dept stocked with Republicans, and a whole FBI and SCOTUS and Special Counsel full of Republicans…AND the dominating wildfire contagion amongst this whole traitorous half of our body politic and voting class…is that our Govt. is corrupt and suddenly launching “bring down our republican president” investigations and coups. Even the 3rd rate Russian agents are mouthing the exact talking points of Sean &$^# and Judge Jeanine &^%#.
These same rabid rightwingers go all-in every election cycle on whatever Mutt is presented in front of them Jeb, Rubio, Newt, Fred Thompson, W, Palin, as if they are, literally The Messiah…but next week that guy is washed up and now Mike Huckabee or Donald Trump is the savior. And now their faked fervor is so naked and they would lose so much face if they ever confronted their terrified, cowardly, submissive, and treacherous abdications…they would rather swear undying ass-licking allegiance to possibly the worst person America ever produced - and would insanely cheer on the destruction of all our institutions, traditions, and the World Order. Now with ever dumber and dumber and more flimsy, fanatical, and desperate reasoning. “I’d rather be a Russian than a Democrat!”
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There’s a line from “King of the Hill” about an attractive young woman who could obviously, as a divorce lawyer told her, “make a weak man stupid.”
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Hearing Simona speak, she seems to be like Bambi caught in headlights. I am wondering whether she has PTSD from her experiences with George or from her childhood.
I recall that Sylvio Berlusconi, the former Italian Prime Minister, who like Preshitident Skanky-Manslut, was a sexual predator who preyed on young girls. Was Simona abused as a minor?
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Does anyone here believe Mangiante is NOT a Russian intelligence operative?
He’s already plead guilty. It’s extremely unlikely a judge would let him withdraw his guilty plea, and of course, how many more charges would Mueller add?
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That protective order appears to be a bog-standard form, exactly like you would expect to see when you want to make sure nothing of what the prosecution has to show to the guilty defendant before sentencing ends up in the hands of anyone else being prosecuted or investigated in the case. It is unlikely that Natasha, er, Simona alone motivated the protective order being submitted to the court for approval.
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Not just you. Her accent when she speaks English sounds more Eastern European than Italian to me.
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Everything else aside, it just strikes me as incredibly bizarre that she’s going on a TV show to tell her husband what she wants him to do. How about you just roll over in the morning and tell him to his face?
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I believe it’s possible she’s not an operative, even if she and George did meet while she was working for an operative. She might be a “useful idiot” instead, taking advice from the only people who have stuck with her and supported her during these trying times. Ahem.
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Is she a lawyer? If not, stick with professional advice. And I’d advise her that what he is telling her about the circumstances may not be precisely correct in all detail. (“No, honey, I’m not a traitor. It’s just that all these people are out to get me. No, it won’t affect our income at all”.)
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Does anyone remember the 90s film “Sneakers”? (Ridiculously overpowered cast…so-so film.) The “sneaker” team is trying to get voice recordings from an dopey-looking employee so they break into a building, and they set him up with mature hottie Mary McDonnell to lure the special phrases out of him.
When the employee gets suspicious, he drags her to his office to check on things, and the evil boss (Ben Kingsley) is about to dismiss them as paranoid, when Liz says, “This is my last computer date.”
Then Kingsley turns around and replies, “Wait. A computer matched her with him? I don’t think so.”
When I see Simona (her?) with Papadoo (him?), that’s exactly what I say to myself, too…
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