Exclusive: Ex-Prosecutor In Moldova Targeted By Grenell Dishes On New DNI | Talking Points Memo

Before acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell entered government, he had a different career path: spin doctor, hired by a range of foreign clients.


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The Fourth Estate:

Be happy we still have it.

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So the primary qualification to be Trump’s DNI is a history of protecting money launderers. Makes perfect sense.

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It seems Grenell has the ideal resume for a Spanky toady.

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I really hope the intel folks securely locked up all the toys.

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AnD libtrards Say HE doesn’t have INtelligence anD ops STUff experienCE.

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Is there any person in the tRUMP admin that does not smell like feces?

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Dishes On New DNI

“Dishes?” Is this Tiger Beat?

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Every day, amigo mio, every single day, particularly those that the occupant calls out as enemies of the people.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/richard-grenells-paid-consulting-included-work-for-us-nonprofit-funded-mostly-by-hungary/2020/02/24/003322d4-558a-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html

Richard Grenell wrote an op-ed about Nigeria’s highly charged 2015 presidential race, a move that drew notice from Nigerian media. A year later, Grenell defended the government of Moldova against corruption allegations from a whistleblower who, Grenell argued, was a Russian operative bent on destabilizing an Eastern European country trying to move toward the West.

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We’re getting quite an education in how big-bucks international crime is managed.

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No, that would be Politico, which has long been derided as Tiger Beat on the Potomac.

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“No charges have been brought in the case.”

Must be some ex-Pelosi and ex-Schiff staffers involved with the investigation.

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For a while at least, until they all have to sign “Loyalty Oaths” to Dear Leader promising to never criticize him on pain of losing their broadcast licenses.

Don’t think it can’t happen here.

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Trump may as well nominate Lev Parnas or Igor Fruman to be DNI.

Oh, wait, they are both under FEDERAL INDICTMENT FOR THIS KIND OF SHIT.

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Apparently assanges lawyer has proof connecting grenell to trump and wikileaks…

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Grenell, previously hired to cover up Russian-connected money laundering, HAS BEEN HIRED TO DO SO AGAIN.

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Maybe *Soap Opera Digest then.

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Another Criminal IMPeetus minion unmasked for his true trumpian color = Corrupt and Criminal!

Birds of the criminal feather will conspire together!

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The noteworthy thing about Trump appointees is not that they’re ignorant as dirt and incompetent (which of course they are). Hell, you can take a dog and train it, or for that matter, a random person selected out of the phone book to do an important job might be ignorant and inexperienced, but at least he or she is more than likely willing to learn, and to act in good faith.

No, the abiding characteristics of the Trump appointee are that they are vicious, always act in bad faith, and possess the mentality of a vandal who likes wrecking things for its own sake.

That’s Grenell and his ilk.

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