Trump Campaign Adviser Met With Russian to Discuss ‘Dirt’ on Clinton

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NY TIMES:

A professor with close ties to the Russian government told an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign in April 2016 that Moscow had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails,” according to court documents unsealed Monday.

The adviser, George Papadopoulos, has pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about that conversation. The plea represents the most explicit evidence connecting the Trump campaign to the Russian government’s meddling in last year’s election.

“They have dirt on her,” the professor told him, according to the documents. “They have thousands of emails.”

Taken together, the meetings show that early in the presidential race, people at the heart of Trump campaign and on its fringes were aware that Russian government officials were trying to help Mr. Trump.

The professor whom Mr. Papadopoulos met was not identified in court documents. The professor introduced Mr. Papadopoulos to a woman identified as a relative of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, and to someone in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Papadopoulos repeatedly tried to arrange a meeting between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials, court records show.

“We are all very excited by the possibility of a good relationship with Mr. Trump,” the woman, who was not identified, told Mr. Papadopoulos in an email.

Mr. Papadopoulos told the F.B.I. in January that the professor was “a nothing.” But Mr. Papadopoulos now acknowledges that he knew the professor had “substantial connections to Russian government officials.” Attempts to reach Mr. Papadopoulos on Monday were not successful.

The United States government has concluded that Russia hacked Democratic email accounts and released thousands of embarrassing messages related to Mrs. Clinton’s campaign. The emails began appearing online in the summer of 2016. The Trump campaign has repeatedly denied any inside knowledge about that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/george-papadopoulos-russia.html

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impeach him!

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Whoop, there it is.

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This is a good Monday. I'm enjoying all of the spilled tea.

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In the midst of all this drama, you should all come to Canada 

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All this talk about Hillary's f*ckin emails and I don't think I have ever even seen one  

People said it's bad that she has emails she didn't share with everyone (so f*cking normal omg), but was there actually anything IN any of the emails?  

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48 minutes ago, Satans Ex Wife said:

All this talk about Hillary's f*ckin emails and I don't think I have ever even seen one  

People said it's bad that she has emails she didn't share with everyone (so f*cking normal omg), but was there actually anything IN any of the emails?  

She had highly classified information on a non secure email server, deleted 30,000 emails, and smashed 12 Phones with a hammer 

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1 minute ago, Gaga Monster said:

She had highly classified information on a non secure email server, deleted 30,000 emails, and smashed 12 Phones with a hammer 

With a hammer specifically! Ooh sweet jesus, that is the most sinful of the tools!

Deleting emails, so scandalous! Send me to jail then too lol

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This is a bigger deal than Manafort, this has direct ties to Russia.

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U.S. District Court for D.C. has four sealed cases in its docket with case numbers between Papadopoulos' (182) and Manafort's (201).

 

Wonder who is next?