dagblog - Comments for "Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier" http://dagblog.com/link/christopher-steele-man-behind-trump-dossier-24629 Comments for "Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier" en I should point out that this http://dagblog.com/comment/249611#comment-249611 <a id="comment-249611"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/christopher-steele-man-behind-trump-dossier-24629">Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I should point out that this not just a bio piece; some new bombshells here, like this on Romney:</p> <blockquote> <p>[....] One subject that Steele is believed to have discussed with Mueller’s investigators is a memo that he wrote in late November, 2016, after his contract with Fusion had ended. This memo, which did not surface publicly with the others, is shorter than the rest, and is based on one source, described as “a senior Russian official.” The official said that he was merely relaying talk circulating in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but what he’d heard was astonishing: people were saying that the Kremlin had intervened to block Trump’s initial choice for Secretary of State, Mitt Romney. (During Romney’s run for the White House in 2012, he was notably hawkish on Russia, calling it the single greatest threat to the U.S.) The memo said that the Kremlin, through unspecified channels, had asked Trump to appoint someone who would be prepared to lift Ukraine-related sanctions, and who would coöperate on security issues of interest to Russia, such as the conflict in Syria. If what the source heard was true, then a foreign power was exercising pivotal influence over U.S. foreign policy—and an incoming President.</p> <p>As fantastical as the memo sounds, subsequent events could be said to support it. In a humiliating public spectacle, Trump dangled the post before Romney until early December, then rejected him [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Tue, 06 Mar 2018 01:33:40 +0000 artappraiser comment 249611 at http://dagblog.com Note there is also audio of http://dagblog.com/comment/249608#comment-249608 <a id="comment-249608"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/christopher-steele-man-behind-trump-dossier-24629">Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Note there is also audio of the story available @ link; I haven't checked that out.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:59:44 +0000 artappraiser comment 249608 at http://dagblog.com