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BIG SCOOP by @a_cormier_ & me

artappraiser — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:11:10 +0000

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BIG SCOOP by @a_cormier_ & me

$300K in suspicious transactions between 2014 & 2017--much of it cash-- involving Maria Butina & Paul Erickson flagged for FBI by Wells Fargo, which govt says supported her covert influence campaign

AND: Abramoff Cameo!https://t.co/pSRHBIj833
— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) July 31, 2018

Oh and here's the real deal

artappraiser — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 03:08:03 +0000

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Oh and here's the real deal about the supposed Rosenstein impeachment, was much ado about nothing bullshit red meat for the base, by just 11 members of the Freedom Caucus and nearly everyone else in congress not interested. I even heard Sessions on the car radio this afternoon standing by his man

Meadows backs off impeaching Rosenstein after leadership talks

@ TheHill.com, July 26

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) says he is tabling his efforts to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after having several meetings with Republican leadership, stating that he would instead pursue contempt if the Justice Department (DOJ) does not turn over documents Congress is seeking.

While the impeachment option remains on the table, Meadows told reporters Thursday he now hopes it will be a contempt process rather than impeachment [....]

Edit to add, current Politico stories on topic:

(THREAD) WOW—combined with

artappraiser — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 02:15:39 +0000

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(THREAD) WOW—combined with Prince's House testimony, this July '17 article raises the possibility Prince sent Trump notes on Rohrabacher's April '16 sanctions meetings in Moscow just before Trump scheduled his Mayflower speech offering Putin a "good deal." https://t.co/RKoFuOwTDH
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 27, 2018

Senate Democrats probe NRA

artappraiser — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 02:14:32 +0000

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Senate Democrats probe NRA donors' contacts with Russians in Moscow

By Pete Madden & Matthew Mosk @ ABCNews.com, Jul 26, 2018, 3:22 PM ET

Senate Democrats are pushing for information about a 2015 meeting in Moscow between top NRA donors and a number of Russian nationals who have since fallen under scrutiny from law enforcement.

A group of former NRA presidents, board members and major donors traveled to Moscow that year on a trip seemingly sponsored by “Right to Bear Arms,” the Russian gun-rights group co-founded by Maria Butina, who was recently arrested and charged as a covert agent acting on behalf of the Russian Federation.

The delegation included NRA board member Pete Brownell, Trump campaign surrogate Sheriff David Clarke, major NRA benefactors Dr. Arnold and Hilary Goldschlager, NRA fundraiser Joe Gregory, former NRA president David Keene and Outdoor Channel CEO Jim Liberatore. They reportedly met with Butina, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges and is awaiting trial in Washington, D.C., Alexander Torshin, the Deputy Governor of the Russian Central Bank who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2018, and Dmitry Rogozin, then-Russian Deputy Prime Minister who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2014.

In a letter released on Thursday, Senators [....]