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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaddow:Mueller has personal letter from Trump to Putin
Her source is Washington Post.😨
enough
(13,259 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)Can you give a short summary?
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)At the bottom of the typed letter, Trump scrawled a postscript adding that he looked forward to seeing beautiful women during his trip.
Trumps letter to Putin, which was described by people with knowledge of its contents, shows how interested he was in attracting the personal attention of the Russian president. The real estate magnate, who owned the Miss Universe pageant, wrote the note at a time when he was looking to expand his brand to Russia.
The letter, the first known attempt at direct outreach by Trump to Putin, has been turned over to investigators probing Russias interference in the 2016 campaign. It is unclear whether Trumps missive was ever delivered to the Russian president and if so, whether Putin responded.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-a-personal-letter-trump-invited-putin-to-the-2013-miss-universe-pageant/2018/03/09/a3404358-23d2-11e8-a589-763893265565_story.html?utm_term=.703180e56b9f
The possibility on how Mueller could have gotten a copy was supposedly because Drumpf tended to have staff generate and send out his correspondence after he signed - but would scan first to email it (vs snail mail) and if that was the case, then the letter may have been an attachment on someone's email.
janx
(24,128 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #9)
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SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)just how in hell did Mueller get that letter? If Mueller has something this personal, a person to person letter, what else does Mueller have access to?
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)tRump's an attention whore, of course he would beg a high-ranking official to come to his shitty pageant, to get more publicity.
This letter was sent in 2013, so unless it can be proven that trump was running for president back then, he was a private citizen.
TimeToGo
(1,366 posts)Response to flibbitygiblets (Reply #20)
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dawg day
(7,947 posts)On a WaPo link and choose "incognito window", you can read the article.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)UTUSN
(70,715 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)I recall seeing an interview clip where Trump mentions a gift he received from Putin on that trip but he wouldnt elaborate.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)On his knees taking Kremlin bukake everyday
God help us
Volaris
(10,272 posts)Except I spend enough time on the disreputable parts of the Internet that I believe the truth of Rule 34 lol...
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)You are owning your opponent in the fourth quarter
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Blue Owl
(50,445 posts)n/t
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)I'm guessing Trump now regrets that he had to have someone scan his actual letter to email to Putin...such that there ended up a copy of it lying around.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Moscow.
Maddow is wondering how Mueller's team got the copy of the letter. Probably was scanned and filed digitally, in which case more people would have copies.
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)the case.
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pbmus
(12,422 posts)orangecrush
(19,581 posts)you nailed it!
lindysalsagal
(20,695 posts)45 should be squirming.
Blue Owl
(50,445 posts)n/t
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)orangecrush
(19,581 posts)The Prime Minister of Malaysia visiting the White House as he was being investigated for stealing billions, and his ties to the head of finance of the RNC....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a988471e4b0a0ba4ad18d65/amp
"Congatulations, American taxpayer! You now own a yacht!"
Positively on fire tonight!
triron
(22,007 posts)orangecrush
(19,581 posts)to be simply amazed at the level of corruption.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)a $250 million dollar one!
orangecrush
(19,581 posts)playing in the background!!!
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)I kept yelling at the TV whether they paid the estate any royalties.
There's another thread in GD with the youtube video but here it is-
orangecrush
(19,581 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)orangecrush
(19,581 posts)czarjak
(11,284 posts)Knows a slobbering jackoff idiot when he sees one.