FBI has obtained wiretaps of Russian Mobster and Trump JR will be crapping himself

[sunonmars]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-son-concerned-wiretaps-show-trump-jr-met-putin-ally-231215529.html

Link to tweet

The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers and the National Rifle Association, that led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during the gun lobby’s annual convention in Louisville, Ky., in May 2016, a top Spanish prosecutor said Friday.

José Grinda, who has spearheaded investigations into Spanish organized crime, said that bureau officials in recent months requested and were provided transcripts of wiretapped conversations between Torshin and Alexander Romanov, a convicted Russian money launderer. On the wiretaps, Romanov refers to Torshin as “El Padrino,” the godfather.

“Just a few months ago, the wiretaps of these telephone conversations were given to the FBI,” Grinda said in response to a question from Yahoo News during a talk he gave at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington. Asked if he was concerned about Torshin’s meetings with Donald Trump Jr. and other American political figures, Grinda replied: “Mr. Trump’s son should be concerned.”

The comments by Grinda were the first clear sign that the FBI may be investigating Torshin, possibly as a part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Torshin — a close political ally of Vladimir Putin — had multiple contacts with conservative activists in the United States during the election, seeking to set up a summit between the Russian president and then candidate Trump. Although the summit never transpired, Torshin did meet briefly with the president’s son at a private dinner in Louisville during the May 2016 annual convention of the NRA. A member of the NRA since 2012, Torshin has been a regular attendee of the group’s conventions in recent years and hosted senior members of the group in Moscow.

Grinda said that the FBI, in its request for the evidence to the Guardia Civil, the Spanish National Police, provided no explanation as to why it was interested in the material and he didn’t ask for one. “I don’t have to ask them why they want this information,” he said. But Grinda added that if Mueller or any other U.S. prosecutor seeks to use the material as part of a court case, they would have to make a second, more formal request to do so to the Spanish government.

Spokesmen for the FBI and Mueller’s office did not respond to requests for comment. Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Trump Jr., said he was in a meeting and was unable to comment when contacted by Yahoo News.

[Dawson Leery]

1. This is why Conman has been on Twitter all week.

Mueller has gotten to his shitbag son.

Distract! Distract! Distract!

[triron]

4. He is panicking.

[jayschool2013]

41. Correction

ONE of his shitbag sons. We can hope the second will go down as well.

[Kirk Lover]

2. I had to run to yahoo to check and THERE IT IS in all it's glory. I'm about to go out....but

WHOA....WTF...This is big...and this is BAD.

[sharedvalues]

3. Thieving Trump Crime Family

All they care about is themselves.
Like the rest of the American oligarchs: Murdoch, Koch, Koch, Adelson, Mercer, Uiline, Pope. All Republican oligarchs who want to destroy government to cut taxes on themselves.

The country needs more civics classes and more committment to American values: honesty, caring about others, respect for differences, welcoming immigrants and diversity.

The GOP and the Thieving Trump Crime Family step on those American values at any opportunity they get to accumulate more money.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. I cancelled a credit card issued by MBNA.

When the rep asked me why, and I told her, I was asked if I would wait and speak to her supervisor. I said I would.

The supervisor asked why, and i told her the same thing I told the first woman. "I won't do business with a company that has a JVA with Richard Mellon Scaife." You'd think I'd told her that it was because she had 3 heads or something. Completely incredulous.

"You asked, I answered, I think we're done. Thank you and goodbye."

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Awesome news!!

[onecent]

6. OMG!!!! I can't wait to see all this happening!!

[writes3000]

7. Spread this story FAR and WIDE!!!

[BadgerMom]

8. K and R

[YessirAtsaFact]

9. I love it! I thought Mueller would get help from friendly intelligence services

I think the scope of Mueller's finds are going to be so outrageous, they will even penetrate the RW echo chamber.

You have to wonder how many other European police and intelligence agencies have surveillance/wiretap information regarding OrangeTurd/Russia.

Or you can just say that the Witch Hunt is international.

[azureblue]

42. and this raises another problem for Don

he can fire Mueller, if he dares. But he cannot stop other countries from investigating Russian meddling, which would also expose more of Don's dealings with Putin.

[triron]

10. But CNN is talking about the N Korean summit.

Trump threw them a shiny object (CNN reminds me of a kitten).

[quickesst]

33. I would have thought by now...

.... That someone would have mentioned that it's all Rachel, Joy, Chris, and Lawrence talked about tonight.😸

[Maeve]

37. It's not even an object--more like a laser pointer

Bright and distracting, but no substance

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. This is the clearest, most decidedly salient and important development in a while.

I am pleased as punch to read it!

[George II]

14. Maybe it was Spain who had a "wiretapp" on trump tower?

[BigmanPigman]

22. You were reading my mind.

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. K&R

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. Will Trump try to strong-arm Spain?

Quote: "if Mueller or any other U.S. prosecutor seeks to use the material as part of a court case, they would have to make a second, more formal request to do so to the Spanish government."

I sense some phone calls being made as we speak........

[triron]

17. kick for visibility

[C Moon]

18. I'll bet Sr. needs an extra dose of high blood pressure meds tonight

[smirkymonkey]

23. Or a bucket of extra crispy.

[C Moon]

32. :D

[leanforward]

19. Spain has helped out before.

[Leghorn21]

20. I just this morning saw this gentleman's name for the first time in a tweet about how he's cracking

down on mobsters in Spain (before this story broke) and I thought, halay-luu-ya!!

——————-—-—-A GRATEFUL NATION THANKS YOU, JOSÉ GRINDA———————





RESPECT

[OliverQ]

21. Don Jr. is still talking trash on twitter.

My guess is he's not too worried, because he knows he's getting a pardon if any indictments come out over this.

[quartz007]

26. Add to that Cohen, Manafort and all other criminals

So long as their Godfather sits on the White House throne, they are not worried either. Presidential pardon power is widely abused.

[spanone]

24. K&R...

[burrowowl]

25. When can we break out the beer and popcorn?

Soon I hope!

[quartz007]

28. October surprise would be the right time?

[orangecrush]

27. This story is being ignored by the press

Why?

[quartz007]

29. Press is busy with North Korea at the moment?

[Hekate]

31. When did this news break? Today? Over the next week, read the insides of a couple of major papers

Not the front pages, the insides. Dollars to holes in donuts, you'll find it. I am old enough to remember Watergate before it was on the front pages.

[orangecrush]

38. Same here!

the signifigance does not escape me.

[Hekate]

30. Nice to know we still have some friends in this world. Muchas Gracias, Guardia Civil of Spain.

May Junior have the cold sweats night and day.

[mnmoderatedem]

34. who would have known that the Spanish police are also part of the "deep state"?

[Ligyron]

35. Didn't Spain also grab one of the DNC hackers?

[Botany]

36. So Trump Jr. was using a Russian mobster and the NRA to help Daddy's campaign?

But the big question is, what about Hillary's emails?

[DesertRat]

39. Lordy there are tapes!

[Grins]

40. "Grinda said that the FBI, IN ITS REQUEST for the evidence..."

"Grinda said that the FBI, in its request for the evidence..."

So it was not offered to the FBI. Someone in the FBI knew this tap existed and asked for it? Who and what else do they have?

Drip...drip...drip....