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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 08:21 PM Feb 2019

Mueller Probes an Event With Nunes, Flynn, and Foreign Officials at Trump's D.C. Hotel

Mueller Probes an Event With Nunes, Flynn, and Foreign Officials at Trump’s D.C. Hotel

Devin Nunes has been a pitbull for the president, growling at the prosecutors investigating Trumpworld. Now an event that Nunes himself attended is under Mueller’s microscope.


The Special Counsel’s Office and federal prosecutors in Manhattan are scrutinizing a meeting involving former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, one-time National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and dozens of foreign officials, according to three sources familiar with the investigations.

The breakfast event, which was first reported by The Daily Sabah, a pro-government Turkish paper, took place at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. at 8.30 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2017—two days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration. About 60 people were invited, including diplomats from governments around the world, according to those same sources.

The breakfast has come under scrutiny by federal prosecutors in Manhattan as part of their probe into whether the Trump inaugural committee misspent funds and if donors tried to buy influence in the White House. The existence of that probe was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The Special Counsel’s Office is also looking at the breakfast as part of its investigation into whether foreigners contributed money to the Trump inaugural fund and PAC by possibly using American intermediaries, as first reported by The New York Times. Robert Mueller’s team has asked Flynn about the event, according to two sources familiar with the Special Counsel’s Office questioning.

Nunes, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing, has been perhaps Trump’s most important congressional ally over the last two years. After serving on Trump’s transition team, Nunes became a vigorous defender of the president against federal and congressional inquiries. The California Republican pushed a misleading memo alleging misconduct in the FBI investigation of Trump’s associates that the bureau said contained “material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.”

Now Nunes—a key figure behind the right-wing counter narrative that Trump is at the mercy of a “Deep State” conspiracy—finds at least one meeting that he himself attended under the special counsel’s scrutiny.

More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-probes-an-event-with-nunes-flynn-and-foreign-officials-at-trumps-dc-hotel
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Mueller Probes an Event With Nunes, Flynn, and Foreign Officials at Trump's D.C. Hotel (Original Post) MelissaB Feb 2019 OP
A bit more: MelissaB Feb 2019 #1
Yikes !! Pluvious Feb 2019 #10
not so fast. i think i'll wait for the mueller report certainot Feb 2019 #14
Please! Freethinker65 Feb 2019 #2
Aye, I would enjoy watching Nunes being arrested, tried and convicted followed by being sentenced cstanleytech Feb 2019 #9
::: Rubs hands ::: 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2019 #3
Get ready for federal prison, Dipshit Cowpoke! RockRaven Feb 2019 #4
Curious. triron Feb 2019 #5
Getting closer!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Feb 2019 #6
Nunes Turbineguy Feb 2019 #7
How is this gonna work with him on HOuse Intel ratting out classified proceedings? Amaryllis Feb 2019 #8
Good question. triron Feb 2019 #11
Well Quixote1818 Feb 2019 #12
Finally!!! That pig focker is well overdue for some justice flibbitygiblets Feb 2019 #13
K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #15
I think this may be the biggest scandal in American history. kentuck Feb 2019 #16

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
1. A bit more:
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 08:23 PM
Feb 2019
Now Nunes—a key figure behind the right-wing counter narrative that Trump is at the mercy of a “Deep State” conspiracy—finds at least one meeting that he himself attended under the special counsel’s scrutiny.

The breakfast gathering took place the night after the Global Chairman’s Dinner—one of the inauguration’s most exclusive events, set up so the incoming president can meet the foreign diplomatic corps. Some of those who attended the dinner also attended the Trump Hotel breakfast, two individuals with direct knowledge of the events told The Daily Beast. Country officials invited to the breakfast included Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Japan, Angola and others. Former Kazakh Ambassador Kairat Umarov attended the breakfast, as did two senior Qatari officials.

Pluvious Group, a consultancy that raised money for the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign, helped with the event’s organization, according to two sources with knowledge of the breakfast. The group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

cstanleytech

(26,316 posts)
9. Aye, I would enjoy watching Nunes being arrested, tried and convicted followed by being sentenced
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:23 PM
Feb 2019

to a few decades in prison.

Amaryllis

(9,525 posts)
8. How is this gonna work with him on HOuse Intel ratting out classified proceedings?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:54 PM
Feb 2019

Will be interesting to see how Schiff, Swalwell and Jackie Spier handle it.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
13. Finally!!! That pig focker is well overdue for some justice
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:46 PM
Feb 2019

And when he's convicted, CA gets another chance at replacing him with a dem, yes?

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