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Conspiracy blogger: Carter Page went to Russia with secret recording of Trump asking Putin to hack election
Conspiracy theorist and national security blogger Louise Mensch asserted that former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page took a recording to Russia of Donald Trump personally authorizing Russian President Vladimir Putins regime to hack the 2016 election.
In a column over the weekend, Mensch alleges that sources with links to the intelligence community believe that Carter Page went to Moscow in early July carrying with him a pre-recorded tape of Donald Trump offering to change American policy if he were to be elected, to make it more favorable to Putin.
The report claims that Page was authorized directly by Trump to request the help of the Russian government in hacking the election.
Mensch comes to the conclusion that Page, former campaign manager Paul Manafort and former aide Boris Epshteyn were were all acting in concert as agents of the Russian state first and foremost, and Trump staffers second.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/conspiracy-blogger-carter-page-went-to-russia-with-secret-recording-of-trump-asking-putin-to-hack-election/
womanofthehills
(8,710 posts)Keith Olbermann?Verified account @KeithOlbermann 15h15 hours ago
Keith Olbermann Retweeted Louise Mensch
If you're dismissing this with "who'd be stupid enough to TAPE themselves breaking the law?" - remember Nixon?
ananda
(28,860 posts)I also saw Claude Taylor's tweet at tribelaw.
I hope this is real.
dchill
(38,497 posts)We know he's dumb enough.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)get the red out
(13,466 posts)But I'm tired of getting my hopes dashed about something about to topple this jackass.
womanofthehills
(8,710 posts)Malcolm Nance says Trump people stupid enough to use their cell phones all over Europe thinking they could talk to Russian contacts without being picked up.
get the red out
(13,466 posts)not being cynical about Rs getting caught, and believing that even this group of knuckleheads could be so stupid.
If Malcolm Nance is saying the Europeans have some "smoking guns", that adds some credibility for me though.
Interesting how the Russians didn't bother to set up secure communications. I'm damn sure Russian spys aren't this stupid.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Extra points if you're right about who will be served first.
I'm going with Rudy Giuliani, to be served in one week from today (4/24).
Then Carter Page soon thereafter.
Sure, I'm a hopeless optimist, but every cynic needs a counterpart.
womanofthehills
(8,710 posts)Malcolm Nance tweeted back to Randi suggesting she was right but that the timeline was a little off. Seems like Rudy is getting it two ways - state of NY and Comey.
I think if our intelligence doesn't act soon, European intelligence will begin leaking and it will look bad for US intel. Rachel said there is big competition now between the intelligence agencies . Sounds to me like Germany has been doing a good job - supposedly they have years and years of stuff on Manifort.
oasis
(49,387 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)I don't think I'll hold my breath waiting for another shoe to drop on this one.
randome
(34,845 posts)Of course both points are conjecture but I feel more certain that Dolt45 didn't want the job in the first place.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"
-Slap Shot (1977)[/center][/font][hr]
pnwmom
(108,978 posts)on Facebook readers. Why would they be confident it would work?
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"
-Slap Shot (1977)[/center][/font][hr]
womanofthehills
(8,710 posts)Because he said so????????
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"
-Slap Shot (1977)[/center][/font][hr]
womanofthehills
(8,710 posts)RedWedge
(618 posts)womanofthehills
(8,710 posts)Good headlines for all those Republican Facebook friends. Whenever there is a new story breaking, I always go over to Raw Story because they have "great headline writers." Also, Raw Story is usually among the first to report - so if you want to see a breaking story, head over there.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I've noticed that's the newly minted talking point against anyone investigating RussiaGate
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)to be true, but I guess time will tell. I have a hard time believing Trump allowed them to tape him--but, now that I think about all the crazy stuff he's done, maybe it's true. We'll soon see.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)With Manafort running the operation, I'm not buying this one.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)Unless someone actually has and releases the tape, this story will only have tabloid value even if it is true.
There've been too many, rock solid, sure fire scandals in past years that never surfaced beyond rumor.
I'm not going to get my hopes up on this.