Indie Candidate Evan McMullin Says He ‘Hears’ Vladimir Putin May Be Blackmailing Trump

[DonViejo]

by Ken Meyer | 8:36 pm, September 10th, 2016

In response to Donald Trump‘s latest praise of Vladimir Putin, independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin suggested on Friday that the Russian President may very well have some major dirt on the mogul.

The #NeverTrump longshot candidate appeared on CNN, where he explained that Putin is one of the world’s most destabilizing political forces, despite what the Trump campaign says about him being a strong leader. The former CIA operative also made a point of bringing up several of the troubling developments Trump was facing just before Paul Manafort left his campaign.

“I hear from some of my old intelligence friends that Donald Trump has been engaged in some activities in Russia that Vladimir Putin may be using to blackmail Trump,” McMullin said “There is a lot going on there that I don’t think has come to light fully…You can see it in Donald Trump’s actions.”

When John Berman and Kate Bolduan asked McMullin to elaborate, he eventually pointed to details like Trump supporter General Michael Flynn‘s connections to RT America. Trump recently appeared on the Kremlin-sponsored network, where he refuted the idea that Russian agents could’ve been responsible for hacking the DNC.

“He’s got other staffers…so the proof is there,” McMullin said. “This is absolutely objectionable and an American president should never have these kinds of warped views of a Russian authoritarian like Vladimir Putin.”

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[MyNameGoesHere]

1. Maybe Putin has been supplying

women for tRump's escort, oops I mean modeling agency. Of course this is just another reason he won't release his tax returns.

[oasis]

2. We know for sure Putin is another deplorable Trump cheerleader.

America awaits more information about their relationship.

[saltpoint]

3. Unless some of us are wildly mistaken, Evan McMullin's

quest for the presidency is yet to gain much traction. It's possible that his "old intelligence friends" know something the rest of us don't, but it's also possible that this is snide patio chat from an ex-Agency hack.

The Weekly World News once ran a front page headline:

'Bigfoot rescues baby from burning trailer'.

If you believe there is such a creature as Bigfoot, that a given trailer had been set ablaze, that all its adult residents fled for their lives leaving their child behind to die, and that Bigfoot, happening to be in the neighborhood at the time, heard the baby's screams and pulled the infant from the burning trailer -- then you might just as well believe Evan McMullin's account of blackmail -- which he seems to suggest is factual ("...so the proof is there&quot .

In McMullin's defense, I doubt most of could demonstrate that Putin is not blackmailing Trump, or that Bigfoot did not rescue that baby from the burning trailer.

[Jim Lane]

5. Thanks for this dose of sanity!

It's really depressing how biased people are. You can oppose Trump without thereby automatically crediting everything negative you hear about him -- including, as in this instance, that one of Trump's political opponents claims that anonymous sources told him that something "may" be happening.

Also, my sources tell me that Bigfoot may have been wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap during the daring rescue.

[saltpoint]

8. LOL! -- Yep. Bigfoot has been the subject of

so much speculation in the tabloid press, it's no wonder he's developed a keen fashion sense.

The hair, the hat... Next stop: Hollywood!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Release the Tax Returns. Show us the Russian loans. Show us Melania's immigration papers. . nt

[Hortensis]

6. I think Putin's way too smart to pressure a dysfunctional

person with a serious personality disorder to behave in any specific important way. He undoubtedly had The Donald's number long ago. No one can depend on The Donald to react in any one way, or half a dozen, much less the one way desired. And Donnie normally doubles down on objectional behavior in response to disapproval.

He supposedly encouraged The Donald to run for president (yoooge mischief!) and no doubt has been enjoying that. Putin probably was behind getting the Republican platform changed to benefit him in Ukraine, but when that became public knowledge and was dismantled, what did he lose? Nothing, presumably, although perhaps Obama gave him a sharp poke we don't know about.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. What's with that Flynn? Is he deranged too? Remember the leak the other

day that he was all upset at the security briefing and Christie had to tell him to shut up? May or may not be true - but something's rotten in Denmark with him. Maybe he's spying for Russia. Why they said he asked so many questions.

[Princess Turandot]

9. The man sitting on Putin's right here (and across from Jill Stein) is 'that Flynn'...

Washington Post:
'He was one of the most respected intel officers of his generation. Now he’s leading ‘Lock her up’ chants.'

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Thanks...very interesting

Like Trump, Flynn has advocated forging closer ties with Russia. In interviews with The Washington Post, Flynn acknowledged being paid to give a speech and attend a lavish anniversary party for the Kremlin-controlled RT television network in Moscow last year, where he was seated next to Russian President Vladi­mir Putin.


“People went crazy,” said retired Brig. Gen. Peter B. Zwack, a former U.S. military attache in Moscow. “They thought it was so out of bounds, so unusual.” Zwack emphasized that he considers Flynn a “patriot” who “would never sell out his country.”

[KewlKat]

13. Yes that is flynn.

He was paid to speak at that event as well.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/15/trump-adviser-michael-t-flynn-on-his-dinner-with-putin-and-why-russia-today-is-just-like-cnn/

[triron]

10. The msm

tried to distract McMullin by changing the subject to Gary Johnson but it did not work. Good for him! On the ballot in 20 states so far. He will pull votes from Trump hopefully.

[triron]

11. kick

[triron]

14. kick

[duncang]

15. They wouldn't have to blackmail him

If he saw putin driving by in a motorcade waving to the crowd. Dipshit donnie would swoon thinking he was waving at him.

[citizendre]

16. MEGAMIND

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