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Jeffrey Toobin now (none / 0) (#6)
by Militarytracy on Mon Oct 30, 2017 at 04:10:58 PM EST
Says Papadopoulos was wearing a wire.

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So I guess he's inviting the traitors (5.00 / 1) (#7)
by Militarytracy on Mon Oct 30, 2017 at 04:12:32 PM EST
Who spoke to Papadopoulos after he was arrested at Dulles to flip, beat each other to his door

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Not (5.00 / 1) (#8)
by FlJoe on Mon Oct 30, 2017 at 06:27:33 PM EST
only that, Mueller's team did an excellent job keeping this under wraps and everyone has to now wonder how many more flippers he already has up his sleeve. There may be several wires wandering the WH halls as we speak, all spooked up for Halloween. Boo!

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Yeah, nothing on Flynn yet (none / 0) (#10)
by Militarytracy on Mon Oct 30, 2017 at 09:20:27 PM EST
Did he flip? What does that entail?

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"Cooperating" with the prosecution (5.00 / 2) (#11)
by Peter G on Mon Oct 30, 2017 at 09:49:34 PM EST
(i.e., "flipping") involves the suspect's lawyer making a deal with Mueller that is conditioned on truthful and (typically) unqualified cooperation to the gov't's satisfaction. The rest of the deal can be literally anything, from a full pass (no charges) to a weighty guilty plea. Ordinarily it involves a govt pledge to "go to bat" for the defendant at the time of sentencing. Under existing law, a govt motion reporting cooperation can by itself justify a sentence lower than the standard Sentencing Guidelines, and indeed lower than any otherwise-applicable mandatory minimum. Cooperation may entail debriefing about who did what and how, and turning over documents, bank accounts, etc. Or it may be "pro-active," that is, acting as a confidential informant, engaging other suspects in recorded conversations, etc.

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Speaking (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by FlJoe on Tue Oct 31, 2017 at 08:05:44 AM EST
of spooky characters, how does Carter Page fit into all this? He was in the same first tranche of tRump's security team and had a similar resume as  Papadopoulos. Page actually went to Russia during this time frame, I believe with the knowledge of someone in the campaign. He claimed he only met with academics(the professor again?).

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Maybe Page (none / 0) (#17)
by Ga6thDem on Tue Oct 31, 2017 at 08:09:34 AM EST
is actually the person they were talking about sending to Russia? He would just be stupid enough to do something like that.

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He actually went to Russia (none / 0) (#19)
by Yman on Tue Oct 31, 2017 at 10:54:33 AM EST
Here's now claiming the trip was personal and had nothing to do with the campaign.  I wouldn't believe a word from any of them.

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I (none / 0) (#18)
by FlJoe on Tue Oct 31, 2017 at 08:27:43 AM EST
guess I should have googled first
In an interview on MSNBC, Page, who's scheduled to testify behind closed doors before a House intelligence committee panel Thursday, said he "might have been" on email threads with Papadopoulos where Russia "may have come up from time to time," but clarified that "nothing major" was discussed.
Stay tuned.

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He said he was getting (none / 0) (#20)
by ruffian on Tue Oct 31, 2017 at 11:25:47 AM EST
"man on the street" opinion of Trump. HA!

He really needs to just get a lawyer, shut up and stay off TV. He was quite literally frothing at the mouth.

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I just... (none / 0) (#22)
by Militarytracy on Tue Oct 31, 2017 at 12:27:50 PM EST
How is he giving interviews?

I'm not his friend, but I've never wanted to watch someone put their head in the alligators mouth.

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Whoever (none / 0) (#21)
by Ga6thDem on Tue Oct 31, 2017 at 11:29:14 AM EST
thought stupid couldn't rise to the top never saw Carter Page in an interview.

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