If true . . . this is impeachment territory and imprisonment territory – for the highest officials in the United States.

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RussiaGate blows WIDE OPEN in Abramson report

Mar 23, 2017

Seth Abramson is an American poet, editor, attorney, freelance journalist, and professor

In his stunning tweetstorm last night, columnist and reporter Seth Abramson (Huffington Post, Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times, Washington Post) laid out all the details on the Russia-Trump connection. And folks, if true this is impeachment territory, and imprisonment territory, for the highest officials in the United States.

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(MEGA-THREAD – 40 Tweets) The plot to sell America’s foreign policy for foreign oil and steal an election in the bargain began at the Mayflower Hotel.
23 Mar 2017

The following 40 Tweets, all from last night:

  1. Paul Manafort took over the Trump campaign on April 16, just 72 hours before Trump mathematically eliminated his competition. pic.twitter.com/SsIUo589By
  2. The timing was intentional: Manafort, hired in March, was slated to become the campaign’s key player as soon as Trump became the nominee.
  3. On April 21, 48 hours after clinching, Trump announced the first major foreign policy address of his life. It was scheduled for April 27.
  4. The speech, arranged by Jared Kushner in mid-March, was to be hosted by the Center for the National Interest, a conservative think tank. pic.twitter.com/yXj3J7DpQJ
    9:49 PM – 23 Mar 2017

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    (Note that the Center for the National Interest will be abbreviated “CNI” often in this thread)

  5. The Center is widely known to have “ties to the Russian regime of President Vladimir Putin,” per Politico. http://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trumps-russia-connections-foreign-policy-presidential-campaign/ …
  6. The speech was slated to be at the National Press Club, an august venue with a long history of staging secure events with large crowds. pic.twitter.com/cuq5492nkO
  7. Less than 24 hours before the speech, it was cancelled. The Trump campaign (i.e., Manafort) declared the venue was too small and unsafe.
  8. So Manafort moved the event to the Mayflower Hotel: a smaller, less secure site. The decision confirmed the campaign’s excuses were lies. pic.twitter.com/EtgLxhMXYh
    9:53 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  9. The two things the Mayflower had that the NPC didn’t were (a) 581 private rooms for private meetings, and (b) restricted, VIP-only areas. pic.twitter.com/kt1rBExo0i
  10. The latter was important because Manafort wanted Trump to hold an intimate, 24-person cocktail hour in the Mayflower’s VIP Senate Room.
    9:54 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  11. Among the 24 at the event: Trump, CNI event coordinator Heilbrunn, Jeff Sessions, Kushner, Lewandowski, Manafort, and four ambassadors. pic.twitter.com/jVPRY2XZHv
  12. Another VIP at the event was Iran-Contra figure Bud McFarlane, one of America’s chief advocates for a bargain with Russia on oil access. https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/845092384279015424/photo/1
    9:58 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  13. The four ambassadors were the only four ambassadors in the world (out of 195 total) that the Putin-linked CNI had invited to the event.
  14. The biggest oil deal in Russia’s history occurred in December of 2016. It involved the coordination of entities from three countries.
    9:59 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  15. Individuals from those three countries – RUSSIA, ITALY, and SINGAPORE – negotiated the sale of 19.5% of Russia’s state oil company, Rosneft. pic.twitter.com/WL28N2kZg3
  16. The #Russiagate scandal involves claims Trump was given 0.5% of Rosneft and aid in getting elected in exchange for lifting US sanctions. pic.twitter.com/epnrPl9ngo
    10:00 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  17. The Rosneft deal closed Dec. 5-7. During that time McFarlane visited Trump Tower. It’s believed Russian ambassador/spy Kislyak did too. pic.twitter.com/DvUGL4W0V9
  18. WSJ wrote in April 2016 that Trump met separately with the ambassadors at the Mayflower and was effusive. Quote: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/07/trump_met_russian_ambassador_kislyak_during_campaign_in_april_2016.html …
    10:02 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  19. “Trump met at a VIP reception with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak. He warmly greeted Kislyak and 3 other ambassadors.”
  20. The ambassadors at the Mayflower: RUSSIA! ITALY! SINGAPORE! And the Philippines–which is routinely cited as a Rosneft expansion target. pic.twitter.com/lkziVxMM6l
    10:05 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  21. So Trump warmly, privately chatted with the 3 Rosneft-deal nations at a cocktail hour right before his first big foreign-policy event.
  22. In his speech Trump called for a Russian detente: “We desire to live peacefully and in friendship with Russia…we are not bound… pic.twitter.com/LY1s6ZdE4k
    10:06 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  23. to be adversaries. We should seek common ground based on shared interests…an easing of tensions and improved relations with Russia… pic.twitter.com/I4eKvtqvpy
  24. is possible..[I hope to] make a deal under my administration that’s great for America but also good for Russia.” http://www.politico.com/trump-russia-ties-scandal-guide/timeline-of-events
    10:08 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  25. Richard Burt, CNI and Russian Alfa Bank adviser, crafted the speech. He was also Putin’s pipeline lobbyist. http://www.salon.com/2016/10/07/another-donald-trump-adviser-with-kremlin-connections-gop-lobbyist-for-russian-pipeline-crafted-trumps-major-foreign-policy-speech/ …
  26. The only Kislyak meeting Sessions never disclosed to Congress, even after accusations of perjury, was the meeting at the Mayflower. pic.twitter.com/D8mzXi2xNa
    10:11 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  27. But per the organizer of the Mayflower Hotel event, Jacob Heilbrunn of the CNI, a third Sessions-Kislyak meeting definitely occurred.
  28. Heilbrunn on the VIP event: “At a reception in the Senate Room of the Mayflower, a number of politicians and Trump advisers, such as…
    10:13 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  29. … Senator Jeff Sessions and ambassadors [from Russia and the other nations] congregated before the event.” http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/trump-foreign-policy-speech-why-i-hosted-it-213858 …
  30. The VIP event wasn’t just a receiving line as Trump claimed. It was a “cocktail meet-and-greet” – a full event. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-sergey-kislyak-mayflower_us_58c05639e4b0d1078ca37225 …
    10:15 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  31. That Sessions would feel the need to hide his contact with Kislyak at the Mayflower event after accusations of perjury raises red flags. pic.twitter.com/FiSyrw89SD
  32. The White House saying it has “no recollection” of any of the VIPs at Trump’s biggest-ever foreign policy event is also a red flag. pic.twitter.com/bTQsz5JJ2Z
    10:18 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  33. When Kislyak was asked if he’d met Trump or members of his team during the campaign he replied, “What do you consider a campaign?”
  34. Kislyak went on to fail to disclose his meeting with Trump at the Mayflower, citing only a meeting at the RNC. ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw_tSFvyrrA …
    10:19 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  35. We know Manafort and Kislyak would have known each other, as Manafort indirectly worked for Putin for years. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/22/report_paul_manafort_had_plan_to_influence_american_politics_for_putin_in.html …
  36. We know Manafort set up the Mayflower event and was available for meetings at it, as was Kushner, who later met secretly with Kislyak. pic.twitter.com/nOnWyPZB4x
    10:21 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  37. Congress must investigate any Mayflower meetings between Sessions, Manafort, Kushner, Kislyak and the Italian/Singaporean ambassadors.
  38. We know the White House lied about Mayflower. We know Sessions has. We know Kislyak has. And we know the Rosneft players were present. pic.twitter.com/9BIKLipInj
    10:24 PM – 23 Mar 2017
  39. We know there was ample time/space for “sidelines” meetings. And we know Walid Phares was also there, and Trump Jr., and Stephen Miller. pic.twitter.com/JgjowPR15D
  40. So other than the RNC and suspicious Trump Tower meetings in December, the Mayflower Speech should get the most attention in Congress. pic.twitter.com/8mPUhCC4bp
    10:31 PM – 23 Mar 2017

 

Abramson doesn’t reveal much about his sources, but let’s just be aware that the intelligence community has long been rumored to have the goods on Trump. So yeah. Somebody’s leaking.

You may also recall that according to the famous British spy dossier on the Russia connection, Carter Page was offered the brokerage commission on the sale of 19% of Rosneft if he could get US sanctions on Russia lifted. And apparently Trump himself wanted a piece of that action, to the tune of 0.5%; and whaddya know? Rosneft sold exactly 19.5% of its stock to person or persons unknown.

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