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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRumor/speculation. Dozens of Senators/Reps and evangelical groups linked to Butina
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No exaggeration to say if they are in a picture with Butina they are going to jail. Also Butina gave up evangelical groups that laundered money. Remember Torshin sent her to the National Prayer Breakfast. And add Broidy and Cohen as RNC fundraisers. ALL HAVE FLIPPED....../2
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cilla4progress
(24,800 posts)is Hilts?
Would love it if this is true!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)So theres that.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Only time will tell, unfortunately
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,229 posts)This guy just talks about what he claims some other guy supposedly tells him.
Problem is Abramson who actually does his homework gets lumped in with people like this on Twitter and gets unfairly criticized as a result.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)but, unlike a Seth Abramson, who gets almost all of his information from legitimate mainstream news sources worldwide, I don't see any support for what he is claiming.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)MontanaMama
(23,367 posts)I see my Senator on this list.
GoCubsGo
(32,102 posts)I don't know how legitimate this whole thing is, but I thought it was pretty clear that Miss Lindsey is up to his eyeballs in Russian money. Nothing surprises me anymore with these assholes, and I would not be at all surprised if at least some of this does turn out to be true.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)So I'm surprised he didn't include Rep. Kay Granger (Tex.) who was part of that group.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eight-republicans-spent-july-4-in-russia-where-are-the-fireworks/2018/07/06/beae30be-812e-11e8-b658-4f4d2a1aeef1_story.html?utm_term=.f53cb81eb70f
I see our CO Sen. Gardner in his list. We'll be working hard for his loss in 2020. I'm beginning to wonder if Gardner will run again.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)Irishxs
(622 posts)No thoughts of country at all. This is the me, me, me party.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Keep saying it cause it's true!
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Evil men.
ScratchCat
(2,020 posts)situation in Russia. Its part of the plan to get Butina back to Putin. Mark my word. Trump will be proposing a "trade" that will require the DOJ to not use anything she said. Watch.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Knew the minute I heard it.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)if convicted, hell just being indicted, would seriously hurt the GOP with independents and middle of the road.
LexVegas
(6,121 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)bluestarone
(17,122 posts)Now to prove it!!!!! My fingers are crossed!!!!!!!!!!
Baltimike
(4,148 posts)Trump is going to sign an EO that returns her to Russia for Whelan and then her testimony can't be used in any prosecution(because she wouldn't be available for trial). Its all a set-up.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)Her husband is connected to the Russian mob, so there's no way she's not compromised, too.
northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,295 posts)Russian making a tit-for-tat arrest of an American for espionage makes me think Butina was more than some random free-lancer, wanna-be agent for Russia.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)even if she gave up the NRA and a few other Republicans, it's a HUGE deal.
They might want her back so she can "accidentally" fall out of a 30 story window or similar.
HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,137 posts)Strange, that is.
I will take it though if all of these are indicted.
LexVegas
(6,121 posts)IphengeniaBlumgarten
(328 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)indicate that Senate leadership was not included on his lead.
Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)Paladin
(28,285 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Mega Churches are almost a perfect place to launder money.
Incoming cash from actual church goers.
Large buildings. (Initial construction costs and upkeep)
Largely volunteer staff so minimal staff oversight.
Not sure of the audit process of churches.
Regardless, some clean cash income mixed with Russian money. Large cash outlays. Can't get a much better way to launder money.
Paladin
(28,285 posts)Particularly as to punks like Falwell Jr.
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TPTB will never let the entire upper echelon of GOP senate go down.
2naSalit
(86,943 posts)and then there are even more in the House and then the entire Cabinet and WH staff past and present, and maybe a few judges. There's a whole lot of empty seats are going to be seen and soon, I hope.
Wounded Bear
(58,777 posts)Gawd, truth really is stranger than fiction. If someone pitched this as a movie, he'd be laughed out of Hollywood.
malaise
(269,292 posts)It also explains why Paul Ryan didn't run again. I am waiting for the Wisconsin shoes to drop - Ryan, Priebus and Walker.
Volaris
(10,278 posts)Do YOU think he was qualified to be CoS?
I didn't think so. That was his 'ask' for keeping his mouth shut.
He thinks he got out early enough. My bet is he didn't lol!
My bet too
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Unless we are the country of political purges now.
Theyve been investigating the President for 2 years, and hes still in office. If theres one thing politicians know what to do, its covering their own ass. Prosecutors couldnt possibly have come up with these amount of cases in that short of time. Unless theyre going to be prosecuted for speeding or some traffic infraction.
Vinca
(50,328 posts)He could be Yuri in Moscow for all we know.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,229 posts)Sure he says great stuff but there is literally nothing that establishes he is even in the least bit credible.
You gotta have some standards before you even think of teasing us with this stuff.
Otherwise just wait it out and let things play out however they do.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)top journalist with access to the immense resources of every top information medium, ProPublica, NYT, Mother Jones, WSJ, WaPo, and so on. (I know them all by their first names. )
Volaris
(10,278 posts)How is this anything but a RICO indictment?
By the Old God's and The New, let it be so.
Takket
(21,703 posts)Seems legit!
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)sfwriter
(3,032 posts)NBachers
(17,186 posts)I haven't heard him deny it
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