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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:04 PM Jan 2019

Roger Stone met with Trump associates hours before raid -- and the FBI probably caught it all

Roger Stone met with Trump associates hours before raid — and the FBI probably caught it all: CNN’s April Ryan

CNN political analyst April Ryan on Monday dropped some tantalizing hints about Roger Stone’s arrest last week, reluctantly offering a few details about a meeting Stone had held the night before at his house.

“Just hours prior to the raid, Roger Stone had a gathering at his home with very influential people,” Ryan said.

“‘Influential people’? Are you going to leave it at that?” asked host Brianna Keilar. “What kinds of people?”

“I had to fight just to get that one,” replied Ryan before dishing. “Close to the president. He had a gathering at his home hours prior to, and a source that was — one of the sources said, ‘you know, it’s interesting, the FBI was probably watching us when we were in that home.'”


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Roger Stone met with Trump associates hours before raid -- and the FBI probably caught it all (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2019 OP
One can only hope. onecaliberal Jan 2019 #1
Plese please please please! thegoose Jan 2019 #26
If you are meeting that douche bdtrppr6 Jan 2019 #2
One would think, but they all have something in common Perseus Jan 2019 #8
Sociopaths believe that they are above the law and that littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 #28
These people have NEVER been held accountable. calimary Jan 2019 #31
With respect - I disagree the laws in DC have to be obeyed. KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #38
Amen to that! Scarsdale Jan 2019 #54
I have been saying this for a long time mercuryblues Jan 2019 #57
They've gotten away with so much crap PatSeg Jan 2019 #59
Their scumbaggedness is matched only by their stupidity. Cosmocat Jan 2019 #12
And their stupidity is matched only by their jackassery flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #62
yep Cosmocat Jan 2019 #63
They are literally the gang that couldn't shot straight. madaboutharry Jan 2019 #3
Like this? yonder Jan 2019 #6
"The gang that couldn't collude straight.". Nt SeattleVet Jan 2019 #40
Kiss ur ass goodbye Roger. BootinUp Jan 2019 #4
Hours before? The raid took place at 6:17 am. Funtatlaguy Jan 2019 #5
It says the night before the raid further down iluvtennis Jan 2019 #7
I read it as literally hours before the raid. MelissaB Jan 2019 #9
I don't know when the meeting was, but if it happened late into the night, Pacifist Patriot Jan 2019 #11
WHO DO YOU THINK STONE MET WITH? trueblue2007 Jan 2019 #22
Lordy, I hope there are tapes! OMGWTF Jan 2019 #33
I'm sure.... SergeStorms Jan 2019 #34
Or CNN Generic Brad Jan 2019 #44
If they left at 10pm or 1am and the raid was at 6 KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #39
April! MelissaB Jan 2019 #10
Why was April reluctant?? triron Jan 2019 #13
She apparently got her info from a confidential source who was at the Stone meeting wishstar Jan 2019 #16
Stone is not as important as he is portrayed superpatriotman Jan 2019 #14
Yeah, SergeStorms Jan 2019 #35
He links to a hostile foreign service who attacked our democracy. MelissaB Jan 2019 #41
There are hundreds of links by dozens of scumbags superpatriotman Jan 2019 #53
The second best part of the raid was that both Stone and the Con were caught malaise Jan 2019 #15
Nice leak FBI. Corgigal Jan 2019 #17
Why would you think it was the FBI? CNN had been set up at Stone's house. MelissaB Jan 2019 #18
True, could be CNN. Corgigal Jan 2019 #20
No, Ryan identifies the source as somebody who attended the meeting. lagomorph777 Jan 2019 #50
Most incredible aspect of all of this..every single part, is that Trump & Associates think that they Stuart G Jan 2019 #19
Wouldn't surprise me if trumpf's masters are working on his demise. erronis Jan 2019 #36
If the source is one of the people, then it must not be a meeting of note. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #21
Youtube video blogslut Jan 2019 #23
Thank you! MelissaB Jan 2019 #29
+1 dalton99a Jan 2019 #42
KICK orangecrush Jan 2019 #24
I hope whomever it was, was wearing a wire! Sedona Jan 2019 #25
No need for wires. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #46
On Aris' show the other night gibraltar72 Jan 2019 #27
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2019 #30
Could be the reason for the SWAT team, depending on if the were bugged. dewsgirl Jan 2019 #32
That ran through my mind as well. MelissaB Jan 2019 #37
There was NO SWAT team. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #47
After he first said, True Blue American Jan 2019 #52
Swat team is a bad term mickswalkabout41 Jan 2019 #55
I thought it stood for Special Weapons And Tactics blugbox Jan 2019 #58
That IS what SWAT stands for and their uniforms had F B I across the backs. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #64
Yes, these guys that arrested Stone were FBI, not a law enforcement SWAT team. nt blugbox Jan 2019 #65
"OK, so now I'm going to read this statement my good friend Rudy wrote for me: struggle4progress Jan 2019 #43
Lol! sheshe2 Jan 2019 #51
maybe someone from the WH/DoJ was tipping Roger about the coming raid. Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #45
If Not the FBI, Perhaps the NSA was Listening dlk Jan 2019 #48
I'll bet April is happy to do her bit Danascot Jan 2019 #49
How stupid ARE these people? Scarsdale Jan 2019 #56
Quote: "the FBI was probably watching *us* while we were in there...so SayItLoud Jan 2019 #60
Hey Roger The Dodger! TwistOneUp Jan 2019 #61
 

bdtrppr6

(796 posts)
2. If you are meeting that douche
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:16 PM
Jan 2019

wouldn't that be your first thought? That you were going to be monitored by the FBI?

duh.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
8. One would think, but they all have something in common
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:39 PM
Jan 2019

lack of understanding that actions have reactions and actions have consequences...That is what makes them so dangerous.

calimary

(81,608 posts)
31. These people have NEVER been held accountable.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 06:03 PM
Jan 2019

I heard some talking head yesterday pointing out how sloppy they are about covering their tracks. And making lots of careless mistakes. Well OF COURSE!!! That’s because THEY’VE never had to before!!!!

They’ve NEVER had people looking over their shoulders before. They’ve NEVER had to face ANY accountability before. They’ve NEVER had to function in a fishbowl before - especially one like official Washington, where there are laws and regulations that have to be obeyed, Constitutional stipulations that have to be followed, committees and procedures that have to be acknowledged and complied with, permissions and votes and other approvals that have to be acquired, decisions and strategies that have to be approved before they can be implemented, and reporters around every corner and coming out of the woodwork looking for scoops and muckrakers and investigators looking for dirt - some of them with subpoena power.

This ain’t Midtown Manhattan. This ain’t the small, secretive, behind-closed-doors world of high-rollers and fast-talkers and wheeler-dealers and corner-cutters where you can get around the rules and make fishy deals with dirty money and you’ve got so many pals and cohorts in on it, or who owe you because you bought their loyalty or bullied them into submission. And with hardly anybody REALLY paying close attention. Nope.

Things are DIFFERENT in Washington and what you do IS answerable to the public - as are YOU yourself. They still don’t get how this works.

KentuckyWoman

(6,701 posts)
38. With respect - I disagree the laws in DC have to be obeyed.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 06:52 PM
Jan 2019

i'd like to put forth the fact there are any Republican politicians in DC outside of jail is proof not all crimes in DC are punished.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
54. Amen to that!
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 10:46 AM
Jan 2019

McConnell should have been behind bars YEARS go, along with several other gop politicians. How about Cheney shooting a friend in the face, while drunk? No charges. Just two examples. Too many more to mention. The gop attracts the lowest of the low, since they know they get away with dirty tricks.

mercuryblues

(14,562 posts)
57. I have been saying this for a long time
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:22 AM
Jan 2019

They only learned to lie and cheat.

When my kids were little and they did something minor, I sometimes overlooked it. They never developed the skills needed to "get away with something" Now that they are older they know they will get caught if they do something wrong and are utterly incapable of lying to me, so they don't.


For an added bonus, every so often I would ask them in a very stern tone, what they did at school today. What they needed to tell me. They would usually confess to something (like having their phone taken away until after school, being tardy for a class) and ask me how I knew. I didn't, but I knew they would confess.


I remember a story about trump. When he was 7 or so, he broke an expensive vase. He blamed it on the maid. The maid got fired and he got away with it. Right then and there he learned lying was a way to not accept blame and be punished.

PatSeg

(47,770 posts)
59. They've gotten away with so much crap
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 12:21 PM
Jan 2019

for so long, that they've become careless and arrogant. What we consider criminal or corrupt, they just see as business as usual. Laws are for the "little people" they pass by on the streets and if a law threatens them, they just buy a politician and get it changed.

I sense a day of reckoning is coming for some of these fools and it is long overdue.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
62. And their stupidity is matched only by their jackassery
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:41 PM
Jan 2019


It's a good thing for us they are so incompetent. As frightening as these idiots are, what keeps me up at night are the SMART criminals, who know how to cover their tracks.

madaboutharry

(40,248 posts)
3. They are literally the gang that couldn't shot straight.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:18 PM
Jan 2019

Bumbling idiots. Every last one of them. If they made a movie about this crew it might be categorized as a comedy.

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
9. I read it as literally hours before the raid.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:42 PM
Jan 2019

April said this in the video as well. It's linked on RawStory.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,654 posts)
11. I don't know when the meeting was, but if it happened late into the night,
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:44 PM
Jan 2019

I could understand using "hours" before rather than day before.

wishstar

(5,273 posts)
16. She apparently got her info from a confidential source who was at the Stone meeting
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:54 PM
Jan 2019

She doesn't want to expose her source yet.

superpatriotman

(6,255 posts)
53. There are hundreds of links by dozens of scumbags
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 09:06 AM
Jan 2019

See the film Active Measures

This goes all the way to the top.

malaise

(269,328 posts)
15. The second best part of the raid was that both Stone and the Con were caught
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:52 PM
Jan 2019

flat-footed because they thought the FBI were handicapped because of the shutdown/shakedown. The best part was that the architect of the wall was indicted.
Lock them Up!!

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
18. Why would you think it was the FBI? CNN had been set up at Stone's house.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:16 PM
Jan 2019

If it was CNN, they would have a record of who was there and maybe April talked to at least one of them. Watch the video linked if you haven't.

Stuart G

(38,458 posts)
19. Most incredible aspect of all of this..every single part, is that Trump & Associates think that they
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:17 PM
Jan 2019

can ...are you ready...outsmart the FBI and the CIA..

Yes, that is how the criminal mind works..Trump may think he is one step ahead of all of them, but in reality...
he is walking..side by side with the FBI and the CIA too..

His close ties with Russians may have warned the CIA very early of possible illegal interactions with Russia/Putin. If you were the head of the CIA, would you keep an eye on Trump, that is before the election?..
Now, after the election, would you find a way to continue to keep an eye on Mr. Trump to make sure he does not compromise the U.S.A.?

Think about it. You already know the answer.

erronis

(15,470 posts)
36. Wouldn't surprise me if trumpf's masters are working on his demise.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 06:17 PM
Jan 2019

There'll be more and more plants and obvious collaborations. Keeping the Russkis out of the limelight. They don't even need to ask the SCO or FBI to look at this or that. Just leave some errant papers on sidewalks in front of the soon-to-be ex-collaborators.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
21. If the source is one of the people, then it must not be a meeting of note.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:27 PM
Jan 2019

If a gang of crooks meets hours before Capone is arrested, one of them is not going to talk about it to others outside the circle. IMO.

gibraltar72

(7,518 posts)
27. On Aris' show the other night
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:42 PM
Jan 2019

when Corsi, Caputo, Page and Nunberg were on one of them made reference to a spy in Florida at that very moment I believe.

Response to MelissaB (Original post)

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
47. There was NO SWAT team.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:29 PM
Jan 2019

All FBI agents. No locals were there except to keep traffic off the street.

Rog is telling anyone who will listen that the FBI treated him worse than bid Laden. "It was unconscionable." What BS. In the first place bin Laden wasn't arrested by the FBI or anybody else. Second, bin Laden is dead and Roger Stone is still alive. They had no idea what he would do, hence the weapons. And no, as he claimed, neither his wife nor his dog were terrorized. It was all very civil and quiet -- it was 6am. FFS, it was all caught on FILM.

True Blue American

(17,996 posts)
52. After he first said,
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:53 AM
Jan 2019

“ The FBI was very gracious!”

These liars run from one cable channel after another and are welcomed with open arms to spew their lies, just like Trump!

blugbox

(951 posts)
58. I thought it stood for Special Weapons And Tactics
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:32 AM
Jan 2019

I also am pretty sure they wear uniforms adorned with "SWAT" on them. I could be wrong

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
43. "OK, so now I'm going to read this statement my good friend Rudy wrote for me:
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:55 PM
Jan 2019

I never even ever heard of any of those people. In fact, I hardly know them. I'm sure none of them have ever been in my house; I never had any idea that any of them were there; I don't know why they were there; I had already asked them to leave; and anyway, I only invited them over for a nice martini before breakfast. It was a purely social gathering, and calling me a liar won't change anything"

Grasswire2

(13,575 posts)
45. maybe someone from the WH/DoJ was tipping Roger about the coming raid.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 10:07 PM
Jan 2019

That would make sense.

Maybe Whitaker. Heh.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
56. How stupid ARE these people?
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:02 AM
Jan 2019

Stone has been talking about how he expected to be subpoenaed for weeks. Who would attend a meeting with someone who is in the headlights of the FBI and Mueller? I hope one of them wore a wire. Maybe that is how the FBI showed up the next morning, after listening to any tape available? I wonder if dumbass Don Jr. was there? Maybe tRump attended, via Skype? Is Maleria still in Florida?

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
60. Quote: "the FBI was probably watching *us* while we were in there...so
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 12:40 PM
Jan 2019

maybe the person who revealed this was also wearing the proverbial wire! Here's hoping....

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)
61. Hey Roger The Dodger!
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 01:57 PM
Jan 2019

Remember: once you go in then learn to enjoy Your New Daddy and don't drop dat soap! lol

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