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Debunking Republicans' False Narrative on the Steele Dossier

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by adoo, Jan 2, 2018.

  1. JuanValdez

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    He was the candidate, so it makes sense to take a shot. Who knows, maybe they tried Obama too.
     
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    The Burt Steele dossier was more believable and more credible.

     
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    Except unlike the Steele dossier on Trump, none of the Burt Steele dossier has been verified.
     
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    That's not true, it has been verified that we heard it there first so much like the other Steele dossier there was a nugget of truth in what was otherwise complete BS.
     
  5. fchowd0311

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    Pows law.

    It's to the point where I think Bobby is just playing some sort of shtick.

    Where the **** does he pick up these narratives?
     
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    Gee, that never happens here...


     
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    Hmmm, reading between the lines: | money laundering with Russia |

    'Steele dossier' firm suspected Trump-Russia money laundering
    http://thehill.com/policy/national-...-firm-suspected-trump-russia-money-laundering
     
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    I was wondering why I keep hearing about video manipulation and how “indistinguishable” the technology has gotten lately. Republicans are so predictable.
     
  13. Nolen

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    This paragraph from the article is absolutely huge:
    The following is based on tons of conjecture, and there are too many 'ifs' to say anything definite, but still: It can't be overstated how huge this is.

    Cohen is possibly the most important figure in Trump's inner circle that a prosecutor could get their hands on. The only people closer might be Ivanka or Jared, and it's unlikely that they recorded a bunch of their phone calls over the last 30 years as the fixer for a dirty real estate mogul. Flynn and Manafort are absolute small-fry by comparison.

    Tons of ifs:
    -if Cohen really kept documentation and recorded phone conversations
    -if the raid captured it
    -if the judges permit it as evidence
    -if DOJ and FBI permit evidentiary sharing with Mueller
    -if enough of the prosecution is carried out by the state of NY and immune to presidential pardon

    Then Trump and co. are well and truly, utterly, totally screwed.
    We may have to thank Stormy Daniels and her lawyer for helping net the biggest fish of all.
     
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    It also bears mentioning that the prosecutors in NY are telling the judge that Cohen isn't/wasn't even practicing law, because he has only one client for whom he operated as fixer, paying off the models he's been ****ing. It's a very big "if" that they succeed, but if they did, then none of Cohen's documentation would be protected by attorney-client privilege, because he's not an attorney.
     
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    As we noted, our interest is in assessing the Steele dossier as a raw intelligence document, not a finished piece of analysis. The Mueller investigation has clearly produced public records that confirm pieces of the dossier. And even where the details are not exact, the general thrust of Steele’s reporting seems credible in light of what we now know about extensive contacts between numerous individuals associated with the Trump campaign and Russian government officials.

    However, there is also a good deal in the dossier that has not been corroborated in the official record and perhaps never will be—whether because it’s untrue, unimportant or too sensitive. As a raw intelligence document, the Steele dossier, we believe, holds up well so far. But surely there is more to come from Mueller’s team. We will return to it as the public record develops.
     
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    On Feb. 4, 2017, in Florida, A Russian technology executive,

    Aleksej Gubarev, the chief of XBT, a Russian technology company based in Luxembourg
    who was named in the Steele dossier containing unverified allegations about connections between President Trump and the Russian government sued BuzzFeed News---publishing the dossier online---for defamation.



    on Dec. 19, 2018, A federal judge ruled in favor of BuzzFeed , bringing to a close a defamation lawsuit filed by
    a Russian technology executive over the website’s publication of a dossier containing unverified reports of connections
    between Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/business/media/buzzfeed-dossier-lawsuit-trump-steele-russia.html
     
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  17. DaDakota

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    What do you mean there was no PeePee tape?


    Above video is allegedly of Trump with Russian hookers and is a portion of the pee pee tape...click at your own discretion.

    So much of the Steele Dossier has proven true, could this be the pee pee tape?

    DD
     
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  18. fchowd0311

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    I would take it with a grain of salt. Videos like these can easily be made. We'll see.
     
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  19. DaDakota

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    True the Bible Burning video was actually made in Russia.

    DD
     
  20. Andre0087

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    Its not legit...deepfake DD.
     
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