Friday, January 13, 2017

7 reasons the Russian controversy just got worse

Let's take a break from the alt-left hysteria and breath some fresh air. See this article by Seth Abramson for all the details. Just his bullet points follow:

1. The BBC, generally considered the gold standard in international journalism, now says that “multiple” intelligence sources—not just one—allege that “Russia is in possession of potentially embarrassing or compromising material regarding President-elect Donald Trump.”

2. Per the BBC, intelligence agents in Europe believe there is much more compromising material about Donald Trump in the possession of the Kremlin than previously believed.

3. The name of the MI-6 agent who is thought to have prepared the memo published by Buzzfeed has been identified, and he has fled his home for fear he will be assassinated—presumably, though we cannot yet know for certain, by the Russians or Trump allies. Whatever his reasoning, his reaction to what’s happened casts a pall over claims that his report was merely a frivolous fiction.

4. The NBC News report that came out Wednesday, and which the Trump transition team believes exonerates them, in fact is not only contradicted by U.S. intelligence services but in no way exculpates the Trump team.


5. In a way most former or current criminal attorneys, like myself, would deem prima facie evidence of “consciousness of guilt,” Trump lied repeatedly—and needlessly—at his Wednesday press conference, and almost always on matters directly related to the Russia memo. 

6. Earlier reporting claiming that the FBI had definitely sought and definitely failed to receive a FISA court warrant to eavesdrop on Trump campaign staff was found to be—most likely—false.

7. Claims that the Steele memo was filled with inaccuracies, and that it is provable that the memo contains inaccuracies, were found to be false.  

 

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