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The Atlantic: The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and Wikileaks
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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Maybe but it sure as hell makes Trump look bad when his son is clearly guilty.
His family is already a joke, they'll be even more of a disgrace on the way out.
Hopefully it will destroy Wikileaks' reputation once and for all. Most people who closely follow politics know they're garbage, but they're still seen as a paragon of transparency by a large chunk of the population and they're still treated with respect by other news outlets. Everytime, they leak something, AP, Reuters and others will publish articles about it without questioning the motives.
Wikileaks reputation? This should end Trump presidency. No ifs and buts.
Reading the summary in the OP I noticed the bit about Assange asking for a copy of Trump's tax return, and I very cynically felt like deep down, it was probably just a way to make wikileaks look more balanced. Then I see the actual correspondence where he says that's exactly what they're doing.
I don't suppose tonight's episode of Maddow is showing in theaters anywhere?
I don't suppose tonight's episode of Maddow is showing in theaters anywhere?
What? I'm confused. This is a megaton. What has Trump done to us to warp our perception so badly?
I think it is.
Bigger than the indictments against Gates and Papadopoulos, and Flynn being worried about his son possibly spending jail time.
Media outlets need to be pounding the desks on this and demanding answers for weeks to months. This is bananas, and there is no spin to be had. Don't even bother interviewing Trump's Lackeys.
I know that's the joke....but it honestly needs to be bigger.
Edit: And in all honesty, it sounds like you guys need a redo on that election. Cuz, wow.
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Remember he tweeted that the UK should appoint Farage (yet another nationalist with ties to Russia) as their ambassador to the US as well, despite the UK already having an ambassador and Farage being a member and former leader of a small opposition party. It lead to a bit of a diplomatic tiff.
Wonder where he got that idea...
Judging by what's in the article, it mostly damages Wikileaks. It's them trying to collude, not the other way around. Of course, Donny Jr should have told them to fuck off right away and you can add that to the pile of circumstancial evidences, but it's still not the smoking gun.
Lmao it was all his henchman, just laid out like that. They're gonna have to live with the consequences for this for the rest of their lives.
Good point - I'm guessing that she wants to take back that comment she made about Trump's kids being good at one of the debates.
Yeah that is big. That shows Donald was in on it fully as only 15 minutes elapsed between WikiLeaks contacting and Donalds tweet
I think this story is going to fully move us into the "So what?" phase of the Trump narrative regarding the collusion investigation, which had really only been foreshadowed to this point.
They were running for president, any correspondence is collusion, and then following through is worse, and illegal. Stop making excuses for fuckups.
Well, there it is.jpg
Now no one can say there is no hard proof of collusion. It's laid out, right there.
Now no one can say there is no hard proof of collusion. It's laid out, right there.
Did you miss the part where Trump Jr. DOES what Wikileaks requests? That's called cooperation.
Why do you think Jr posted the link that was given to him by WikiLeaks? They totally accepted help by a foreign entity here. In return, they gave WikiLeaks publicity. This is quid pro quo.
You should have a seat. There are a few things you may be shocked and saddened by
As has been posted, this isn't collusion as collusion is defined a coordinating spending with a foreign national.
This is a one sided conversation from Wikileaks to Jr.
This is a one sided conversation from Wikileaks to Jr.
why would Jr. do what wikileaks tells him to do?
why would wikileaks tell Jr. to have dad contest the election if he loses?
why would wikileaks tell Jr. to have dad contest the election if he loses?
Wikileaks was considered a valid source of information though. People who said it was a Kremlin front and Snowden/Assange/Manning at all were willing FSB/GRU agents (John Schindler being the most notorious) were being called crazy.
The media lauded their stories and leaks as valuable information.
Remember that at some point Clinton wanted to do a drone strike on Assange lol.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/hillary-clinton-drone-strike-wikileaks-julian-assange
Huh? He totally emailed them back AND did as they asked in some cases. Did you read the article?
here's some analysis from @emptywheel that agrees with you https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/11/13/the-don-jr-wikileaks-emails-are-underwhelming/
(Since Don Jr. is a moron I don't think we can rule out him deleting any incriminating DMs before handing them over to congress. The question is, what does Mueller have?)
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