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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Lied About Spending the Night In Russia
https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/20/trump-lied-about-spending-the-night-in-russia/Trump Lied About Spending the Night In Russia
April 20, 2018 at 4:20 pm EDTBy Taegan Goddard
Former FBI Director James Comey wrote in one of his memos that President Trump claimed that he didnt stay overnight in Russia during the Miss Universe pageant in 2013 and instead returned to New York.
As Josh Marshall points out, this is the visit in which the pee tape was purportedly recorded. Theres no evidence in the memos that that tape exists or that the President spent the night with prostitutes. But again, he clearly and repeatedly lies about the trip itself, specifically how long he was there.
As Josh Marshall points out, this is the visit in which the pee tape was purportedly recorded. Theres no evidence in the memos that that tape exists or that the President spent the night with prostitutes. But again, he clearly and repeatedly lies about the trip itself, specifically how long he was there.
Theres ample evidence that Trump stayed not one but two nights. In July 2017, Bloomberg reported out a detailed reconstruction of the trip based on FAA records, social media postings and interviews. They showed clearly that Trump flew from North Carolina to New York on the evening of November 7th (Thursday) and then proceeded on to Moscow overnight and arrived sometime early on November 8th (Friday). He overnighted in Moscow. He was in Moscow all of November 9th (Saturday), the day of the pageant, and departed for New York early November 10th. For the details of how we know these facts, see the Bloomberg article. It is forensic in its detail.
Clearly, Trump lied about not spending the night in Russia. Its conceivable that he forgot hed spent the night. But again, the whole idea is wildly implausible.
Clearly, Trump lied about not spending the night in Russia. Its conceivable that he forgot hed spent the night. But again, the whole idea is wildly implausible.
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Trump Lied About Spending the Night In Russia (Original Post)
babylonsister
Apr 2018
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Doodley
(9,094 posts)1. Why would he lie? I suggest that the only logical reason is
that the Steele Dossier is accurate.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)2. He lied for the same reason he lies about everything.
Everything.
When he tells the truth it is rare and it is always when telling the truth fits his agenda, and since his agenda is always stealing and committing crimes and attacking people from the safety of bodyguards, he rarely is able to tell the truth.
Maybe one out of 200 things he says is the truth, if that.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)3. Yes. He spent at least one night watching the beautiful hookers of Russia pee on each other.
What a statesman.