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Miles Archer

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Mon Oct 8, 2018, 06:25 PM Oct 2018

Rick Gates requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities

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Rick Gates requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton, NYT reports.




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Rick Gates requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2018 OP
CNN is having a long segment on this dawg day Oct 2018 #1
Kind of like Don Jr's defense of the Trump Tower meeting... Miles Archer Oct 2018 #2
Conspiracy doesn't have to come to fruition DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #5
If a Dem did this there would be no end to the hell raising. lpbk2713 Oct 2018 #3
Thanks for posting about this MuseRider Oct 2018 #4
This is big eleny Oct 2018 #6
K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #7

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. CNN is having a long segment on this
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 06:32 PM
Oct 2018

Jeffrey Toobin is talking about the legal issues. "Is it illegal?"

It was 'an attempt' which didn't come to fruition. Is that illegal like attempted murder is?

Says could be-- "conspiracy."

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
2. Kind of like Don Jr's defense of the Trump Tower meeting...
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 06:33 PM
Oct 2018

...he went in for dirt on HRC but "didn't get any," so no harm, no foul.

LOCK...THEM...ALL...UP.

MuseRider

(34,120 posts)
4. Thanks for posting about this
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 07:23 PM
Oct 2018

we had a big storm system come through and the TV was out as was wireless for the computers for a while and I was dying to hear what all that was.

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