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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump and Jeff Sessions met Russian Ambassador in Washington DC in April 2016
at Trumps first ever foreign policy speech back in April of 2016 because they invited him there.
Russian Ambassador Kislyak was an invited special guest at Donald Trumps initial foreign policy speech nearly eleven months ago. During that speech, Trump made a point of spelling out his foreign policy of going soft on Russia for no particular reason.
Before the speech, Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions are known to have met with Kislyak backstage for a reception, though its not known what might have been discussed between them.
This establishes two key new aspects of the Trump-Russia scandal.
The first new revelation is that Sergey Kislyak went well beyond merely meeting and colluding with Donald Trumps campaign advisers during the course of the election; he appears to have attended the speech where Trump first carved out his give-Russia-everything position in order to make sure Trump went through with it.
The second new revelation is that this alters the known timeline, as it means Trump and his campaign began meeting with Kislyak well before the Republican National Convention. But it gets stranger.
While its not known what conversations took place when Trump and Sessions met Sergey Kislyak in April,
Politico is now confirming for certain that Kislyak was in attendance. In addition, an earlier Wall Street Journal report says that Trump greeted Kislyak warmly at the event, meaning that they met during the reception for certain. And yet Trump has consistently claimed he never had any contact with Russia; he lied. https://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/donald-trump-and-jeff-sessions-met-russian-ambassador-in-washington-dc-in-april-2016/1745/
Well, of COURSE he lied...it is what he does.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)so is mine.
I really did not get into Caine in his salad days, but much later developed an appreciation for his more recent work ( of the last 15 years or so)
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)under british constraint, of course
it gets ludicrous at the end, but the back and forth between him and his superiors, especially, is well worth the watching
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)lisa58
(5,755 posts)I tend to disregard what he publishes unless I see it somewhere else
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)There are some reports I am waiting to see who else can be sourced.
But so far, he is pretty accurate.
this particular story is on Twitter also, several sources.
JCinNYC
(366 posts)Then it should be
What the hell are foreign govt reps doing getting involved in our political process
Especially ones with US sanctions hanging over them
Just like foreign campaign contributions, it should be illegal to for them to be within a mile of any campaign, no less having 1 on 1 meetings w presidential candidates. Wtf