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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSource D in the Trump/Russia Dossier Confirmed to be Trump Associate Sergei Millian
DRIP.....DRIP....DRIP.....Link to tweet
In June, a Belarusan American businessman who goes by the name Sergei Millian shared some tantalizing claims about Donald Trump.
Trump had a long-standing relationship with Russian officials, Millian told an associate, and those officials were now feeding Trump damaging information about his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Millian said that the information provided to Trump had been very helpful.
Unbeknownst to Millian, however, his conversation was not confidential. His associate passed on what he had heard to a former British intelligence officer who had been hired by Trumps political opponents to gather information about the Republicans ties to Russia.
The allegations by Millian whose role was first reported by the Wall Street Journal and has been confirmed by The Washington Post were central to the dossier compiled by the former spy, Christopher Steele. While the dossier has not been verified and its claims have been denied by Trump, Steeles document said that Millians assertions had been corroborated by other sources, including in the Russian government and former intelligence sources.
The most explosive allegation that the dossier says originally came from Millian is the claim that Trump had hired prostitutes at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton and that the Kremlin has kept evidence of the encounter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/who-is-source-d-the-man-said-to-be-behind-the-trump-russia-dossiers-most-salacious-claim/2017/03/29/379846a8-0f53-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)The sun.
The moon.
The truth.
iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,257 posts)if he's not very, very careful.
He has a checkered past record with previous claims, so we'll have to wait and see how this pans out.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Most excellent!
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Why link to the twitter post of this person when the tweet is just a link to the WaPo article? Why not just the article itself? I don't understand the value added at all. I've been seeing this person's tweets popping up all over the place here, and they seem never to be anything more than references to mainstream publications.
CousinIT
(9,257 posts)So to credit both...used both sources.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)It takes me straight to the article.
And what an article!
They seem to be getting very near the target.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)Long article with many in Trump circle dismissing and downplaying him, but article concludes with this info:
"Despite the Trump teams efforts to distance the president from Millian, the dossier source nevertheless attended Trumps inauguration in January.
He posted photos of himself on Facebook attending VIP events for supporters, including one in which he posed in front of the podium at a reception for Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus at Trumps Washington hotel. A White House official did not address a question about Millians attendance."
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)lark
(23,155 posts)Can't wait for the damn to bust and the whole truth comes roaring out.
So, good news, followed by more bad news that the House Intelligence Committee just basically quit doing this investigation because Nunes hearts his co-conspirator.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Inquiring minds want to know!!!