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CousinIT

(9,257 posts)
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 09:50 AM Mar 2017

Source D in the Trump/Russia Dossier Confirmed to be Trump Associate Sergei Millian

DRIP.....DRIP....DRIP.....





Who is ‘Source D’? The man said to be behind the Trump-Russia dossier’s most salacious claim.

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 Trump’s political opponents to gather information about the Republican’s 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, Steele’s document said that Millian’s 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
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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
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Source D in the Trump/Russia Dossier Confirmed to be Trump Associate Sergei Millian (Original Post) CousinIT Mar 2017 OP
Three things cannot be hidden long. orangecrush Mar 2017 #1
+++ agree iluvtennis Mar 2017 #10
Soon to be the late Sergei Millian, Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #2
He's definitely headed for a dose of natural causes Orrex Mar 2017 #9
Ha! MSNBC just ran this banner across their screen! PearliePoo2 Mar 2017 #3
May I ask a (tangential) question frazzled Mar 2017 #4
I used the tweeter's title rather than WaPo's because I preferred his title. CousinIT Mar 2017 #5
When I click on the text under the picture... Cracklin Charlie Mar 2017 #6
He attended Trump Inauguration and VIP events for supporters (while they disclaim him) wishstar Mar 2017 #7
R#13 & K n/t UTUSN Mar 2017 #8
The drip, drip, drip, just got turned up to a steady trickle. lark Mar 2017 #11
"Trump's political opponent?" Opponents in the GOP primary or Hillary? LongTomH Mar 2017 #12

Denzil_DC

(7,257 posts)
2. Soon to be the late Sergei Millian,
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 09:57 AM
Mar 2017

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.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
4. May I ask a (tangential) question
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 10:07 AM
Mar 2017

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)
5. I used the tweeter's title rather than WaPo's because I preferred his title.
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 10:12 AM
Mar 2017

So to credit both...used both sources.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
6. When I click on the text under the picture...
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 10:16 AM
Mar 2017

It takes me straight to the article.

And what an article!
They seem to be getting very near the target.

wishstar

(5,271 posts)
7. He attended Trump Inauguration and VIP events for supporters (while they disclaim him)
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 10:54 AM
Mar 2017

Long article with many in Trump circle dismissing and downplaying him, but article concludes with this info:

"Despite the Trump team’s efforts to distance the president from Millian, the dossier source nevertheless attended Trump’s 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 Trump’s Washington hotel. A White House official did not address a question about Millian’s attendance."

lark

(23,155 posts)
11. The drip, drip, drip, just got turned up to a steady trickle.
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 12:22 PM
Mar 2017

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)
12. "Trump's political opponent?" Opponents in the GOP primary or Hillary?
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 12:53 PM
Mar 2017

Inquiring minds want to know!!!

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