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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRosenstein issued unusual statement about leaks & seems to hint that USG knows Five Eyes leaking
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein just issued an unusual statement basically telling people not to believe leaks.
Link to tweet
Rosenstein also seems to hint that the USG knows of some Five Eyes officials leaking, which would not be super surprising.
Link to tweet
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Weird!
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Thanks anyway.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Why else was it made. The DOJ doesn't care what people hear, they never talk about investigations anyway.
This statement sounds coerced. Is Rod trump's personal toadie?
global1
(25,253 posts)statement put out by RR.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Are there orange cheeto smudges on it?
HipChick
(25,485 posts)This has Trumps tiny fingerprints all over it!!
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)That would be the ultimate leak.
Blindingly apparent
(180 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)The "Five Eyes" (FVEY) refer to an alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement for joint cooperation in signals intelligence, military intelligence, and human intelligence.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)This is bloody insane.
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)That Tillerson was in charge and made decisions for the US. That source was an anonymous international official.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)and I pictured him pounding and stomping and breaking things in the Oval Office til he finally frantically called up the Department of Justice demanding to know if he could investigate an unknown US ally for leaking fake news, ha! Don't know if the timing coincides properly with Deputy AG Rosenstein's official statement about "anonymous allegations" but I can imagine Trump bellowing at him to do something.
Link to tweet
Here's the link to the thread about that Tweet, posted earlier today by DonViejo:
'He's not in charge': US ally's defense minister says Mattis and Tillerson ignore Trump -- and...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029210238
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)when I heard Rosenstein's plea: trump is pissed because one of our allies said the Mattis and Tillerson are running Foreign Policy; trump is clueless on it.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)nt
misanthrope
(7,418 posts)I think it's about the news of the last 24 hours on obstruction of justice and Kushner's financial dealings.
duncang
(1,907 posts)Remember that the trump/kushner group has business dealings all over. Both have business ties in China. Jared was trying to get a deal with Wu Xiaohui, the chairman of Anbang Insurance Group. Who got taken away by Chinese authorities last Friday.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029200909
Look at known locations of donnie's business ties here.
http://time.com/4629308/donald-trump-business-deals-world-map/
He has business ties in the Middle East which may cause problems.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-20/donald-trumps-history-in-the-middle-east/8543206
Since he threw down on Qatar recently some official there could say something.
And don't forget Russia. Since there is a chance donnie may not be able to help Russia on the sanctions if the sanctions bill passes the House they may toss something out as a warning shot that he needs to get busy.
In the end I think there may be not only multiple locations, but multiple types cases show up. Not just money laundering, but possibly bribery.
kentuck
(111,103 posts)...and is important.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)that will or has popped up.
kentuck
(111,103 posts)But that may not be the intent of the person pushing the propaganda?
GusBob
(7,286 posts)never, ever forget that Putin is a KGB spy. These guys are all his assets