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Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:37 AM Aug 2019

Wonkette: Overstock Dude Says He Only Pretended To Bone Russian Spy Maria Butina For Love Of Country

Byrne confirms that Butina was being handled by a sanctioned Russian banker with close ties to the Kremlin, and he knew all about her plans to meet with Don Jr. at the NRA shindig in Kentucky. And yet the CEO savant was OUTRAGED that the FBI would commit "espionage" against the political campaigns she was trying to worm her way into by ... investigating to see if those campaigns were receptive Russian offers of influence. This is your brain on Fox.

By July of 2016, Byrne says his FBI contacts were pressuring him to have sex with Butina to see what she knew.

On July 1, 2016, they came back and said, "What a mistake we made. Russia, Russia, Russia. We want you to know that the U.S. government never asks something like this but we are here to ask you to rekindle a romantic relationship with Maria. The orders are coming from X, Y, and Z."


But Byrne is an honorable man, so he decided he'd trick those dirty rascals at the FBI and "Set up X,Y, Z for felony charges down the road." That's right, he made like Alan Dershowitz and kept his panties on for the whole massage.

I would wine and dine and romance Maria, and give the public perception that we were once again romantically involved. I would blow her away with being this unbelievably romantic gentleman to her. I would report that I was back in the saddle, but all the while 100% NEVER TOUCH HER. I knew I had to be 100% pure on that bright line, so when the day came that it was all unearthed (which I knew would happen), the record would show that actually I had not laid a finger on her.


But now he's coming in like an avenging angel because, "My rabbi told me 'You let feds do fed jobs, you do your job. You are a citizen. Your country is ripping itself in two. Your job is to come forward to the public.'" Once again, his "rabbi" is Warren Buffett. And his mind is "diseased." ("Allegedly." ).


https://www.wonkette.com/overstock-ceo-says-he-boned-russian-spy-maria-butina-for-love-of-country
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Wonkette: Overstock Dude Says He Only Pretended To Bone Russian Spy Maria Butina For Love Of Country (Original Post) ehrnst Aug 2019 OP
Which country? nt Laffy Kat Aug 2019 #1
He's a loon-- egotist, blowhard, vicious, and crazy-- Just right for Trump dawg day Aug 2019 #2
Someone at Lawyers Guns & Money commented gratuitous Aug 2019 #3

dawg day

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2. He's a loon-- egotist, blowhard, vicious, and crazy-- Just right for Trump
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:50 AM
Aug 2019

It's hard to know how much if any of his blowing is true. (Does Warren Buffett know he's the rabbi?)
Byrne also seems to think somehow this all implicates Clinton and the FBI.

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3. Someone at Lawyers Guns & Money commented
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:50 AM
Aug 2019

Byrne's account sound like a prank Jim Halpert would play on Dwight Schrute: "Michael says he needs you to bang this Russian chick."

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