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ON EDIT: not 1 but 2 compassionate DUers have sent me whole article - thank you!!
d_r
(6,907 posts)Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)And select open in new incognito tab
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven campaign officials with the subject line: Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin.
The adviser, George Papadopoulos, offered to set up a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump, telling them his Russian contacts welcomed the opportunity, according to internal campaign emails read to The Washington Post.
The proposal sent a ripple of concern through campaign headquarters in Trump Tower. Campaign co-chairman Sam Clovis wrote that he thought NATO allies should be consulted before any plans were made. Another Trump adviser, retired Navy Rear Adm. Charles Kubic, cited legal concerns, including a possible violation of U.S. sanctions against Russia and of the Logan Act, which prohibits U.S. citizens from unauthorized negotiation with foreign governments.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)mucifer
(23,609 posts)hlthe2b
(102,509 posts)Three days after Donald Trump named his campaign foreign policy team in March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven campaign officials with the subject line: Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin.
The adviser, George Papadopoulos, offered to set up a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump, telling them his Russian contacts welcomed the opportunity, according to internal campaign emails read to The Washington Post.
The proposal sent a ripple of concern through campaign headquarters in Trump Tower. Campaign co-chairman Sam Clovis wrote that he thought NATO allies should be consulted before any plans were made. Another Trump adviser, retired Navy Rear Adm. Charles Kubic, cited legal concerns, including a possible violation of U.S. sanctions against Russia and of the Logan Act, which prohibits U.S. citizens from unauthorized negotiation with foreign governments.
Most I can post, sorry
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)Oh My!!!
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)Bladewire
(381 posts)In the same email chain, Kubic, the retired admiral, reminded others about legal restrictions on meetings with certain Russian officials, adding, Just want to make sure that no one on the team outruns their headlights and embarrasses the campaign.
Undeterred, Papadopoulos alerted then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in an April email that he was receiving a lot of calls over the past month about arranging a Russia meeting.
Putin wants to host the Trump team when the time is right, he wrote on April 27.
On May 4, Papadopoulos forwarded Lewandowski and others a note he received from the program head for the government-funded Russian International Affairs Council. In it, Ivan Timofeev, a senior official in the organization, reached out to report that Russian foreign ministry officials were open to a Trump visit to Moscow and requested that the campaign and Russians write a formal letter outlining the meeting.
Clovis responded to the Timofeev invitation by noting: There are legal issues we need to mitigate, meeting with foreign officials as a private citizen.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Cadre of Lowlife Russian and republican comrades have completely betrayed the United States of America. Lock them up.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Leith
(7,814 posts)You can do it under "Help" in the top ribbon or google how to find out. Find the cookies with "wash" in them and delete.
Edited to add: or open a browser that you don't usually use. For example, if you use IE most of the time, get Chrome or Firefox. Then when you access IE and WaPo tells you that you used up your ten article limit, copy the URL, open the other browser, and paste it. Voila! You are golden.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)and figure this out!