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Trump: Discussed ME with Putin, made progress on conflicts


RT
Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:40 UTC
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© Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APPresidents Trump and Putin at Helsinki summit
US President Donald Trump has said that he discussed the Middle East conflicts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and said he hoped that at some point Iran would call him and say "let's make a deal".

Speaking from the White House a day after meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Trump said that US-Russia relations have never been in a worse place, but that relations had "gotten substantially better" since meeting the Russian leader and could improve more in the future.

Trump said he and Putin discussed several Middle East subjects, "starting with the civil war in Syria and the need for humanitarian aid." Syria was discussed in the context of "long-term security of Israel," the US president added.

"We also spoke of Iran and the need to halt the nuclear ambitions and destabilizing activities taking place in Iran," he said, pointing out that recent US rejection of the 2015 nuclear deal has "had a major impact on Iran. It's substantially weakened Iran." Trump said he was hoping that Tehran "will call us and we'll maybe make a new deal."

Comment: What matters most is what Trump said in the private Helsinki one-on-one with Putin, and their understandings going forward. The rest is theater or window dressing.

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SC Mueller seeks immunity/secrecy for 5 witnesses against Manafort; is it to protect the Podesta brothers?

Josh Gerstein
Politico
Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
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Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is asking a federal judge to grant immunity to five witnesses who may be called to testify at the upcoming trial of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, on charges of tax evasion and bank fraud.

Mueller's prosecutors did not identify the potential witnesses publicly, but said they had indicated they would invoke their Fifth Amendment rights unless they were given immunity.
"The five individuals identified in the motions at issue are third parties who have not been charged in this matter, and who have not been identified publicly with the case," prosecutors wrote. "Disclosing the motions would reveal those individuals' involvement in the investigation and the trial, thereby creating the risk of their undue harassment. Such concern potentially would be heightened by the additional revelation that they have invoked their privilege against self-incrimination and may be granted immunity from the use against them of any compelled testimony."
That description seems to fit the profiles of John Podesta and brother Tony, two of the patron saints in the Democratic party who have been linked to the Manafort case yet never charged. Uncanny. Wouldn't it be just like Mueller - and his team of partisan Democratic lawyers - to make sure they couldn't be prosecuted? Absolutely.

Comment: So far speculation. But it is interesting whose names come to the surface and what favors might be delivered by the SC. Given Mueller's shady history, likewise in return?

Additional from Gateway Pundit:
It's now suspected that two of the criminals that Mueller is aligning himself with are the creepy and criminal Podesta brothers.


We've written extensively about the corrupt Podesta brothers. John was Hillary's crooked Campaign Manager whose emails were released to the public before the 2016 election. These emails included numerous incidents of criminal acts, pay for play by the Clintons and other corrupt, elitist and dishonest behaviors. Apparently, Manafort used to work for the Podestas.


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Russian prosecutors want to interrogate US officials and ex-envoy over Browder case


Sputnik
Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:34 UTC
William Browder
© RT.comWilliam Browder, fabulist
William Browder, founder of UK-based Hermitage Capital Management investment fund, is wanted in Russia for various offenses, including tax evasion, since 2013.

The Office of Russian Attorney General is poised to send an official request to the United States' authorities to question a number of US officials and intelligence agents, including the former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, as part of a criminal case against Hermitage Capital Management CEO William Browder.
"As part of the investigation of one of the criminal cases against William Browder and his criminal group, we're ready to send another request to the US authorities to grant us permission to question these very employees of the US intelligence agencies, as well as a number of other US government officials and businessmen, in order to charge them for the crimes committed by Browder," Alexander Kurennoy, spokesman for the Russia's Office of Prosecutor General, said.
According to him, the list of people sought by Moscow for questioning includes "employees of the US National Security Agency - Todd Hyman, who signed under an oath a lawsuit filed in the US court on behalf of Browder, Svetlana Engert, who took from Russia the stolen materials from the criminal case, Alexander Shvartsman, who was Browder's handler while he was in the US."

Comment: See also:

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Bullseye

Trump: 'Haters' who criticized meeting with Putin suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:58 UTC
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In a fresh tweet President Donald Trump has said some people would rather "go to war" than see him getting along with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. He added that the "haters" merely want "a boxing match."

Starting the morning with a fresh post, Trump gave credit to his press conference following a landmark gathering with Putin in Finland on Monday.

"So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki," he said.

Trump then gave his take on the negotiations with Putin, and the apparent "haters," who he suggested suffered from "Trump Derangement Syndrome!"
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Trump statement: No, Russia isn't targeting US


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:47 UTC
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US President Donald Trump has said Russia is not targeting the US and reiterated that nobody has been as tough on Moscow as he has.

Speaking following a Wednesday cabinet meeting, Trump shook his head and said "no" when asked by a reporter if Russia was still targeting the US.

"There's been no president ever as tough as I have been on Russia," he said adding that Putin "knows it better than the media."
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Bad Guys

Corbyn-critic John Woodcock quitting as Labour MP - alleges 'manipulated' sexual harassment probe


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:39 UTC
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© FacebookMP John Woodcock
Suspended MP John Woodcock, a long-time critic of leader Jeremy Corbyn has resigned from the Labour party, citing dissatisfaction with the handling of a sexual harassment case brought against him by a female staffer.

Woodcock, the MP for Barrow and Furness, told the Labour leader of his decision on Wednesday, claiming in his letter that the investigation "process has been manipulated for factional purposes."

In his letter he also states that Corbyn would be a "clear risk to UK national security as prime minister," if Labour gained power and that "anti-Semitism is being tolerated" - insisting the party "has been taken over at nearly every level by the hard left.

Comment: RT further reports:
Woodcock, a fierce critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was suspended amid claims he sent inappropriate messages and emails to a former female staff member during the two years she worked at the party. The Daily Mirror reported on Sunday that the woman had left her job in 2016 because the correspondence made her feel uncomfortable.

The MP for Barrow and Furness, who is the partner of the Spectator's assistant editor Isabel Hardman, has said he does not accept the claims. He went on to say that, following the complaint made last November, Labour's harassment panel referred the case to the party's national constitutional committee.

[...]

A Labour Party spokesperson said he had been suspended "pending due process" and added "it would not be appropriate to comment further on an ongoing case".

Woodcock is a staunch opponent of Corbyn, who he already said he would not support as prime minister. He recently criticized the leader's response to the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, as well as the alleged chemical weapons attack in the Syrian city of Douma in April.

Local party members reported him to Labour's National Executive Committee for persistent attempts to undermine Corbyn. Woodcock has consistently come under fire for his support of Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom he lauded in a 2017 article penned in the pro-government newspaper Daily Sabah. He also faced criticism for a recent visit to Saudi Arabia and has faced his own accusations of anti-Semitism.


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SOTT Focus: Joe Quinn on Sputnik: 'Deep State Wants Trump to Acknowledge Russian Collusion, Thus Undermine His Own Presidency'


Sputnik
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:31 UTC
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Commenting on the arrest of Maria Butina on charges that she was an agent of the Russian government, the Russian ambassador to the US accused American intelligence agencies of "hunting" Russians abroad. Speaking to Sputnik, political commentator Joe Quinn explained why Butina's alleged activities may have touched a nerve among the US deep state.


Transcript

Sputnik: Maria Butina's lawyer has called the charges against her a misuse of law. How justified are the charges, in your view?

Joe Quinn: Butina is effectively a lobbyist for her 'right to bear arms' organization in Russia, and also for her patron I suppose - Alexander Torshin. And sure, Torshin might have some kind of shady dealings in his history, but they're no worse than many other US and European politicians. The allegations that Butina and Torshin were trying to network in the US are probably true. They may have also have had some small or ineffective attempts to establish contacts between Team Trump and Russia. But that's kind of par for the course in politics, in both the US and Russia, not to mention around the world.

There's no reason to believe that Butina and Torshin wanted anything other than to have improved relations between the US and Russia - between the then-incoming Trump administration and Russia. For the 'deep state', the forces that run the US behind the scenes, that's a serious crime - trying to establish positive relations between the US and Russia.
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From the depths of hell, another Killary run in 2020 could be brewing

Matt Vespa
Townhall
Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:40 UTC
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Is the foul beast stirring?
Whether Democrats realize it or not, the names being tossed as potential 2020 challengers to President Trump are weak. It's milquetoast. All far too left for the American voter, and all with rigid regional appeal. Who knows who Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is outside of New Jersey? The same could be said for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) doesn't resonate outside of the Boston suburbs. And Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), well, she's working hard to boost her profile, but she's running aground with the Bernie crowd. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could run again, but his age - and the fact that the DNC will only allow Democrats to run for their nomination, could put Feel The Bern 2.0 in limbo. So, what else can Democrats do, but accept the third presidential run of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Why is she still around? Why doesn't she shut up? Can we move on? Nope. There are some rumblings that the former first lady and two-time presidential loser could be staging another go for the White House. Michael Goodwin had an op-ed that outlined the case, along with the many eye rolls from Democrats had when he mentioned the idea of a rematch (via NY Post):

Comment: A bit of crow for Killary to eat:



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Bad Guys

Murder on the beach: British-backed wars helped create the Tunisian killer

Mark Curtis
Middle East Eye
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:18 UTC
Tourists mourn Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel
© AFPTourists mourn at the site of a shooting attack on the beach in front of the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Port el Kantaoui, on the outskirts of Sousse south of the capital Tunis, on 28 June, 2015
Three years ago on 26 June, a 23-year-old Tunisian armed with a machine gun mowed down 38 tourists at a beach hotel in the resort of Port El Kantaoui. Thirty British tourists were among the dead in the worst attack on Britons since the July 2005 London bombings and Tunisia's deadliest attack ever.

The atrocity was perpetrated by an adherent of the Islamic State (IS) group, which claimed responsibility. But, in a broader context, it is another instance of terrorism arising partly from UK foreign policies for which British governments remain unaccountable.

'Two guys from England'

The murderer, Seifeddine Rezgui, an engineering student, had been trained in neighbouring Libya, reportedly visiting there several times in late 2014 and early 2015.

Training was conducted by both IS and Ansar al-Sharia, an al-Qaeda-linked Tunisian terrorist group in camps near the Libyan city of Sabratha, 60 miles over the border from Tunisia. Rezgui is said to have possessed only 120 bullets for his attack, suggesting he had become an expert shooter from his training at these camps.
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Russian ambassador to US says that 'important verbal agreements' made at Trump-Putin summit


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:23 UTC
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President Trump and President Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki Summit
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump did reach key unwritten deals during their talks in Finland, but there is nothing secretive about what they discussed, Russia's ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, says.

"The meeting was important, intense, constructive and productive.

I believe that important verbal agreements were made," Antonov said on Rossiya 1 TV on Wednesday evening.

During a foreign ministry briefing earlier the same day, Antonov, who was in Putin's negotiating team, said that no "secret deals" were struck between the two presidents, specifying that negotiations in Helsinki on Monday focused on Syria and Ukraine.

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