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Senate Democrats just released full testimony on the Trump-Russia dossier

So, will Feinstein now be "investigated" by the ethics committee and "placed on ice" for 8 months?

"Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday that a “bad cold” possibly attributed to her decision to release the Glenn Simpson testimony earlier this week.

“The one regret I have is that I should have spoke with Senator Grassley before. And I don’t make an excuse, but I’ve had a bad cold and maybe that slowed down my mental facilities a little bit,” Ms. Feinstein, California Democrat, told NBC News referring to Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley. ..."



Also, I heard on FOX this morning that the testimony was heavily redacted before it was released to the general public. So much for transparency ...


And somewhere I heard that no, no one got killed because of the dossier; hence no inquiry by Senators or Representatives or media into that "statement".
 
It's been well documented. Russia interfered in the 2016 election and it likely made the difference in narrow states. Besides, do you really think I care about what you "label" me?
So, nothing...thought so.

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And that is just not true. The FBI had already had intel from others and Papadopoulos. Keep up, Mycroft.

My guess is that Nunes is trying to find out what the FBI has on him per his role on the Transition.

If the FBI had hard evidence or sources prior to Steele's meeting with the FBI, why did Obama's top intel chiefs breif Congress, Obama and candidate Trump on the contents of the dossier ? Why didnt they breif Congress on this intel ?

Obama Top Intel chiefs present Trump and Obama with claims of Russian efforts to compromise Trump

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...d-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html

Here's the Lefts dilemma, before the invention of the Popadopolis fake narrative, the Media obsessed over the dossier.

They presented the dossier and its allegations as legitimate intel, and so did Obama's FBI, CIA, NSA and DOJ.

So this desperate attempt to rewrite the narrative isn't going to work.

What Fienstein did was highly unethical and desperate to boot and her actions show just how seriously the Democrats are taking this growing scandal

Adam Schiff's disappearance is signifigant too. He knows exactly what Nunez has
 
Read the dossier and review testimony from witnesses yourself. You won't admit the facts, thus far. Your posts are based on lies.

Lol !!

Andrew " Andy's Office '' McCabe testified under oath that the ONLY allegations the FBI corroberated was Page's trip to Moscow.

When asked when her learned that the dossier was funded by Hillary's campaign, he suddenly couldnt recall.

Soon after his testimony he announced his retirement.

Christopher Steele is involved in a Libel case in London over allegations in the dossier. He was forced to admit the allegations in the dossier were unsubstantiated, unfounded and that it was never meant to be made public.

He also testified that Fusion GPS ordered him to travel to Washington to brief reporters on the contents of the dossier.
 
If the FBI had hard evidence or sources prior to Steele's meeting with the FBI, why did Obama's top intel chiefs breif Congress, Obama and candidate Trump on the contents of the dossier ? Why didnt they breif Congress on this intel ?

Obama Top Intel chiefs present Trump and Obama with claims of Russian efforts to compromise Trump

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...d-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html

Here's the Lefts dilemma, before the invention of the Popadopolis fake narrative, the Media obsessed over the dossier.

They presented the dossier and its allegations as legitimate intel, and so did Obama's FBI, CIA, NSA and DOJ.

So this desperate attempt to rewrite the narrative isn't going to work.

What Fienstein did was highly unethical and desperate to boot and her actions show just how seriously the Democrats are taking this growing scandal

Adam Schiff's disappearance is signifigant too.
He knows exactly what Nunez has

Schiff just lost his neck. He's out looking for it in the fear that he might lose something more significant next.
 
It's been well documented. Russia interfered in the 2016 election and it likely made the difference in narrow states. Besides, do you really think I care about what you "label" me?

Well documented? It has been alleged that the Russians HACKED THE DNC Computer but apparently that is good enough for you to believe they installed Trump. You really are used to dealing with the minion robots within the democratic party who are easily swayed by propaganda and it is a lot more serious of an issue to you than the millions of illegals who voted for Hillary. Keep promoting this leftwing bs of hatred and keep losing elections
 
It's been well documented. Russia interfered in the 2016 election and it likely made the difference in narrow states. Besides, do you really think I care about what you "label" me?

Keep showing just how radical the leftwing Democrats are today as discussion and cooperation are just words and not action. You radical leftists are trying to destroy a once great nation but keep losing elections. Keep it up

Democrats planning protests for Trump?s first State of the Union | TheHill
 
Actually, there IS evidence what the FBI used for the FISA request...and Nunes has it. That's not disinformation. That's fact.
Whether it's used or not is irrelevant.

You should post the evidence that it was the sole reason it was used for the FISA warrant, otherwise, just more speculation from Mycroft.
 
What is likely hiding is the degree to which the Russian and Russian interests account for his net worth.

The IRS has nothing to do with state and local taxes, including property taxes, to which the article refers. Moreover, the IRS is way understaffed, and really isn't that on top of US taxes.

I just wanted to point out that per the transcript on page 71, Mr. Simpson had this to say about how FusionGPS went about combing through Trump's tax records:

We looked at the
14 bankruptcies, how could somebody go through so many
15 bankruptcies, you know, and still have a billion
16 dollars in personal assets. So those are the kinds
17 of things. We looked at a lot of things like his
18tax bills. Tax bills are useful because you can
19 figure out how much money someone is making or how
20 much they're worth or how much their properties are
21 worth based on how much they have to pay in taxes.

22 One of the things we found out was that, you
23 know, when it comes to paying taxes, Donald Trump
24 claims to not have much stuff. At least the Trump
25 organization. So they would make filings with
----------Top of page 71-------------------
1various state and local authorities saying that
2 their buildings weren't worth much.

Disclaimer: I didn't post this exerpt to question Trump's net worth. I posted it to answer the question of where Mr. Simpson gathered some of his information on Trump's tax liability or the reduction thereof at least at the state level. That said, this only confirms what has already been reported publicly - that Trump has under estimated the value of his properties in order to pay less (or no) taxes.
 
Whether it's used or not is irrelevant.

You should post the evidence that it was the sole reason it was used for the FISA warrant, otherwise, just more speculation from Mycroft.

Whether the dossier was used or not is irrelevent ?
Is totally relevent. The dossier was always just Democrat funded partisan propaganda and lies, it was never legitimate intelligence, and it never should have been treated as such by the FBI and our intelligence agencies

But it was, Obama's Intel chiefs actually briefed Congress and candidate Trump on the dossier

There are 4 active libel suits now against media outlets who published the dossier and Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele, including a suit filed by Carter Page.
Multiple media outlets have reported that the dossier was used to obtain the FISA warrant to monitor Page.
 
Just a thought; Protest is not trying to destroy the Nation, it proves how Great this Nation is.

No this proves how arrogant and radical the left has become, this is a state of the union message, go, sit on your hands and here what Trump has to say, then react. Radicals have taken over the Democratic Party that I grew up with and that is destroying the party. Keep it up and keep losing elections
 
No this proves how arrogant and radical the left has become, this is a state of the union message, go, sit on your hands and here what Trump has to say, then react. Radicals have taken over the Democratic Party that I grew up with and that is destroying the party. Keep it up and keep losing elections
Sorry but protest proves nothing other than some people disagree enough with something that they are willing to get off their butt and go make a public statement on it.
I, for one, do not attend protests or marches, not my thing, but have no problem with anyone else dong so as long as they do so peacefully. As for the speech, I am sure there will be plenty to discuss after he makes it, but yes I agree, we have to wait to see what he says before reacting to it.
 
Sorry but protest proves nothing other than some people disagree enough with something that they are willing to get off their butt and go make a public statement on it.
I, for one, do not attend protests or marches, not my thing, but have no problem with anyone else dong so as long as they do so peacefully. As for the speech, I am sure there will be plenty to discuss after he makes it, but yes I agree, we have to wait to see what he says before reacting to it.

How do you disagree with something that hasn't been said? Has the state of the union speech been heard yet?
 
How do you disagree with something that hasn't been said? Has the state of the union speech been heard yet?

I never said I would, maybe you should re-read my post, I said we need to wait for it before commenting on what is in it.
 
I never said I would, maybe you should re-read my post, I said we need to wait for it before commenting on what is in it.

I posted the article claiming that some DNC members of Congress wouldn't be attending the state of union in protest and that is the issue, not listening to what is being said but protesting anyway. Seems that everything else that Trump says gets a reaction so why not wait until AFTER the SOU to protest? Radicals have taken over the Democratic Party and they demand to be heard but never to listen to what others say.
 
I posted the article claiming that some DNC members of Congress wouldn't be attending the state of union in protest and that is the issue, not listening to what is being said but protesting anyway. Seems that everything else that Trump says gets a reaction so why not wait until AFTER the SOU to protest? Radicals have taken over the Democratic Party and they demand to be heard but never to listen to what others say.
Nothing new, this has been done more than once. Stupid IMO but their right. I think radicals have taken over Both Parties.
 
Whether the dossier was used or not is irrelevent ?
Is totally relevent. The dossier was always just Democrat funded partisan propaganda and lies, it was never legitimate intelligence, and it never should have been treated as such by the FBI and our intelligence agencies
1. This has been covered ad nauseim. The dossier is a professional intelligence report by a professional intelligence source with a great reputation, who routinely provides intelligence reports to various nations including the U.S. It's neither partisan propaganda, nor lies. It's raw intelligence, and much of it has shown to be true/accurate.
Claiming that because Fusion sought to fund their investigation by people with money who would be willing to pay for it, is business as usual.

2. You didn't' post evidence that it was the sole source of getting the FISA warrant as you claimed- I have to assume you lie

But it was, Obama's Intel chiefs actually briefed Congress and candidate Trump on the dossier
A courtesy that maybe they should not have extended to him.

There are 4 active libel suits now against media outlets who published the dossier and Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele, including a suit filed by Carter Page.
Multiple media outlets have reported that the dossier was used to obtain the FISA warrant to monitor Page.
So no evidence, just hand waiving towards some media outlets...

Fenton is apparently parroting fake news as usual.
 
Oh man...now this sucks.

Glenn Simpson, the Fusion GPS founder who sponsored the unverified anti-Trump dossier, claimed in August and again Jan. 2 that the FBI has a source inside the Trump camp who lent credence to the document.

When a transcript of his secret August testimony was released on Tuesday, news headlines immediately latched onto the disclosure as a boon to a dossier whose core charges of Donald Trump-Russia collusion have been denied and not confirmed publicly.

Then suddenly, as quick as the headlines went up, some one close to Fusion was waving off reporters. Mr. Simpson had “mischaracterized” the source. It was not some one on the Trump inside, but apparently an Australian diplomat.

A source close to Fusion GPS tells me there was no walk-in source––that was a mischaracterization by Simpson of the Australian diplomat tip about Papadopoulis [sic],” tweeted NBC reporter Ken Dilanian.Whether the source the FBI supposedly told Mr. Steele about could be Mr. Papadopoulos is doubtful. He has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about issues surrounding his contacts with the professor. The criminal complain says the FBI did not interview him until January 2017, three months after Mr. Steele met with the agents in Rome.

Glenn Simpson retracts claim FBI had a mole inside Trump team - Washington Times

I guess someone suddenly realized the "mole" story conflicted with facts and now they have to change the story.

Grassley isn't too happy about this.

The story corrections correction caught the eye of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, who on Thursday sent off a letter to Fusion attorney Joshua Levy. Mr. Grassley demanded to know why Mr. Levy did not correct the record after spending hours reviewing the transcript in October and November or contact the committee last Tuesday.” If it is true that your client’s statement to the Committee was a mischaracterization, why did you not attempt to correct your client’s statement as soon as you and/or he realized it was not accurate?” the senator wrote.

Kind of makes you wonder what else in his testimony Simpson wants to change, eh?
 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN SOURCE BACKED UP RUSSIAN DOSSIER CLAIMS, SAID FUSION GPS CO-FOUNDER

Trump Campaign Source Backed Up Russian Dossier Claims, Said Fusion GPS Co-Founder

Former British agent Christopher Steele told the FBI that he believed the Russians would use information to “blackmail” then-candidate Donald Trump—and later learned that the FBI had heard similar claims from a Trump campaign member, the head of the research firm Fusion GPS told Congress in testimony made public on Tuesday.

Fusion GPS hired Steele, a former British spy, in June 2016 to look into Trump on behalf of clients, co-founder Glenn Simpson told the Senate Judiciary Committee in August, according to a transcript released Tuesday by Senator Dianne Feinstein. Steele produced his first memo in the same month he was hired, and later alerted the FBI about the blackmail possibility, Simpson said.

Steele apparently made contact with the bureau between June 20 and July 26, 2016.

In mid-to-late September 2016, Steele told Simpson that the FBI had asked him to provide more information, Simpson testified.

“My understanding was that they believed Chris at this point—that they believed Chris’s information might be credible because they had other intelligence that indicated the same thing and one of those pieces of intelligence was a human source from inside the Trump organization,” Simpson testified.

Republicans in Congress have claimed that Steele’s unverified dossier led the FBI to open its investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible coordination with the Trump campaign. But Simpson’s comments appear to confirm that the FBI did not launch its Trump-Russia investigation just because of the dossier.

In December, The New York Times reported that the FBI’s launched the probe after learning of a May 2016 conversation that Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos had with an Australian diplomat, whose government then alerted the FBI about Papadopoulos’s comments “two months” after the conversation. The would be in July, according to the report.

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Buddies.
 
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