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Dem Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort to contact dossier author Christopher Steele
Graphic is for the purposes of sardonic humor only. It will be a cold day in hell before any of these lizards go on the box. "We have so much to discuss u need to be careful but we can help our country " Steele famously put together the anti-Trump dossier of unverified information that was used by FBI and Justice Department officials in October 2016 to get a warrant to conduct surveillance of former Trump adviser Carter Page. Despite the efforts, Steele has not agreed to an interview with the committee. Secrecy seemed very important to Warner as the conversation with Waldman heated up March 29, when the lobbyist revealed that Steele wanted a bipartisan letter from Warner and the committee’s chairman, North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr, inviting him to talk to the Senate intelligence panel. Throughout the text exchanges, Warner seemed particularly intent on connecting directly with Steele without anyone else on the Senate Intelligence Committee being in the loop -- at least initially. In one text to the lobbyist, Warner wrote that he would "rather not have a paper trail" of his messages. Emphasis added. Evidently it's a bit too late to avoid the "paper trail." Related at PJ (includes 'cold feet'): Sen. Mark Warner Traded Secret Texts with Russian Oligarch's Lobbyist Linked to Hillary Posted by: Besoeker 2018-02-09 |
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