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Home Front: Politix
Dem Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort to contact dossier author Christopher Steele
2018-02-09
[FOX] EXCLUSIVE ‐ Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading a congressional investigation into President Trump's alleged ties to Russia, had extensive contact last year with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch who was offering Warner access to former British spy and dossier author Christopher Steele, according to text messages obtained exclusively by Fox News.
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 get rid of Donald Trump," Warner texted the lobbyist, Adam Waldman, on March 22, 2017.

"Get rid of Donald Trump? I'm in," Waldman, whose firm has ties to Hillary Clinton, texted back to Warner.

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

#11  Poor Marco. He's the sort who will roll over hard under minimal pressure in a Grand Jury situation. If he's lucky, he's actually as out of the loop as he always comes off. If not, the jogging alone and "Sunday drives to clear his head" won't end well for him.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-02-09 09:20  

#10  Perhaps the good senator just wanted to talk horses. There's a lot of horses in Northern Virginia you know.

Almost there, Besoeker, he wanted to talk horse product.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-09 09:10  

#9  Perhaps the good senator just wanted to talk horses. There's a lot of horses in Northern Virginia you know.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-09 08:47  

#8  My OTHER POS Senator.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2018-02-09 08:44  

#7  Just in from Mark Warner's office. "I did not have sex with that Putin".

Yes you did Marky, yes you did.
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-02-09 07:37  

#6  Waldman offered last March to connect Warner with Steele to discuss the infamous dossier. The article states that “secrecy seemed very important to Warner” and that the senator “seemed particularly intent on connecting directly with Steele without anyone else on the Senate Intelligence Committee being in the loop ― at least initially.”

But as the Fox News story eventually acknowledges, Waldman informed the intelligence committee about the messages months ago, and the communication appears to fall in line with Warner’s duties on the intelligence committee.

Rubio pointed this out in his tweet Thursday.

“Sen. Warner fully disclosed this to the committee four months ago,” he wrote on Twitter, with a link to the article. He continued to note that the text messages have had “zero impact on our work.”

Note the timeline. That's 7 months Warner kept quiet. He eventually saw that he would get caught.
Posted by: Frank G   2018-02-09 07:13  

#5  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.

Not very collegial now is it ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-09 07:00  

#4  re: #3 - Sorry Dondi, you lost. Have a drink of water
Posted by: Frank G   2018-02-09 05:21  

#3  Marco Rubio Defends Democratic Colleague Over Misleading Fox News Report
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-02-09 04:29  

#2  We already have the communication as if it is carved in stone. We have every conversation there.

Every one ever.
And they are corrupt as HELL.

Just letting you know that.
Posted by: newc   2018-02-09 02:06  

#1  Senator Warner is the Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)

Certainly hope the good Senator had no plans to share anything sensitive with foreign sources, those without a valid US security clearance, or anyone without a 'need to know.'

This could get ugly. Oh WAIT !

Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-09 00:16  

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