Leakers – love ‘em or hate ‘em right Mr. Trump?
This amazing
story from
Business Insider with this headline:
“Leaked Kremlin documents support claim that Russia has 'compromising
material' on Trump: report”
· Kremlin documents obtained by The Guardian claim
that Russia had compromising info on Trump.
· The paper said it verified the documents, which
discuss a plan to help Trump win the 2016 election.
· Unproven rumors have long swirled that Russia
got lurid information about Trump on a business trip.
Documents from a top-level Kremlin meeting in 2016
apparently say that Russia had compromising information about then presidential
candidate Donald Trump.
Documents are said to be from a Russian National Security Council
meeting in January 22, 2016, attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and
top intelligence and military officials.
Steps to verify the documents were taken and based on
analysis by experts that include circumstantial details that could be verified.
Western intelligence agencies were also aware of the
documents.
The main subject of the closed meeting was a plan to deploy
Russian intelligence in an audacious bid to help Trump win the upcoming election
against Hillary Clinton.
The documents say that Russian officials believed a Trump
victory would aid Russia by badly destabilizing the U.S.
The documents provide a psychological profile of Trump, describing him as “mentally unstable.”
My note: Why would
Russia hold these different views: (1) Trump is unstable, (2) we'll help him
win, and (3) if he wins, the U.S. will be badly destabilized. Why say that?
Simple: They would control
the man they helped and supported to win.
Also, one section mentions compromising material held by Russia, an issue which has long been the subject of lurid rumor in the U.S. about Trump.
That lurid material, according to the documents, was
collected on Trump's earlier “non-official visits to Russian Federation
territory.” It refers to certain events that happened during Trump's trips to
Moscow, and referred to an Appendix for further details (although unclear what
those were).
There have long been rumors that Russia had obtained lurid
private information about Trump which it could use as leverage, and those claims
were aired in a document published in 2016, after Trump won the presidency. Those claims were compiled by a former UK
intelligence officer, Christopher Steele in his “The Steele Dossier.”
Its standout claim - never proven, and furiously denied by
Trump - is that there exists a video of prostitutes urinating for Trump's
enjoyment on a hotel bed chosen because it had been used by Barack Obama.
Trump had adamantly denied the claims.
Russia dismissed this report describing it as “Pulp Fiction” (e.g.,
refers to racy, action-based stories published in cheap pulp paper).
Related topic article from Esquire here.
My 2 Cents: Amazing article as I said. Can’t wait to hear Trump’s
reaction – outta be a keeper for sure – you know “fake news, or a DEM-Leftist
ploy, or more failed media reporting” etc., etc., ad nauseam.
Odd though with Trump, he either
loves leakers (e.g., WikiLeaks),
or he hates them and wants
them tried for treason and executed, or a possible pardon
for Edward Snowden – nothing else, I guess? Make up your mind, Mr. Trump.
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