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To: Sam who wrote (334268)	4/21/2017 11:52:12 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) of 541785

I'm getting to the point where "if it looks too good to be true, it prolly isn't". Your article links to: Intel community chatter: Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell caught red handed in Trump-Russia scandal By Bill Palmer Updated: 6:08 pm EDT Mon Apr 17, 2017 Over the weekend, credible leaks from the U.S. intelligence community have sprung afoot, ranging from Donald Trump and three advisers being caught on tape admitting to treason with Russia ( link) to Rudy Giuliani trying to cut a deal against Trump ( link). Now comes chatter that GOP leaders Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell may have been nailed as well. The claims about the GOP House and Senate leaders are coming from two different political pundits whose sources have a history of being proven correct. One is former Bill Clinton White House staffer Claude Taylor, who stated today that he’s “Starting to hear chatter that there are intercepts w/ Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell discussing funneling illegal Russian money into campaign” ( link). He went on to stress that “This really is ‘chatter’ as opposed to sourced,” making clear that this is not confirmed on his end. But then another pundit whose sources have also proven reliable, ImpeachAgentOrangsky, added that “According to anonymous intel sources Ryan & McConnell are on tape talking about laundering Russian money thru Super Pacs” ( link). So take this one for what you think it’s worth. But two things are important to keep in mind here. The first is that these kinds of leaks from proven sources have tended to later be proven correct. For instance the prior leaks about Trump-Russia figures ranging from Michael Flynn to Paul Manafort to Carter Page have generally been verified further down the line. So these kinds of credible Trump-Russia leaks are worth reporting and considering. The second thing to keep in mind is that as a practical matter, with the Russian Ambassador and a Russia GRU agent already confirmed to have attended the Republican National Convention and met with several top Trump staffers in the name of changing the Republican Party platform, it’s difficult to imagine GOP leaders in attendance like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell not having been aware of what was going on at the time. And we know that Carter Page was under FISA surveillance at the time of the convention, meaning anyone involved may have been picked up on that surveillance. palmerreport.com = That seems like a bit much. It would make for a wonderful ending to the tale, tho.

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