Meanwhile... Trump and the Roger Stone trial

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   IslandBitesposted 5 years ago

   Former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates testified that he was riding in a Chevy Suburban from Trump Tower to LaGuardia Airport in New York in mid-2016 when Trump took a late-evening phone call from his longtime associate Stone. The pair apparently discussed WikiLeaks' planned release of hacked Democratic emails.
   
   The revelations, which emerged in the criminal trial of onetime Trump adviser Roger Stone, were included in former special counsel Robert Mueller's report but were kept secret until now because of the pending trial.
   
   The call happened days after WikiLeaks' first release on July 22, 2016, of emails the Russian military hacked from the Democratic National Committee. Gates said two US Secret Service agents also witnessed the call.
   
   Gates' testimony flies in the face of repeated denials by both Stone and Trump that they had ever discussed WikiLeaks or Stone's supposed backchannel to the organization.
   
   Trump, in written answers provided to the special counsel investigators, wrote: "I do not recall being told during the campaign that Roger Stone or anyone associated with my campaign had discussions with any of the entities named in the question regarding the content or timing of release of hacked emails."
   
   Trump also wrote he recalled no specifics of conversations he had with Stone between June 2016 and Election Day: "I do not recall discussing WikiLeaks with him, nor do I recall being aware of Mr. Stone having discussed WikiLeaks with individuals associated with my campaign, although I was aware that WikiLeaks was the subject of media reporting and campaign-related discussion at the time."

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      wildernessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      And we should believe the man who pled guilty to making false statements and conspiracy against the United States.  Who testified he was part of a tax evasion and bank fraud scheme as well as embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his partner.
      
      Where do they get these guys?!?!  Such fine upstanding people that we are expected to take at face value and believe everything they tell us!

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         IslandBitesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Where do they get these guys?!?!  Such fine upstanding people that we are expected to take at face value and believe everything they tell us! lol
         
         You should ask Trump.

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         hard sunposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         "Where do they get these guys?!?! "
         
         From Trump's campaign. They are Trump's people. Remember...only the best.

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            wildernessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Well, I guess if one can use them so can another. 
            
            But after known admitted, egregious transgressions I'm not sure that his word will carry much weight for me.  Actually I am sure about that...

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               crankaliciousposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Have you yet made the logical leap that their transgressions describe Trump as well since they're all his friends? If their word doesn't carry weight, why does Trump's?
               
               If a guy hangs around mobsters don't you naturally assume he's a mobster?

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               IslandBitesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Too bad for Roger that you weren't part of the jury.

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         PrettyPantherposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         "Where do they get these guys?"
         
         where have you been? This is the type of person Trump surrounds himself with. He is comfortable with criminals and low-lifes because that is what he is.

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   IslandBitesposted 5 years ago

   Roger Stone found guilty in all counts.

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   IslandBitesposted 5 years ago

   The man that worked for Nixon and it's such a fan that has a Nixon tattoo in his back, is the man that worked 16 years to make Trump president... And now goes to jail trying to protect him.
   
   Just.think.about.it.

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