Russian Elites attended Trump Inauguration..had VIP tickets..

[HipChick]

In the days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, a wealthy Russian pharmaceutical executive named Alexey Repik arrived in Washington, expressing excitement about the new administration.

He posted a photo on Facebook of a clutch of inauguration credentials arranged next to a white “Make America Great Again” hat, writing in Russian: “I believe that President Donald Trump will open a new page in American history.”

Throughout his trip, Repik had prime access. He wrote on Facebook that he got close enough to the president-elect at a pre-inaugural event to “check the handshake strength of Donald Trump.” He and his wife, Polina Repik, witnessed Trump’s swearing-in from ticketed seats in front of the U.S. Capitol. And he posed for a photo shoulder-to-shoulder with Mike Pompeo, the president’s nominee to head the CIA, although Repik later said he was not aware of Pompeo’s intended role at the time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-trumps-inaugural-festivities-members-of-russias-elite-anticipated-a-thaw-between-moscow-and-washington/2018/01/20/0d767f46-fb9f-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html?utm_term=.d75cd7b172cb

[Botany]

1. But really what about Hillary's emails?

The Washington Post identified at least half a dozen politically connected Russians who were in Washington on Inauguration Day — including some whose presence has not been previously reported. Among them was Viktor Vekselberg, a tycoon who is closely aligned with Putin’s government.

Another was Natalia Veselnitskaya , the Russian lawyer whose June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr. has become a focus of the Russia investigation. She attended a black-tie inaugural party hosted by the campaign committee of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), according to an associate who accompanied her.

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Among them: Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist and assistant to Alexander Torshin, a former Russian senator who had brokered ties with top National Rifle Association officials.

[Farmer-Rick]

7. The FBI was sooo concerned about Hillary's e-mails... chasing rabbit as the wolves killed the sheep.

Comey is partly responsible for president Trump and then the idiot fired him.

[Gothmog]

2. Putin is getting his money's worth with the chaos generated

[MelissaB]

3. Some who were there:

Link to tweet

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[dalton99a]

5. +1

[dlk]

4. Of Course They Did - They Paid Millions For Them

[orangecrush]

6. We are approaching

the point of no return.

[Grammy23]

8. Right under our noses. All done in plain sight.

Cheeky bastards, one and all. And I don’t just mean the Russians.

When all of this deception and betrayal comes out (and I have to believe it will just so I can keep my head on straight) the level of their cheekiness and betrayal will make our hair stand on end. Of this I have no doubt.

Just hasten the day, please! Every day delayed is another day for them to dismantle the USA as we know it. The damage already done is incalculable and will take decades to repair. Where are the true patriots? The people who will stop this. Oh, wait. Maybe it is us. Be the change you are waiting for.

[FirstLight]

9. Of course they did...they paid good $ for those tix...

Just when i think it can't be MORE obvious or get any worse...


OKAYYYYY, so where the fuck are our indictments? Let's get this show on the fucking road already!

[RandomAccess]

10. Oh, look what I just found --

Experts Just Uncovered A $500k Gift From Russia To Trump
Benjamin Locke April 27, 2017 http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/04/27/experts-just-uncovered-500k-gift-russia-trump/

A surprising $500,000 donation by the Venezuelan state oil company Citgo Petroleum to Trump’s inauguration in January is now being linked to Russia, through its state-owned oil company Rosneft.

It was a surprise because Venezuela is run by a dictator who is a sworn enemy of the United States, and Citgo had never before made a donation to a U.S. presidential inauguration. It came at a time people in Venezuela are starving and there have been riots over the disastrous economy and ‘the authoritarian regime’s brutality.

The size of the donation was also unusual, as it was larger than what was donated by any American oil company or even retail giant Walmart.

Here is what makes this whole question of Russian influence credible: To make a pending bond payment, Citgo mortgaged 49 percent of its equity to Rosneft, an oil company controlled by Putin’s Russia, that is currently under sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department. Rosneft is run by Igor Sechin, who is very close to Russian President Putin.

The oil company under Sechin has been used in recent years as a way for Russia to exercise its geopolitical influence.

[HipChick]

11. Good find..