New RW smear of Mueller: Aussie diplomat who provided tip touched by "Clintons' tentacles"

[highplainsdem]

This latest RW conspiracy theory is so laughable.

RW journalist John Solomon wrote about this for The Hill, taking it waaaaay more seriously than it should be taken -- even taking the idiotic "tentacles" remark seriously when he should have been advising Jim Jordan to get psychiatric help, or at least stop drinking:

http://thehill.com/376858-australian-diplomat-whose-tip-prompted-fbis-russia-probe-has-tie-to-clintons

The Australian diplomat whose tip in 2016 prompted the Russia-Trump investigation previously arranged one of the largest foreign donations to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s charitable efforts, documents show.

Former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer’s role in securing $25 million in aid from his country to help the Clinton Foundation fight AIDS is chronicled in decade-old government memos archived on the Australian foreign ministry’s website.

Downer and former President Clinton jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding in February 2006 that spread out the grant money over four years for a project to provide screening and drug treatment to AIDS patients in Asia.

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Downer, now Australia’s ambassador to London, provided the account of a conversation with Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos at a London bar in 2016 that became the official reason the FBI opened the Russia counterintelligence probe.

But lawmakers say the FBI didn’t tell Congress about Downer’s prior connection to the Clinton Foundation. Republicans say they are concerned the new information means nearly all of the early evidence the FBI used to justify its election-year probe of Trump came from sources supportive of the Clintons, including the controversial Steele dossier.

“The Clintons’ tentacles go everywhere. So, that’s why it’s important,” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) chairman of a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee that has been taking an increasingly visible role defending the Trump administration in the Russia probe. “We continue to get new information every week it seems that sort of underscores the fact that the FBI hasn’t been square with us.”

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Democrats accuse the GOP of overreaching, saying Downer’s role in trying to help the Clinton Foundation fight AIDS shouldn’t be used to question his assistance to the FBI.

Nick Merrill, Hillary Clinton’s spokesman, said any effort to connect the 2006 grant with the current Russia investigation was “laughable.”

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[ProudLib72]

1. Did someone say "testicles"?

This is what I think of Solomon:

[Fullduplexxx]

3. Two dollars

[emulatorloo]

5. My first thought as well. Wishful thinking, longing for Clintons testicles

Right wing very obsessed with the all powerful Clenis.

[ProudLib72]

7. On guard, Solomon! Your words are no match!

Well, this is the way threads usually deteriorate on DU....

[RainCaster]

2. Ahhh. Touched by her noodly appendage...

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[nocalflea]

4. Where was George Soros in 2006 ? 🕵️‍♂️

[Gabi Hayes]

6. Boehner on uberaholes Jim Jordan and Jason Chaffetz

Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a new profile from Politico on Sunday that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) are "a--holes.”

The former speaker made the comment while discussing Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) likely becoming the chair of the House Oversight Committee, a position Gowdy eventually earned.
Chaffetz, the previous chair, had recently announced his resignation from Congress at the time of the interview. Jordan, who was also on the committee, was reportedly considering going out for the chairmanship.

“Gowdy — that’s my guy, even though he doesn’t know how to dress,” Boehner told Politico.
“F--- Jordan. F--- Chaffetz. They’re both a--holes.”

Boehner also called Chaffetz a “total phony” who was obsessed with promoting himself while in Congress.

“With Chaffetz it’s always about Chaffetz,” Boehner told Politico.

Chaffetz resigned from Congress in June and joined Fox News as a contributor.

Boehner also criticized Jordan, who helped found the House's Freedom Caucus, which was part of the movement to push Boehner out as speaker.

“Jordan was a terrorist as a legislator going back to his days in the Ohio House and Senate,” Boehner told Politico. “A terrorist. A legislative terrorist.”

However, Boehner said that he doesn't hold a grudge against anyone, according to Politico.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/357745-john-boehner-jason-chaffetz-is-an-asshole

[highplainsdem]

8. Boehner nailed it. Always liked his "knuckle draggers" label for them, too.

[Gabi Hayes]

9. Who is worse....

Jordan, or Matt Gaetz?