Raw Story - reporting Louise Mensch's Carter Page tape news

[womanofthehills]

Conspiracy blogger: Carter Page went to Russia with secret recording of Trump asking Putin to hack election

Conspiracy theorist and national security blogger Louise Mensch asserted that former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page took a recording to Russia of Donald Trump personally authorizing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime to hack the 2016 election.

In a column over the weekend, Mensch alleges that “sources with links to the intelligence community” believe that “Carter Page went to Moscow in early July carrying with him a pre-recorded tape of Donald Trump offering to change American policy if he were to be elected, to make it more favorable to Putin.”

The report claims that Page “was authorized directly by Trump to request the help of the Russian government in hacking the election.”

Mensch comes to the conclusion that Page, former campaign manager Paul Manafort and former aide Boris Epshteyn were “were all acting in concert as agents of the Russian state first and foremost, and Trump staffers second.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/conspiracy-blogger-carter-page-went-to-russia-with-secret-recording-of-trump-asking-putin-to-hack-election/

[womanofthehills]

1. And Keith Oberman's great response

Keith Olbermann?Verified account @KeithOlbermann 15h15 hours ago

Keith Olbermann Retweeted Louise Mensch

If you're dismissing this with "who'd be stupid enough to TAPE themselves breaking the law?" - remember Nixon?

[ananda]

2. I saw that.

I also saw Claude Taylor's tweet at tribelaw.

I hope this is real.

[dchill]

3. "Russia, if you're listening..."

We know he's dumb enough.

[Hoyt]

4. So, when we will hear that tape and watch Trump wave goodbye as he climbs into a helicopter?

[get the red out]

5. I hope this is true

But I'm tired of getting my hopes dashed about something about to topple this jackass.

[womanofthehills]

9. Well, it sounds like European allies have lots of intel

Malcolm Nance says Trump people stupid enough to use their cell phones all over Europe thinking they could talk to Russian contacts without being picked up.

[get the red out]

15. I guess I just have a hard time

not being cynical about Rs getting caught, and believing that even this group of knuckleheads could be so stupid.

If Malcolm Nance is saying the Europeans have some "smoking guns", that adds some credibility for me though.

Interesting how the Russians didn't bother to set up secure communications. I'm damn sure Russian spys aren't this stupid.

[Mr. Ected]

6. Anyone want to venture a guess when the first indictment will be handed down?

Extra points if you're right about who will be served first.

I'm going with Rudy Giuliani, to be served in one week from today (4/24).

Then Carter Page soon thereafter.

Sure, I'm a hopeless optimist, but every cynic needs a counterpart.

[womanofthehills]

13. Randi Rhodes tweeted it would be Rudy and it would be this week

Malcolm Nance tweeted back to Randi suggesting she was right but that the timeline was a little off. Seems like Rudy is getting it two ways - state of NY and Comey.

I think if our intelligence doesn't act soon, European intelligence will begin leaking and it will look bad for US intel. Rachel said there is big competition now between the intelligence agencies . Sounds to me like Germany has been doing a good job - supposedly they have years and years of stuff on Manifort.

[oasis]

7. Lock them up.

[sharp_stick]

8. Louise Mensch doesn't seem all that connected to reality

I don't think I'll hold my breath waiting for another shoe to drop on this one.

[randome]

10. It's hard to square this with Dolt45 not expecting to win the election.

Of course both points are conjecture but I feel more certain that Dolt45 didn't want the job in the first place.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"
-Slap Shot (1977)[/center][/font][hr]

[pnwmom]

12. No one had ever campaigned like they had before, pushing Russian-prepared fake news

on Facebook readers. Why would they be confident it would work?

[randome]

18. You could be right.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"
-Slap Shot (1977)[/center][/font][hr]

[womanofthehills]

16. And why do you believe he was not expecting to win the election?

Because he said so????????

[randome]

17. It just didn't seem like it to me and others, that's all.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"
-Slap Shot (1977)[/center][/font][hr]

[womanofthehills]

19. He knew he had all the Russian hackers - he always says the opposite

[RedWedge]

11. LOL at "Rawstory" + "reporting."

[womanofthehills]

14. Actually, I love Rawstory - best headlines to post on Facebook

Good headlines for all those Republican Facebook friends. Whenever there is a new story breaking, I always go over to Raw Story because they have "great headline writers." Also, Raw Story is usually among the first to report - so if you want to see a breaking story, head over there.

[Blue_Tires]

20. Mensch is a "Conspiracy theorist" now?

I've noticed that's the newly minted talking point against anyone investigating RussiaGate

[Blue_Roses]

21. This just seems too far-fetched

to be true, but I guess time will tell. I have a hard time believing Trump allowed them to tape him--but, now that I think about all the crazy stuff he's done, maybe it's true. We'll soon see.

[maxsolomon]

23. Even * isn't this dumb

With Manafort running the operation, I'm not buying this one.

[Kablooie]

22. Oh I wish ... but it's just too convenient and Nixon like to be true. IMO

Unless someone actually has and releases the tape, this story will only have tabloid value even if it is true.

There've been too many, rock solid, sure fire scandals in past years that never surfaced beyond rumor.

I'm not going to get my hopes up on this.