That Putin himself is trying to get out in front of Comey's testimony is extraordinary.

[kpete]

Link to tweet

"When I came to the event for our company, Russia Today, and sat down at the table, next to me there was a gentleman sitting on one side," Putin continued. "I made my speech. Then we talked about some other stuff. And I got up and left. And then afterwards I was told, 'You know there was an American gentleman. He was involved in some things. He used to be in the security services' ... that's it. I didn't even really talk to him... That's the extent of my acquaintance with Mr. Flynn."

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/vladimir-putin-dinner-michael-flynn-i-didn-t-even-really-n768016?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[shraby]

1. I would never in a million years believe anything Putin says.

[lunasun]

2. Ha ha funny

[rurallib]

3. Nice that Megan Kelly was available for Putin to use to get his message out

Surely he will be every bit as truthful as Trumpty. After all that is what the KGB was noted for.

[UTUSN]

17. Complicit

[Solly Mack]

4. Flynn is to Putin's right, making him most important guest at the table.

Russian dining etiquette is Putin's seat is the "head" of the table and the most important guest is seated to the right.

Flynn was immediately to Putin's right for a reason.

[dmr]

16. Thank you for posting this.

After learning this bit of important etiquette it only seals what we already knew.

Flynn was there for a reason.

Flynn was there because Putin wanted him to be there.

[Solly Mack]

18. I would never believe otherwise.

Flynn was sitting where he was sitting because Putin wanted him to sit there.

You're welcome!

[FM123]

26. the reason is treason

[bettyellen]

29. Good catch! It's preposterous to think he didn't know who he was, but that adds to the story

[kimbutgar]

5. Everytime i see this picture I realize Jill Stein was put in to siphon votes from Hillary

She is a putin puppet.

[dalton99a]

6. "So they just sat me down next to some random guy"

[Qutzupalotl]

9. If we know anything about Putin, it's that he's passive

and not a control freak at all. Que sera sera.

[dalton99a]

10. Yeah, this is his old office at the KGB:

[D_Master81]

7. i love one of the promos

they show MK asking putin, "do you have something damaging on our president?" Like c'mon Megyn, whats he gonna say, "yeah i actually do, but i cant tell you".

[anneboleyn]

8. Yeah, sure. Flynn didn't introduce himself and spoke such good Russian Putin had NO IDEA he was

an American visitor? And he never asked (and Flynn never volunteered) what he did?! Putin wasn't curious as to the American military man seated NEXT TO HIM AT HIS TABLE?!! And Putin elected to speak in English with a translator b/c his sixth sense told him this gentlemen spoke English? It makes absolutely no sense. For all of the "Putin is former KGB" talk it is evident that he is a terrible liar.

[Kber]

15. Maybe Putin is a terrible liar because he has little experience being directly challenged.

[Scurrilous]

11. K&R

[dhill926]

12. bread and circuses...

fuck this shit...

[KewlKat]

13. and that a faux news person was sucked up by MSNBC to interview the commie and give him a voice and

a presence ahead of the testimony means he's still looking out for the Con. Wonder how many tears the WH ba$tard had to shed for pootie to come to his defense?

[KingCharlemagne]

30. Red bait much? - nt

[Phoenix61]

14. Whatever they have on him and Twitler and

his minions must be really, really good. Putin wouldn't be personally running damage control if they had nothing.

[Scarsdale]

21. Exactly

plus, Putin speaks English, why the pretense that he doesn't?? Did Kelly expect him to reveal something earth shattering, like saying "Yes, Flynn and tRump are what we call "useful idiots""?

[bettyellen]

31. Basic psy ops is to not allow a person to be filmed talking clearly as to be directly understood....

Declining to speak English makes it possible that people will belive he can't, or that he didn't say what the translators claim. No one can be sure about the credibility of what they're watching

This is part of the Spicer off camera thing. The BBC used to do something odd and similar to Irish free state activists (not terrorists, politicians) they'd film interviews, strip out audio and add subtitles. It messes with the your trust level regarding the whole thing.

[secondwind]

19. Flynn appears to be fiddling with an earpiece... no doubt he wants to know everything that Putin is

saying!

[mountain grammy]

20. He's a lying thug.

[Ilsa]

22. I kept asking myself when Megyn Kelley would finally

Get up and walk off from the interview. His responses were lies and manipulations and patronizing.

[spanone]

23. NBC must think they've got a real coup here getting putin interviewed by kelly

it's show biz....putin has a trump size ego...i predict no news.

[Amaryllis]

24. So interesting how all these people either don't know or don't talk to the people sitting or

standing next to them in photos.

[Cha]

28. Yeah, world class freaking LIARS

[wishstar]

25. So we are to believe Putin didn't know he was a General (calls him a gentleman instead)

Putin has no more credibility than Trump or Flynn

[Cha]

27. Oh Look.. there's freaking jill stein uber LIAR

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