Don Jr. just tweeted evidence that his brother-in-law lied on his SF-86 security clearance form

[kpete]

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[RockaFowler]

1. Why did he post this??

It didn't and doesn't help him at all.

[bettyellen]

5. Becasue the Russian lawyer claimed they asked her, that she and Russians didn't offer it? My guess.

[MoonRiver]

16. Mueller must have it. Jr's throwing Jared under the bus to save his own grifter skin.

Can't believe a family of criminals and traitors have taken over our government!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

59. It won't work. Mini-Trump's goose is cooked. His family is toast. . . . . nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Because the NYT is reporting these emails and he's hoping to get ahead of the story.

[Blueplanet]

28. This is Astonishing!

It is just unbelievable that he would do this. It's as if he is deliberately trying to hurt his own family.
He has an attorney.

[cstanleytech]

34. It could be a plan to weaken the ability of a prosecution in the case by claiming he

is being honest and clearly had no intent to commit a crime since why else would he release the information?

[LanternWaste]

58. Releasing material after a denial of that material's existence wouldn't weaken anything.

That would be a pretty stupid plan. Releasing material after a denial of that material's existence wouldn't weaken anything relevant to the case as it stands.

[cstanleytech]

70. All he needs is one or two village idiots on the jury and as we saw in the election there

are millions of such idiots in this country willing to buy what Trumps selling.

[MoonRiver]

65. No, he just got caught. NYT was going to release the emails tomorrow.

[ProfessorPlum]

2. holy shit

He just convicted himself of treason.

The dumb doesn't fall far from the ass.

[Corvo Bianco]

17. As far as idiotic impulses go this guy's definitely beating me.

[Ace Rothstein]

31. The turd doesn't fall far from the asshole.

[GetRidOfThem]

55. Washington Post discussion blog has an interesting theory why he published this...

...He published this, according to some speculation, to show that he did nothing wrong. Because he thinks he did nothing wrong.

That's how wrong he is....

[sunonmars]

3. Is this real - holy crap, he just put them all in jail.

[Mr. Ected]

4. Did he do this on the advice of his newly-retained counsel?

Because, if so, he may have chosen the wrong attorney for the job.

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Any attorney with minimal qualifications

would have told Junior to STFU in no uncertain terms. Possibly Donny thinks if he goes down EVERYBODY goes down. That would be in the family tradition.

[DefenseLawyer]

25. Pure politics.

The Russian attorney came out and said that she had been approached by the Trump campaign about getting dirt on Clinton. That would implicate Manafort, et al, in the collusion (as if there isn't plenty of other evidence of that, but be that as it may). Junior posts this to show that the Russians asked for the meeting. Yes, it buries him further, personally, but it's a better narrative (I guess) for Donald and the fellas. Junior is taking the fall. He killed Miles and he's going over for it.

[roscoeroscoe]

53. Maltese Falcon reference?

Not bad, next up Philip Marlow!

[DefenseLawyer]

6. I particularly like that she is referred to as the "Russian government attorney" n/t

[leftstreet]

12. LOL yeah, how weird is that?

[Corvo Bianco]

20. So bizarre.. where's the subtlety? It reads like a craigslist ad. Mueller what's taking you so long!

[Tanuki]

38. "Craigslist ad"--lol! Welcome to DU!

[Corvo Bianco]

42. Thank you and thanks for the Albino crow/raven! Always good to see one of those.

[leftieNanner]

40. I want Mueller to act soon too

But I would rather he is thorough and if it takes a bit longer to round up the whole cabal, then so be it.

[displacedtexan]

8. Who's Rhona? And why would s/he be able to tell Trump, Sr. about Russian info?

The reference is in the email at the bottom of the chain.

Any ideas?

Never mind. I found her. It's Rhona Graff, Donnie Two Scoops' longtime assistant.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/rhona-graff-trump-conduit-236484

[MineralMan]

11. Rhona Graff

She's the contact at Trump Tower. Here's some background:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/us/rhona-graff-donald-trump.html

and here:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/rhona-graff-trump-conduit-236484

[displacedtexan]

18. Thanks. I just googled her.

So she needs to be deposed, too.

[MineralMan]

9. Nah, nothing incriminating in there....

Donald Trump, Jr. is more stupid than his father, apparently. Wonderful!

[Skraxx]

13. I don't get this, too stupid for words, what in gods name are they thinking? It must be total chaos!

I gotta think this alone should bring some agents to some doors with some handcuffs.

[MineralMan]

15. Shh...quiet...

Let him proceed!

[Dave Starsky]

10. He is such a fucking idiot. Unbelievable.

I should have known that if I wanted to find someone dumber than Trump, which would be nearly impossible, I need look no further than his own idiot spawn.

[Jim__]

14. His next claim will be that if there were anything incriminating in it, he wouldn't have put it out.

That has to be what he's thinking. Either that or he knows he's being thrown under the bus and he's taking everyone with him.

[GetRidOfThem]

56. Speculation is he thinks he did nothing wrong!

That's how reckless and limited his perceptive abilities may be. This is a "nuthin'burger". "See? All I did was have a meeting! See???"

[Foamfollower]

19. THERE'S THE SMOKING GUN!!!!

LOCK. THEM. UP!

[Cognitive_Resonance]

21. Tweeting evidence of treason. Unbelievable...can't make this stuff up. n/t

[RockaFowler]

23. Who knew that emails would take down Trump???

[ProfessorPlum]

24. If I'm reading these correctly "Rob Goldstone" better see if he looks good in orange, too

for colluding to commit treason.

[sunonmars]

26. In true mafia style they are screwing each other over to help themselves.

[herding cats]

27. If I were his attorney I'd resign right now.

There is no way this helps his case. He just hung himself, Kushner and Manafort in one tweet.

[asiliveandbreathe]

29. Hillbillys...with a CEMENT pond..the lot of them!!!!

No offense to hillbilly's.....

[YCHDT]

41. IKR !?!!?

[sunonmars]

30. Maybe Jr knows he's been sold out and wants to screw them all.

[SHRED]

32. Is he playing the fall guy?

To protect others?

[bora13]

33. me thinks

that someone wants to check-out while the
only current (public) evidence is the tip of the iceberg.

It is possible that the actual iceberg itself is so damning
that he'll get off at this stop thank you very much and take
life in prison instead of a firing-squad.

[MGKrebs]

35. From cnn:

"Trump Jr. tweeted that he was releasing the emails to be "totally transparent," but his release came moments before The New York Times published the emails."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/11/politics/trump-jr-russia-lawyer-emails/index.html

[Tiggeroshii]

36. Everybody lies on that.

But my guess is that isn't the only thing they will have on them by the end of the investigation.

[PdxSean]

37. Great day in the morning!

THIS is the good stuff!!

[no_hypocrisy]

39. "Love it"

[Mr.Bill]

43. Hate to be a Buzzkill here,

but Donald Sr. will pardon everyone.

The dominoes are falling in a sequence that favors this scenario. Donald needs to go down first. I doubt Pence would pardon the others for treason.

[Marthe48]

60. Hoping pence goes down too

I think he's in it up to his soulless eyeballs.

[Mr.Bill]

63. I hope so, too.

I honestly think this scandal reaches down to most of the republican congress. At least all their leadership.

[Marthe48]

73. any politician loyal to this country

should be running to change party affiliation from R to anything. My God, at least become an Independent! Any politician who supports trump is a traitor.

[OnDoutside]

44. Two people were meeting with Donnie, who was the second ?

[Thrill]

45. Like his pops. Too Arrogant to listen to legal advice

[bitterross]

46. This is REAL? NOT satire?????

Is this really for real? Can they be that stupid? Too stupid to keep their mouths shut?

Oh, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[underpants]

47. This iPhone speaks many languages---including DUMBASS

[Roland99]

48. This proves that lawyer lied in her NBC interview

I knew it!

[Kleveland]

49. How do we know that any of this is actually "real"?

Don't get me wrong, I want to see this bunch of Kgb Korrupted Konspirators go down as much as the rest of you all.

Could this all just be another squirrel?

What are these evils twits really doing? That is what we should be watching for.

I will cautiously curb my enthusiasm, until I see something really happening to make me think our Democracy is being protected by a true patriot somewhere, somehow.

Just because you can read the words, does not make it true.

Peace

[Cryptoad]

50. No longer Family first,,,,,,,

every donut hole for themselves!!!!!!

[Texin]

51. Is the Crown Prince throwing the Crown Prince-In-Law under the bus?

Hmmm. Makes one ponder with whom tRump will side. My bet's on Kushner. After all, he'd only have to jettison one of his sons but if he rids himself of Jared, he'd likely lose his daughter and grandkids in the bargain. It's practically Shakespearean.

[More_Cowbell]

52. Maybe he thought the NYT had the whole string of emails

So he wanted to be first to publish. Also, I bet Trump's mad that Putin had that lawyer lie about "who asked who first." Finally, I agree that Trump would try to save Jared (only for the sake of Ivanka) before his own son.

Also, don't forget that Faux News and the GOP have started saying that there's nothing wrong with collusion; everybody does it. I'm sure this won't hurt the Trumps with their base.

[obamachangetheworld]

54. What does a "nothingburger" taste like?

Because it sure smells like treason. This e-mail chain reads like the outline for a John Grisham novel. Oh and the American Psycho haircut and douchey face is just icing on the cake.

[UltravioletDingo]

57. This is a sad day for America

And how does Jared Kushner still have a security clearance?

[Marthe48]

61. Maybe they are all tired of presidenting and want out

cut a deal which includes leaving the White House without crapping on the rugs. And naming all traitor names.

[dalton99a]

62. Kick.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

64. Note mini-Trump accepted PREMISE of Russian govt support for Trump. The DEAL was already made.

Thus by date of that first email, about a week after Republicon Convention, there had already been negotiations and agreements for that support.

The quid pro quo was the change to the Republican platform regarding sanctions against Russia and that there would be ongoing efforts by tRump to lift the sanctions.

[tclambert]

66. So basically, he tweeted his confession.

[Duppers]

67. Posted yesterday in a thread about Jr.

"Eventually it'll happen."




And so it did - so *quickly*.

[barbtries]

68. i have to admit

i had to go look at the tweet to believe it. it is damning.

one of the cult member's response on twitter: this is fake news

and still i am so suspicious! is he really that stupid? hmm. apparently. but he lawyered up yesterday. i'm literally fearful that this is a hoax and trump will somehow prove it - they'll prove for instance that jr's twitter account was hacked and the email is BS, or something.

i mean this is some damning shit. i also incidentally would like to stop hearing that daddy didn't know about it. give me a fucking break.

[Sancho]

69. Where the hell is Trey Gowdy? Demand all the emails!!

Wouldn't it be ironic if email takes down tRump?

What would be even better is for imaginary hacker to release the thousands of emails stolen from tRump's server in the Tower. It really doesn't matter if they are real or fake.

[Tarheel_Dem]

71. LOCK 'EM UP! LOCK 'EM UP! n/t

[Solly Mack]

72. K&R