Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:17 PM
Report: Trump's lawyer hand-delivered Michael Flynn a secret plan to lift sanctions on Russia
Source: Business Insider
Trump Organization lawyer Michel Cohen hand-delivered a "peace" plan for Russia and Ukraine to former national security adviser Michael Flynn before Flynn was asked to resign, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The plan, which involved lifting sanctions on Russia, was drafted by Cohen a close confidante of President Donald Trump who has served as his organization's special counsel since 2007 and Felix Sater, a Russian-American real estate developer who has helped the Trump Organization scout deals in Russia. Sater, a businessman formerly linked with the Mafia who has boasted of his "relationship with Trump," told the Washington Post last May that he "handled all of the negotiations" for the Trump Organization's dealings in Russia in the mid-2000's. Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii V. Artemenko, who met with Trump's campaign team during the election, was also involved in drafting the proposal. Artemenko told the Times he had evidence of Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko's corruption that could lead to his ouster. Poroshenko has been locked in a war with pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine since he took power in 2014, and is considered more friendly to the West than his ousted predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych's political rise was heavily aided by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. More in link... Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-lawyer-delivered-michael-flynn-plan-to-lift-sanctions-on-russia-2017-2 
Link to tweet Link to tweet Other links that others shared below: A Big Shoe Just Dropped
I don't know how much attention it's received. But the appearance of the name of Felix Sater in this new article in the Times is one of the biggest shoes I've seen drop on the Trump story in some time. The new story explains that a group of Trump operatives, including top lawyer Michael Cohen and fired former campaign manager Paul Manafort, along with a pro-Putin Ukrainian parliamentarian named Andrii V. Artemenko and Mr. Sater are pushing President Trump on a 'peace plan' for Russia and Ukraine. Cohen recently met with Sater and Artemenko; and Cohen agreed to personally deliver the peace plan (actually a sealed envelope with documents detailing it) to the President when he met with him at the White House. Cohen says he left it with General Flynn days before Flynn was forced to resign. The backstory to all this is amazingly byzantine and murky. Let me try to cover the key points as simply as I can. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-big-shoe-just-dropped A Back-Channel Plan for Ukraine and Russia, Courtesy of Trump Associates
A week before Michael T. Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Trump to lift sanctions against Russia. Mr. Flynn is gone, having been caught lying about his own discussion of sanctions with the Russian ambassador. But the proposal, a peace plan for Ukraine and Russia, remains, along with those pushing it: Michael D. Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer, who delivered the document; Felix H. Sater, a business associate who helped Mr. Trump scout deals in Russia; and a Ukrainian lawmaker trying to rise in a political opposition movement shaped in part by Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort. At a time when Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia, and the people connected to him, are under heightened scrutiny — with investigations by American intelligence agencies, the F.B.I. and Congress — some of his associates remain willing and eager to wade into Russia-related efforts behind the scenes. Mr. Trump has confounded Democrats and Republicans alike with his repeated praise for the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, and his desire to forge an American-Russian alliance. While there is nothing illegal about such unofficial efforts, a proposal that seems to tip toward Russian interests may set off alarms. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html
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 Report: Trump's lawyer hand-delivered Michael Flynn a secret plan to lift sanctions on Russia (Original post) |
Madam45for2923 | Feb 2017 | OP |
| keithbvadu2 | Feb 2017 | #1 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Feb 2017 | #4 | |
| riversedge | Feb 2017 | #22 | |
| CousinIT | Feb 2017 | #2 | |
| groundloop | Feb 2017 | #8 | |
| KittyWampus | Feb 2017 | #3 | |
| BumRushDaShow | Feb 2017 | #5 | |
| FailureToCommunicate | Feb 2017 | #20 | |
| Madam45for2923 | Feb 2017 | #30 | |
| Leghorn21 | Feb 2017 | #6 | |
| Madam45for2923 | Feb 2017 | #28 | |
| Stuart G | Feb 2017 | #7 | |
| Madam45for2923 | Feb 2017 | #29 | |
| Squinch | Feb 2017 | #9 | |
| Madam45for2923 | Feb 2017 | #16 | |
| Stuart G | Feb 2017 | #10 | |
| bucolic_frolic | Feb 2017 | #11 | |
| Stuart G | Feb 2017 | #12 | |
| zentrum | Feb 2017 | #13 | |
| triron | Feb 2017 | #15 | |
| zentrum | Feb 2017 | #23 | |
| randome | Feb 2017 | #31 | |
| Kingofalldems | Feb 2017 | #14 | |
| Madam45for2923 | Feb 2017 | #17 | |
| blitzen | Feb 2017 | #18 | |
| cstanleytech | Feb 2017 | #19 | |
| blitzen | Feb 2017 | #25 | |
| progree | Feb 2017 | #21 | |
| dawn frenzy adams | Feb 2017 | #24 | |
| Cha | Feb 2017 | #26 | |
| Achilleaze | Feb 2017 | #27 | |
| stuffmatters | Feb 2017 | #32 | |
| triron | Feb 2017 | #33 | |
| Zoider | Feb 2017 | #34 | |
| lagomorph777 | Feb 2017 | #35 | |
| Yavin4 | Feb 2017 | #36 |
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:29 PM
1. "Trump Organization lawyer Michel Cohen" - Does he have a security clearance?
Response to keithbvadu2 (Reply #1)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:50 PM
4. The tRump organ needs a lawyer, lots of lawyers. Oh, and the Organization too. . . . nt
Response to keithbvadu2 (Reply #1)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:41 PM
riversedge (64,841 posts)
22. He is the Trump 'Says Who" guy!!
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:30 PM
CousinIT (7,792 posts)
2. Sater's Dad top underboss in Russian Mafia
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:56 PM
BumRushDaShow (107,549 posts)
5. Here is the NYT article
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #5)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:24 PM
FailureToCommunicate (13,283 posts)
20. +1
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 06:39 PM
Leghorn21 (13,193 posts)
6. And meanwhile, Louise Mensch is ripping Cohen a new one today re: his denial he was ever in
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 06:46 PM
Stuart G (36,270 posts)
7. More information on this connection can be found here at a story in TPM
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 06:55 PM
Squinch (46,313 posts)
9. Yeah, Madam! Here we go!
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Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:03 PM
Stuart G (36,270 posts)
10. Therefore, if you combine the Business Insider Article, with
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:09 PM
11. Seems more than it appears
Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #11)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:11 PM
Stuart G (36,270 posts)
12. Yep....a "mother lode"...and more coming tomorrow.
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:13 PM
zentrum (9,859 posts)
13. And this handing of
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:14 PM
Kingofalldems (36,754 posts)
14. Felix did some jail time.
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:52 PM
18. HOLY CRAP this ought to be a screaming BREAKING NEWS banner on CNN MSNBC et al....but won't... n/t
Response to blitzen (Reply #18)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:13 PM
cstanleytech (24,542 posts)
19. Why should it? Unless evidence emerges to show this as being part of quid pro quo
Response to cstanleytech (Reply #19)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:08 PM
25. it's not the legal case that bothers me...it's that outrage that trump inc. lawyers are setting...
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:25 PM
progree (9,986 posts)
21. Tinkle Tinkle Little Czar...
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Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 09:36 PM
24. Trump and Putin Share Ties with the Post-USSR Kleptocracy
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 03:52 AM
Cha (282,238 posts)
26. Thank you for this, Madam!
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 05:52 AM
27. the republican draft-dodger-in-chief owes America the truth
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at least once in a freaking while.
the republicans should actually read & heed the Bible they "claim" to care about: 
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Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 04:01 PM
32. In Dec Trump said "couriers should be used instead of email for critical info."
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 11:32 PM
33. Now he says he did not. Huh?? doublespeak
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 09:49 AM
35. Holy moly this is a size 13 shoe.
Response to Madam45for2923 (Original post)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 09:52 AM
36. But, but, but, Hillary had emails....
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It's all the same, right?
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