Marco Rubio Defends Democratic Colleague Over Misleading Fox News Report

[riversedge]

Source: Huff post




02/08/2018 11:43 pm ET

But then Trump weighs in.

By Nick Visser Aaron Bernstein/Reuters

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) pushed back against a Fox News report that implied Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) had engaged in misconduct by texting with a lobbyist associated with a Russian billionaire last year. But his efforts to defend his colleague were thwarted when President Donald Trump shared the Fox News claims on Twitter hours later.

Fox’s “exclusive” Thursday report said Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, had “extensive contact last year” with lobbyist Adam Waldman to set up a meeting with Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote a dossier on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Waldman runs the Endeavor Group, a Washington lobbying firm that worked with a Russian oligarch named Oleg Deripaska in 2009 and 2010.

Waldman offered last March to connect Warner with Steele to discuss the infamous dossier. The article states that “secrecy seemed very important to Warner” and that the senator “seemed particularly intent on connecting directly with Steele without anyone else on the Senate Intelligence Committee being in the loop ― at least initially.”

But as the Fox News story eventually acknowledges, Waldman informed the intelligence committee about the messages months ago, and the communication appears to fall in line with Warner’s duties on the intelligence committee.

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The Mad man weighs in!!

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[Marcuse]

1. Coincidence?

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/02/08/fox-publishes-senators-leaked-text-messages-less-two-weeks-w-julian-assange-promised-news-about/219324

"Fox publishes senator's leaked text messages less than two weeks after Julian Assange promised “news about Warner” to Hannity.
Assange promised "news about Warner” to a fake Sean Hannity account via "other channels" just weeks ago."

[Cha]

2. What ever made Rubio do it!?

that's the news story to me.

Thanks, rivers

[pandr32]

3. Aloha Cha

Perhaps he has a shred of decency in his conscience and would like to see things change for the better??? Or not?
He probably still harbors ambitions for top office.

[Cha]

4. Aloha, pandr! Look at us Hawaiian

night owls.

I posted on another thread about this.. That Rubio must not be afraid of the wrath of the Russian mole in the wh.

It definitely was the decent thing to do.. but Rubio?! Maybe he's hearing rumblings from his constituents about not being too impressed with trump?

One can hope

[pandr32]

8. Agreed!

Mahalo Cha

[dewsgirl]

5. When Julian Assange was responding to Hannity's

Parody account last week, it involved Mark Warner. This must be it. I'm happy Rubio is doing the right thing.

[Nitram]

6. "But as the Fox News story eventually acknowledges, Waldman informed the intelligence committee

about the messages months ago, and the communication appears to fall in line with Warner’s duties on the intelligence committee."

[steve2470]

7. wow Rubio has a bone of decency in his body

Give him another 205 bones and he'd be a mighty fine fellow!

[riversedge]

9. amjoy cut of a trump stupporter on her show today-saying Marco clearned up this trump lie.