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Donald Trump may have "sold" classified binder to Russia, Mary Trump claims
(www.newsweek.com)
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Fair and likely but Mary doesn’t fucking know anything.
True, but these are not the words of innocent men.
It sounds like Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung also has no clue, but he's seen this one enough times to know that his outright denial would probably be contradicted by Trump within the week.
Ah, the ol' Criminal reverse burden/onus of proof. Counter with the old motherly trick, why might I have reason to even need to bring this up with you...
What would Mary do/There's something off about Mary...
It sounds like this story originated with Trump to create a fake news story to distract from the real news of his court cases.
I don’t think a spokesman would know one way or another.
It’s depressing that question is also applicable to the Biden impeachment hearings.
It's applicable, but it's also not being used because Biden didn't do anything. You don't say it's unprofessional to ask the question and then ask what proof do you have, especially as a spokesperson. It's 'how to be ridiculous and look like you did it 101'.
This whole binder story smells like the kind of news stories we were fed during the early years of his presidency. It's so 2017, throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
We don't need any new controversies. We need to see the felonies that have already been charged be prosecuted intelligently and effectively.
Yea, this isn’t news
Yeah, I don't believe it, but only because he's too incompetent to have kept that kind of high treason a secret.
I absolutely would believe that he kept it with his poop magazines and it was stolen, or copied, by the Carpet King of Tampa, or a foreign intelligence asset. Either one is just as likely.
He's honestly stupid enough that he'd be bragging about the money he made from the sale if he did sell it
That's my point. I don't believe he sold it to the Russians. I can absolutely believe that his actions directly lead to being aquired by foreign agents, or the Carpet King of Tampa.