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Part 196, some of Russian meddling, and related, material from F6 big ones. These from a post Monday, 04/30/18, covering March
29, 2018, and headed, As North Korea Talks with China, South Korea & Japan, Could Bolton Derail Denuclearization Progress?
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=140431251

Correction: Reposted to fix the link above.

You want excruciating, stink-bug excretion in spades? Jones and Corsi serve you well. The tenth

RWW News: Jerome Corsi Wants To Fight Robert Mueller

Published on Mar 29, 2018 by RightWingWatchdotorg [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSoBGVRy5x6SaKbzh5_xiw / https://www.youtube.com/user/RightWingWatchdotorg , https://www.youtube.com/user/RightWingWatchdotorg/videos ]
Right Wing Watch reports on the extreme rhetoric and activities of key right-wing figures and organizations by showing their views in their own
words. In this clip, Jerome Corsi details how he's like to take Special Counsel Robert Mueller behind the Justice Department and fight him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT1g61o9gMg [with comments]

A stinking waste of space. It is worth watching though. Ouch, one more.

Ted Nugent: Justices who dissented from Heller v. Washington case "don't even qualify" as justices

Published on Mar 29, 2018 by MMFA Alt. Channel [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PhjTobwRndMIUs8uA3vkg / https://www.youtube.com/user/MMFAalt1 , https://www.youtube.com/user/MMFAalt1/videos ]
NRA's Ted Nugent on The Alex Jones Show: Supreme Court justices who dissented from Heller v. Washington case "don't even qualify" as justices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8abVBkbxY [comments disabled]
©2018 NBCNews.com

Attacking the supreme court now. It's a reason vacuum. The boys are freaking. yeah, i know. Apology for stealing an Alex asshole Jones' line.

Nineteen to twenty-two

Watergate Lawyer: Trump lawyer’s pardon offers echo Nixon tactics

The Beat with Ari Melber
3/29/18
Bob Mueller is probing the Trump campaign's actions relating to Russia at the 2016 Republican convention. Former Watergate lawyer Michael Conway
tells Ari Melber Trump’s lawyer reportedly offering pardons to Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn is "a complete parallel with what President Nixon did”.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/watergate-lawyer-trump-lawyer-s-pardon-offers-echo-nixon-tactics-1198302275842 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEJ22u87E4c [with comments]

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Explosive: Two of Roger Stone’s closest associates say he’s lying

The Beat with Ari Melber
3/29/18
Mueller is asking questions about Trump ally Roger Stone, who claimed he had connections to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during
the 2016 campaign. Ari Melber lists the unanswered questions surrounding Roger Stone and his role in the Trump-Russia collusion case.
Former Trump campaign adviser Sam Nunberg and Roger Stone’s alleged intermediary to Julian Assange join Ari Melber on The Beat.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/explosive-two-of-roger-stone-s-closest-associates-say-he-s-lying-1198308931841 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiX7gLCgvVA [with comments]

Wow. Credico and Nunberg both love the limelight, yet struggle to stay in touch. That one could be a must watch.

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Watch Roger Stone flip-flop on meeting with Julian Assange
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/29/18
Within 10 days, Trump ally Roger Stone went from claiming he had “communicated” with Julian Assange to saying he had not spoken with Assange.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/watch-roger-stone-flip-flop-on-meeting-with-julian-assange-1198318659625

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Sam Nunberg: Stone outreach to Assange was to "ingratiate" with Trump

The Beat with Ari Melber
3/29/18
Former Trump campaign advisor Sam Nunberg tells Ari Melber he “didn’t think it was a joke” when Roger Stone claimed to meet with Julian
Assange in 2016 and notes despite not being officially part of the Trump campaign, Roger Stone still tried to “ingratiate himself” with Trump.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/sam-nunberg-stone-outreach-to-assange-was-to-ingratiate-with-trump-1198315587668 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_nFKAX3Ww [with comments]

Twenty-nine to thirty-two

Carter Page returns to All In

All In with Chris Hayes
3/29/18
The former Trump adviser confirms to Chris Hayes that he told investigators about campaign contacts with the Russian ambassador at the GOP convention.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/carter-page-returns-to-all-in-1198350403907 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m77IHhEV6aY [with comments]

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Mueller reportedly eyeing Sessions as Sessions cheats on recusal

The Rachel Maddow Show
3/29/18
Rachel Maddow shares new reporting that Robert Mueller's investigation includes looking at Jeff Sessions contacts with
Russians, while at the same time, Sessions is sending investigators to look at the conduct of the Trump Russia investigation.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-reportedly-eyeing-sessions-as-sessions-cheats-on-recusal-1198423619743 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KishVt-KgaE [with comments]

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Dossier author Steele among targets of Russian 'hit list': source
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/29/18
Rachel Maddow shares reporting by Richard Engel that one former KGB source says that Sergei Skripal, who the UK says
was poisoned by Russia, was on a Kremlin hit list that also includes Trump Russia dossier author Christopher Steele.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/dossier-author-steele-among-targets-of-russian-hit-list-source-1198446659591

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Trump makes White House aides tiptoe around Russia, Putin policy
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/29/18
Carol Lee, NBC News national political reporter, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that while White
House aides encourage Donald Trump to get tough on Russia, Trump tells his staff to keep quiet on Russia policy.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-makes-white-house-aides-tiptoe-around-russia-putin-policy-1198395459898

Thirty-eight and nine

Hope Hicks is officially gone. So will Trump WH get more chaotic?
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/30/18
Longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks has worked her last day in the West Wing. That's reportedly leaving White House staffers worried her absence could mean more chaos to come.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 29, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/hope-hicks-is-officially-gone-so-will-trump-wh-get-more-chaotic-1198459459650

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Rpt: Mueller probing Russian ambassador's appearance at 2016 RNC

The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/30/18
Reuters is reporting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether Jeff Sessions - then a Trump surrogate
- met with Russia's ambassador at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Our panel reacts.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 29, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/rpt-mueller-probing-russian-ambassador-s-appearance-at-2016-rnc-1198467651507 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUIDitSX-Nw [with comments]

To "stashed March 29, 2018:"

Photos capture the emotional moment Hope Hicks and Trump said goodbye on her last day at the White House
Hope Hicks appeared to say an emotional goodbye to President Donald Trump on Thursday, her last day at the White House.
Hicks was one of Trump's longest-serving and most trusted advisers.
She announced late in February she was resigning from her position as White House communications director.
http://www.businessinsider.com/hope-hicks-says-goodbye-to-trump-white-house-photos-2018-3

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dSs3QmEKp5gw-8MzjVhtVt5LQXZ_M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Here’s Cambridge Analytica’s plan for voters’ Facebook data
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/heres-cambridge-analyticas-plan-for-voters-facebook-data/

Facebook will cut off access to third party data for ad targeting
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/28/facebook-will-cut-off-access-to-third-party-data-for-ad-targeting/

Facebook May Be Facing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in FTC Fines
http://fortune.com/2018/03/29/facebook-cambridge-analytica-ftc/

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dJC-Fd8l7_VqVeMYF5VL2RDbHU9RM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Russia Retaliates, Expels 60 American Diplomats After U.S. Action
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/29/597995498/russia-retaliates-expels-60-american-diplomats-after-u-s-action

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dRQYPy0U6T7VAQMYIYRrZodQs6p-M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Judge denies Stormy Daniels request to depose President Trump, lawyer vows to refile motion
A judge denied a request by a lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels to depose President Donald Trump.
Daniels is seeking to void an agreement that required her to keep silent about an alleged affair she had with Trump in 2006.
Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for the actress, said he would refile the motion seeking the president's deposition soon.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/judge-denies-stormy-daniels-request-to-depose-president-trump.html

Trump’s lawyer has a lawyer and he just made the Stormy Daniels situation a lot worse

( https://youtu.be/MnXAST6XsyE )
A disastrous interview on CNN.
https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-lawyer-has-a-lawyer-and-he-just-made-the-stormy-daniels-situation-a-lot-worse-e8e5ccf51d70/

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dsue_7TkP4R7VGMRZH5JCFaJLG5XM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Sessions names prosecutor investigating claims of FBI misconduct but declines to appoint special counsel
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/sessions-prosecutor-fbi-misconduct-clinton-uranium-one-special-counsel/index.html

Jeff Sessions Is Winning for Donald Trump. If Only He Can Keep His Job
http://time.com/5220086/jeff-sessions-is-winning-for-donald-trump-if-only-he-can-keep-his-job/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod

Time Magazine features 'creepy' photo of Jeff Sessions
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/29/time-magazine-features-creepy-photo-jeff-sessions.html

more: https://www.google.com/search?q=jeff+sessions

Trump tells aides not to talk publicly about Russia policy moves
Trump told Putin "I'll win" if Russia starts an arms race.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tells-aides-not-talk-publicly-about-russia-policy-moves-n861256

Mueller probing Russia contacts at Republican convention: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators probing whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia have been questioning witnesses about events at the 2016 Republican National Convention, according to two sources familiar with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiries.
Mueller’s team has been asking about a convention-related event attended by both Russia’s U.S. ambassador and Jeff Sessions, the first U.S. senator to support Trump and now his attorney general, said one source, who requested anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.
Another issue Mueller’s team has been asking about is how and why Republican Party platform language hostile to Russia was deleted from a section of the document related to Ukraine, said another source who also requested anonymity.
Mueller’s interest in what happened at the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio in July 2016, is an indication that Trump campaign contacts and actions related to Russia remain central to the special counsel’s investigation.
Trump, who was nominated as the Republican Party candidate for the November 2016 election during the convention, has denied any collusion with Russia during the campaign. Moscow has denied U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings that it interfered in the campaign to try to tilt the election in Trump’s favor.
Investigators have asked detailed questions about conversations that Sessions, then a Trump campaign adviser, had at a convention event attended by then-Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak, said the first source, who was questioned by Mueller about the event.
The same source said Mueller’s team also has been asking whether Sessions had private discussions with Kislyak on the sidelines of a campaign speech Trump gave at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel in April 2016.
Sessions’ spokespersons have denied repeatedly that he had any private discussions with Kislyak at the Mayflower. Sessions told lawmakers last year he could not recall any conversations with Russian officials at the hotel but could not rule out that a “brief interaction” with Kislyak may have occurred there.
Spokespersons for Mueller and Sessions declined to comment on Mueller’s interest in Sessions’ activities at the convention and other convention-related events.
UKRAINE LANGUAGE
The special counsel’s investigators have also interviewed attendees of the committee meetings that drafted the Republican Party platform in Cleveland.
At one committee meeting, according to people in attendance, Diana Denman, a member of the platform committee’s national security subcommittee, proposed language calling for the United States to supply “lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine’s armed forces and greater coordination with NATO on defense planning.”
But the final platform language deleted the reference to “lethal defensive weapons,” a change that made the platform less hostile to Russia, whose troops had invaded the Crimean peninsula and eastern Ukraine.
After the convention, Denman told Reuters in 2016, J.D. Gordon, a Trump foreign policy adviser, told her he was going to speak to Trump about the language on Ukraine, and that Trump’s campaign team played a direct role in softening the platform language.
The Trump campaign has denied playing any role in the weakening of the party’s position regarding Ukraine. Gordon has called Denman’s version of events “inaccurate.”
Stephen Yates, co-chair of the platform committee’s national security subcommittee, said he has “heard nothing about other members of the subcommittee being called in for questioning, and I have had no interaction with anyone working on the investigation.”
Sessions recused himself last year from the federal probe into Russian election meddling after it emerged that he had failed to say during his Senate confirmation hearing to be attorney general that he had met with Russia’s ambassador in 2016.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-convention/mueller-probing-russia-contacts-at-republican-convention-sources-idUSKBN1H52VT

more: https://www.google.com/search?q=mueller+probing+russia+contacts

How Trump got to ‘yes’ on the biggest purge of Russian spies in U.S. history
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/how-trump-got-toyes-on-the-biggest-purge-of-russian-spies-in-us-history/2018/03/29/3e056a28-337b-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dNs5NFCIRKmZzrMoUTvsN5C_YxtOM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Source: Mueller pushed for Gates' help on collusion
(CNN) - Special counsel Robert Mueller's team last year made clear it wanted former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates' help, not so much against his former business partner Paul Manafort, but with its central mission: investigating the Trump campaign's contact with the Russians. New information disclosed in court filings and to CNN this week begin to show how they're getting it.
In a court filing earlier this week, the public saw the first signs of how the Mueller team plans to use information from Gates to tie Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, directly to a Russian intelligence agency. Mueller's team alleges that Gates was in contact with a close colleague of Manafort's who worked for a Russian intelligence agency -- and that Gates knew of the spy service ties in September and October 2016, while he worked on the Trump campaign. Gates would have to talk about the communication with the man if prosecutors wanted, according to his plea deal.
That's in line with what prosecutors told Gates months ago during high-stakes negotiations, CNN has learned. They told him they didn't need his cooperation against Manafort, according to a person familiar with the investigation, and instead wanted to hear what he knew about contact between the Trump campaign and Russians.
The extent of Gates' knowledge about any such contact or what he told prosecutors hasn't been made public.
As part of Gates' agreement to cooperate with the special counsel a month ago, he earned a vastly reduced potential sentence and had several charges dropped in two criminal cases against him.
[...]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/mueller-gates-russia-investigation-contacts/index.html

Mueller signals he is going after bigger fish as he drills down on the central thread of the Russia investigation
The special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly didn't need former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates' cooperation against former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Instead, Mueller wants to know what Gates knew about the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia during the 2016 US election.
Gates was a key player during pivotal moments in the campaign, and his vastly reduced plea deal indicates he has information of significant value for Mueller.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-gates-trump-campaign-russia-collusion-contacts-2018-3

Sentencing Memorandum
Sentencing Memorandum , USA v. VAN DER ZWAAN, No. 1:18-cr-00031-1 (D.D.C. Mar 27, 2018)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4424937-Sentencing-Memorandum.html

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dpMFqATmzHjzpTM3v_rZK8JVyrNuM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Here's Hillary Clinton's blunt response to those who say 'get off the stage and shut up'
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/03/hillary_clinton_at_rutgers_32918.html

FBI looked into Trump plans to build hotel in Latvia with Putin supporter
Exclusive: US authorities made inquiries even before 2016 election campaign into Trump property dealings in former Soviet Union
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/29/trump-fbi-hotel-latvia-investigation-russia-links

FBI Investigated Trump Before Election Over Latvia Hotel Linked to Putin Backer, Report Says
http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-trump-latvia-hotel-putin-865969

more: https://www.google.com/search?q=latvia+looked+into+trump+plans