Saturday, September 15, 2018

Russian Influence And Collusion In President Obama's White House?

President Barack Obama meets with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office, Oct. 8, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.

Politico: Manafort’s pro-Ukraine lobbying campaign reached Obama, Biden

Paul Manafort’s pro-Ukraine campaign reached the top of the White House, with one of the members of his lobbying effort meeting President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in 2013, according to new court documents released Friday.

A member of the so-called Hapsburg Group, which comprised former European politicians Manafort convened as part of his lobbying effort in support of Ukraine’s then-President Viktor Yanukovych, came with a foreign prime minister on May 16, 2013, to meet with Obama and Biden, “as well as senior United States officials in the executive and legislative branches,” according to the court documents.

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WNU Editor: To those who are focused on Russian influence and collusion via through Paul Manafort on the Trump administration, be careful what you ask for.

10 comments:

Mike Feldhake said...

Umm, hang on for a moment. I mean I am a Trump guy all the way (MEGA), but what I am reading is just normal politics. Politics by nature is the influencing of people to make good decisions to bring upon the betterment of the world. Ok, people don't agree on what 'betterment' is but that's life. This is our world and I am OK with it. This coming from a Conservative; notice I am defending the above. Ok Democrats, your up!

Anonymous said...

Does this mean Manafort was innocent and should not have taken a guilty plea? what a terrible lawyer he must have had

Anonymous said...

The wires going under the cushion that Hillary is sitting on are poetic, but quite coincidental, I'm sure.
JH

Bob Huntley said...

No matter. As regards America, it is turtles all the way down from here.

Anonymous said...

Draft dodgers all the way down bopping all the women as the warriors go out to protect the tribe.

Morgan the Goat

Anonymous said...

Sigh...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T1409sXBleg

Anonymous said...

Anon 1:29

A liberal can flip flop faster than a Cray computer and each time they are right.

Don'cha tell them any different!

Anonymous said...

Obama did not flip flop on Russia.

He evolved.

Anonymous said...

Try patience. See who gets indicted, who gets found guilty, before gloating about this or that political party...or suggesting guilt before guilt is determined in a court of law. Or as we say in Sardinia: Wait till the moka pot fully perks before pouring the espresso

Anonymous said...

Lapides,
Sardinia? Really! Patience you!?!?!?