Nothing-Burger… again
and in actual espionage news….
(1/8) Roger Stone and Donald Trump’s relationship goes back nearly 40 years. Would Stone spill Trump’s secrets if he’s questioned by Robert Mueller?
(2/8) Stone is a self-described dirty trickster who may feel limited loyalty to Trump – the two have publicly fought several times.
Here’s a look at their past:
(3/8) They met during Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign. Since then, Stone has represented Trump as a lobbyist for his gambling, airline and hotel businesses.
(4/8) He’s even counseled Trump on four potential White House runs
(5/8) But in 2008 Trump and Stone clashed over Stone’s behind-the-scenes role uncovering New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s relationship with a prostitute.
Trump was friendly with Spitzer’s father, a fellow real-estate mogul.
(6/8) In 2011, Trump distanced himself from Stone after the operative told us Trump would self-fund a potential 2012 presidential bid
(7/8) Their most public split came a few years later when Stone was fired from Trump’s 2016 campaign – but not before Stone leaked word that he had quit
(8/8) Now, there are signs that Mueller may be closing in on Stone: the special counsel’s office has issued subpoenas for his aides. Full story:
Frum’s 15 questions still unanswered…
- Trump campaign aides and associates met with Russian agents in advance of the Russian hacks and releases of Democratic internal communications. Did these meetings lead to any form of coordination between the Trump campaign, the Trump family, or Trump supporters on the one hand and Russian intelligence and its proxy, WikiLeaks, on the other?
- Russia engaged in large-scale and illegal expenditures on social media to help elect Trump. Did the Trump campaign, the Trump family, or Trump supporters coordinate or assist in any way with these violations of U.S. law?
- Trump campaign aides reportedly met with representatives of Persian Gulf governments who offered to violate U.S. law to help elect Trump. What came of those meetings?
- How much Russian money has flowed into the Trump family and the Trump Organization since Trump suddenly and mysteriously became cash-rich in 2006?
- Did all the foreign funds flowing into the Trump family and Trump Organization comply with applicable U.S. laws on taxation and money laundering?
- Did the Trump family and Trump Organization themselves comply with all U.S. laws on taxation and money laundering?
- To what extent was Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort beholden to foreign entities? What services, if any, did he provide them?
- To what extent was Trump’s first national-security adviser, Michael Flynn, beholden to foreign entities? What services did he provide them?
- The same question applies to Sam Clovis, George Papadopoulos, and other figures on Trump’s campaign and foreign-policy teams.
- What is the exact list of foreign entities solicited by Kushner? What pitch did he offer them in exchange for their prospective investments? Did his pursuit of these investments ever tilt the administration’s foreign policy?
- Did Cohen share any of those (foreign) payments in any way with the president, his family, or his businesses?
- How much have the president’s businesses been paid by foreign persons and what portion of his total income originates in foreign payments?
- Is it true that Stormy Daniels’s daughter was threatened in order to coerce Daniels to sign a nondisclosure agreement with Trump?
- Was Trump in any way connected to the payment of $1.6 million to former Playboy model Shera Bechard, an agreement facilitated by Cohen
- Elliott Broidy (and the pregancy of Shers Benard): How did Broidy land that meeting (with Trump)—and why did Trump prove willing to follow his advice?
Because the Fresno Bee is a “left-wing rag”: