Привет от Мюллера 2

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Для удобства CNN собирает материалы для Рашагейта под рубрикой http://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/trump-russia-ties

Последние новости про расследование Мюллера:

1. CNN сообщает, что адвокат и пресс-секретарь Манафорта вызваны для показаний по повестке.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued subpoenas to a former lawyer for Paul Manafort and to Manafort's current spokesman, an aggressive tactic that suggests an effort to add pressure on the former Trump campaign chairman. The subpoenas seeking documents and testimony were sent to Melissa Laurenza, an attorney with the Akin Gump law firm who until recently represented Manafort, and to Jason Maloni, who is Manafort's spokesman, according to people familiar with the matter.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/29/politics/mueller-manafort-attorney-spokesman-subpoenas/index.html

2. По сообщению Financial Times и AP, Мюллер взял многочасовые показания перед большим жюри у Рината Ахметшина.

Rinat Akhmetshin, the lobbyist and former Soviet army officer who met senior Trump campaign aides at a controversial meeting last year, has given evidence before a grand jury investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.  Mr Akhmetshin gave testimony under oath for several hours on August 11 in a sign that special counsel Robert Mueller is looking at the 2016 meeting as part of his investigation into links between Russia and Donald Trump’s election campaign.
https://www.ft.com/content/eb36aed6-8d87-11e7-a352-e46f43c5825d

Ахметшин признавался, что давно знаком с Манафортом.

Mr. Akhmetshin told journalists that he was a longtime acquaintance of Paul J. Manafort, who served as a high-paid consultant to Mr. Yanukovych for years before becoming chairman of the Trump campaign. Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Mr. Manafort, said, “Paul doesn’t know and hasn’t worked with the man.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/us/rinat-akhmetshin-russia-trump-meeting.html

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"On his phone"

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Originally posted by yakov_a_jerkov at "On his phone"

Помните Трамп Джуниор дал интервью Хэннити, после того как NYT написал о встрече с "российским адвокатом"? Вот фрагмент этого интервью:

HANNITY: The whole contact took how long? How long was the meeting?

TRUMP JR.: About 20 minutes or so.

HANNITY: About 20 minutes. And Jared left after 5 or 10?

TRUMP JR.: Yes.

HANNITY: Like she said? And Paul Manafort was on his...

TRUMP JR.: On his phone.

HANNITY: The whole time?

TRUMP JR.: Pretty much.

HANNITY: Pretty much.

TRUMP JR.: It -- it -- listen, like I said...

(CROSSTALK)

TRUMP JR.: ... pretty really apparent that this was not what we were in there talking about.

HANNITY: A lot of people are going to want to know this about your father. Did you tell your father anything about this?

TRUMP JR.: No. It was such a nothing. There was nothing to tell. I mean, I wouldn't have remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. It was -- it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame.

Что нам тут Джуниор и Трамп пытаются объяснить? То, что митинг был "such a nothing".

Какую мысль должна вызвать информация о том, что Мэнафорт был "on his phone pretty much the whole time"? Ту же самую -- "it was such a nothing".

Что думает телезритель, когда слышит, что Мэнафорт был "on his phone pretty much the whole time"? То, что русские рассказывали такую бесполезную ерунду, что Мэнафорт, вместо того, чтобы их слушать, окучивал Интернет "pretty much the whole time" -- новости там читал, e-mail'ы посылал...

А что было на самом деле? А вот что -- Manafort Notes From Russian Meet Refer to Political Contributions:

Paul Manafort's notes from a controversial Trump Tower meeting with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign included a mention of political contributions near a reference to the Republican National Committee, two sources briefed on the evidence told NBC News. [...]

Manafort's notes, typed on a smart phone and described by one source briefed on the matter as cryptic, were turned over to the House and Senate intelligence committees and to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. They contained a reference to political contributions and "RNC" in close proximity, the sources said.

Ну, а что не так? Был Мэнафорт "on his phone pretty much the whole time"? Был.