Authoritarianism
The Trump-Russia Conspiracy In Ten Tweets
This thread explains the Trump-Russia conspiracy (#Russiagate) in ten tweets. The theory and facts of the scandal aren’t complicated.
1) Trump’s pro-Russia-appeasement foreign policy platform dropped 4/27. It was crafted by Richard Burt, a lobbyist for Russia’s Gazprom Co.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
2) Gazprom is Earth’s largest natural gas company. It & Putin wanted Trump to drop Russian sanctions to facilitate a lucrative new pipeline.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
3) The Steele Dossier says Putin offered Trump “brokerage” of 19% of Rosneft Oil in exchange for dropping sanctions on Russia. Trump sent…
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
4) …Carter Page, his top Russia adviser & an advisor to Gazprom, to Moscow soon after the RNC. There Page met with Igor Sechin of Rosneft.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
5) Five months of contact between Sergey Kislyak, Flynn, Sessions, Kushner (&c) got the deal done in December. Putin sold 19.5% of Rosneft.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
6) The extra 0.5% ($281 mil.) was the “brokerage.” Reuters says the full list of buyers is hidden–one of them is surely a Trump shell corp.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
7) Manafort & others meddling w/ the GOP’s Russia platform & Flynn, Sessions, & Kushner meeting w/ Kislyak both relate to this quid pro quo.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
8) Trump sold US foreign policy for money & better oil/gas access. He knew the deal depended on him winning so he knew Putin would help him.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
9) Selling US foreign policy for money is treason. So Trump & others lied about Russian contacts & hacking to cover up the deal they’d made.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
10) All this is the theory behind #Russiagate. It’s not complicated. Nearly all aspects are confirmed by media reports & the Steele Dossier.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
Sources:
SUPPORTING DOCS 1) https://t.co/emCt0lnBkf
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 2) https://t.co/xVG4a0nUAg
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 3) https://t.co/FdSKn3G3AF
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 4) https://t.co/A24c9OXFpO
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 5) https://t.co/J4ddRkfc2L
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 6) https://t.co/2F8o9hds5Y
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 7) https://t.co/zD9WGK0K4Z
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 8) With respect to Sessions discussing Ukraine (i.e., sanctions) with Kislyek in a private meeting: https://t.co/Q3KcbyUkB3
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 9) If you can watch this whole interview & say you’ve watched a man telling the truth, god help you: https://t.co/knIqm93ExQ
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
SUPPORTING DOCS 10) Burt was an Alfa Bank official on 4/27; Alfa Bank pinged a Trump server throughout the election: https://t.co/FVu7uPu4pX
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
BONUS) Finally, here’s what one of the best journalists in America has to say on CNN’s Page interview & #Russiagate: https://t.co/78pr79MQ8w
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
BONUS 2) Here’s Page confirming he negotiated for US interests trying to get at Rosneft in 2016 (watch for 4 min.): https://t.co/Q8yyhDuRpx
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 18, 2017
