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5th Feb 2018 from TwitLonger
MT @SethAbramson ... UPDATED #MayflowerHotel MEETING of April 17, 2016 THREAD
#MAYFLOWER Updated
JULY 20 Reposting #MAYFLOWER HOTEL THREAD with UPDATE
ME: Now in June 2017 we know the 'secret' MEETING described below in the #VIPRoom was completely TAPED by FIVE EYES Intelligence. During it the tape Carter Page made and carried to Moscow to arrange Election Hacking and Russian #Rosneft OIL STOCK for Relief of all #Sanctions on Russia was played and discussed.
SEE Patribotics, June 13,
MENSCH: Verbose #KISLYAK Phone miked by FIVE EYES Intelligence operatives.
#Manafort phone miked.
http://tinyurl.com/y6vy24ns
QUICK heads up: known participants in #VIPSenateRoom portion revealed by thread:
Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, Jeff Sessions, Sergey Kislyak, Jared Kushner, Corey Lewandowski, Bud McFarlane, Jacob Heilbrunn and 4 Ambassadors RUSSIA, ITALY, SINGAPORE and Philippines.
REPOSTING AGAIN: MT @SethAbramson #Mayflower THREAD
... Original post March 26, 2017
@SethAbramson re SPEECH and MEETINGS held at the
#MAYFLOWER HOTEL in Wash DC on April 27, 2016.
(sorry Seth I don't have complete links to Politico, Salon, @NYtimes pieces
in this copy, maybe Seth will RT them.
MT @SethAbramson (MEGA-THREAD)
NOW FULL THREAD : The plot to sell America's #foreignpolicy for foreign #OIL and steal an election in the bargain began at the #Mayflower Hotel.
MT @SethAbramson (MEGA-THREAD)
1) Per @NYMag, Paul #Manafort took over the Trump campaign on April 16, 2016
just 72 hours before Trump mathematically eliminated his competition.
2) The timing was intentional: Manafort, hired in March, was slated to become the campaign's key player as soon as Trump became the nominee
3) On April 21, 48 hours after clinching, Trump announced the first major foreign policy address of his life. It was scheduled for April 27
4) The speech, arranged by Jared #Kushner in mid-March, was to be hosted by the #CNI, Center for the National Interest, a conservative think tank.
5) The Center is _widely_ known to have "ties to the Russian regime of President #VladimirPutin," per Politico. politico.eu/article/donald…
6) The speech was slated to be at the #NationalPressClub, an august venue with a _long_ history of staging secure events with large crowds.
7) Less than 24 hours before the speech, it was cancelled. The Trump campaign (i.e., Manafort) declared the venue was too small and unsafe.
8) So Manafort moved the event to the Mayflower Hotel: a smaller, less secure site. The decision confirmed the campaign's excuses were lies
9) The two things the Mayflower had that the NPC didn't were (a) 581 private rooms for private meetings, and (b) restricted, VIP-only areas.
10) The latter was important because Manafort wanted Trump to hold an intimate, 24-person cocktail hour in the Mayflower's VIP #SenateRoom.
11) Among the 24 at the event: Trump, CNI event coordinator #Heilbrunn, #JeffSessions, #JaredKushner, #CoreyLewandowski, #PaulManafort, and four ambassadors.
12) Another VIP at the event was Iran-Contra figure #BudMcFarlane, one of America's chief advocates for a bargain with Russia on #OIL access.
13) The four ambassadors were the only four ambassadors in the world (out of 195 total) that the Putin-linked CNI had invited to the event.
14) The _biggest oil deal in Russia's history_ occurred in December of 2016. It involved the coordination of entities from three countries.
15) Individuals from those three countries—#RUSSIA, #ITALY, and #SINGAPORE—negotiated the sale of 19.5% of Russia's state oil company, Rosneft.
16) The #Russiagate scandal involves claims Trump was given 0.5% of Rosneft and aid in getting elected in exchange for lifting US sanctions.
17) The #Rosneft deal closed Dec. 5-7. During that time McFarlane visited Trump Tower. It's believed Russian ambassador/spy Kislyak did too.
18) @WSJ wrote in April 2016 that Trump met separately with the ambassadors at the Mayflower and was effusive.
Quote: slate.com/blogs/the_slat…
19) “Trump met at a VIP reception with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak. He warmly greeted Kislyak and 3 other ambassadors.”
20) The ambassadors at the Mayflower: RUSSIA! ITALY! SINGAPORE! And the #Philippines--which is routinely cited as a Rosneft expansion target.
21) So Trump warmly, privately chatted with the 3 Rosneft-deal nations at a cocktail hour right before his _first big foreign-policy event
22) In his speech Trump called for a Russian detente: "We desire to live peacefully and in friendship with Russia...we are not bound...
23) to be adversaries. We should seek common ground based on shared interests...an easing of tensions and improved relations with Russia...
24) is possible..[I hope to] MAKE A DEAL under my administration that’s great for #America but also good for #Russia." politico.com/trump-russia-t…
@politico is Russian Timeline:
The definitive Trump-Russia timeline of events
Follow our timeline of events on the Trump administration's ties to Russia.
By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM 03/03/17 07:30 PM EST
25) #RichardBurt, CNI and Russian #AlfaBankadviser, _crafted the speech He was also Putin's #oilpipeline lobbyist_. salon.com/2016/10/07/ano…
FRIDAY, OCT 7, 2016 07:37 AM PDT
Another Donald Trump adviser has Kremlin connections: GOP lobbyist for Russian pipeline crafted Trump’s major foreign policy speech
Booted Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is not the only top adviser with sketchy ties to Russia
26) The only Kislyak meeting Sessions NEVER disclosed to Congress, even after accusations of #perjury was this meeting at the Mayflower.
27) But per organizer of #Mayflower Hotel event, Jacob #Heilbrunn of CNI, a THIRD #Sessions-#Kislyakmeeting definitely occurred.
28) Heilbrunn on the VIP event: "At a reception in the Senate Room of the Mayflower, a number of politicians and Trump advisers, such as...
29) ... Senator Jeff Sessions and ambassadors [from Russia and the other nations] congregated before the event."
politico.com/magazine/story…
Why I Hosted Trump’s Foreign-Policy Speech
After his son-in-law contacted us, we decided to give him a chance deliver, at last, a coherent view of the world. I wasn’t converted.
By JACOB HEILBRUNN April 27, 2016
30) The VIP event _wasn't_ just a receiving line as Trump claimed. It was a "cocktail meet-and-greet"--a full event. huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-ses… 03/08/2017 02:59 pm ET
Jeff Sessions Likely Met Russian Ambassador A Third Time
The attorney general initially denied any contact with the Russians, then later admitted to just two meetings.
31) That Sessions would feel the need to hide his contact with Kislyak at the Mayflower event after accusations of perjury raises red flags.
32) The White House saying it has “no recollection” of any of the VIPs at Trump's _biggest-ever foreign policy event_ is also a red flag.
33) When Kislyak was asked if he’d met Trump or members of his team during the campaign he replied, "What do you consider a campaign?"
34) Kislyak went on to FAIL to disclose his meeting with Trump at the Mayflower, citing only a meeting at the RNC.…youtube link, here I removed
35) We know Manafort and Kislyak would have known each other, as Manafort indirectly worked for Putin for years.
slate.com/blogs/the_slat…
MARCH 22 2017 9:42 AM
Report: Paul Manafort Drafted a Plan in 2005 to Influence American Politics for Putin’s Benefit
36) We know Manafort set up the Mayflower event and was available for meetings at it--as was Kushner, who later met secretly with Kislyak.
37) Congress must investigate _any_ Mayflower meetings between Sessions, Manafort, Kushner, Kislyak and the Italian/Singaporean ambassadors.
38) We know the White House lied about Mayflower. We know Sessions has. We know Kislyak has. And we know the Rosneft players were present.
39) We know there was ample time/space for "sidelines" meetings. And we know Walid Phares was also there, and Trump Jr., and Stephen Miller.
CREDITS/ADDITIONAL DOCS) Thanks to @grantstern and to Politico. The New York Magazine
article on Manafort is below. nymag.com/daily/intellig…
NOTES) At several points I used "oil" instead of "oil/gas" or "oil/LNG" or just "LNG" (liquefied natural gas). This was Twitter shorthand.
@SethAbramson you're the man. thank you for this thread
@grantstern Huge thanks to all authors. Timeline gleaned from these good articles is genuinely helpful and memorable.
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