INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO SUSPICIOUS PAYMENTS MADE TO RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS

Several suspicious financial transactions for the Russian Embassy were flagged by Citibank, going back at least to August 2016. These include multimillion dollar payments to contractors for work that was never performed, payments to the Ambassador days after the election, payments to staff listed as payroll that didn’t fit patterns, and some other money laundering red flags.

Every major bank has to keep track of their transactions and histories for anything flagged for potential money laundering. Even if the funds were eventually released, they have to keep track of where it came from, and where it was going.

It’s more than likely that Mueller has all of this information.

BANNON ATTORNEY TALKED TO WHITE HOUSE IN REAL TIME DURING HOUSE COMMITTEE TESTIMONY

There’s a strong likelihood that Mueller subpoenaed Bannon to keep him from giving too much to the House Intelligence Committee.

HEALTH REPORT LISTS TRUMP AT 6’3″, 239 POUNDS

According to the Navy Physician who gave Trump his physical, he’s in good health, at 6’3″ and 239 pounds.

This comes out to a BMI of 29.9.  30.0 is the lower threshold for obesity.  And, somehow, he grew an inch since two years ago.  Most senior citizens shrink in height.

This whole thing seems rather dubious.

I’ve been following a twitter account called Rogue Senior White House Advisor (@RogueSNRadvisor) and one of the topics he (I assume it’s a he) often covers is Trump’s health. Some of the tweets are pretty disturbing.

According to Rogue, Trump is a stress eater. Big time stress eater. When Flynn turned himself in, Trump was binge eating Arby’s, Panda Express, and Krispy Creme all day. Similar events happened when Flynn’s lawyers told Trump they would no longer be sharing information, and when news broke about George P.’s guilty plea and Manafort’s arrest.

Dr. Ronny Jackson is palpably afraid of Trump and his temper. He debated ever since he was assigned this task between telling the truth or fudging the numbers. In the end, he decided it was safer for him to fudge the numbers on his weight, height, and blood pressure. The weight is much closer to 339 than 239.

A travel rider for the Asian trip back in November 2017 requested, among other things, 45 Arby’s Roast Beef sandwiches, 22 pounds of Filet Mignon, 22 Hungry Man Chicken Dinners, 3 80 inch televisions, and 3 XXXXL silk robes. That’s Quadruple Extra Large. According to DXL’s size chart, that is a 58″ chest and a 54-56″ waist. 56 inches is 1.42 meters. That sizing is much more consistent with a man weighing 339 pounds (153 kg) instead of 239 pounds (108 kg). Especially if he were a former athlete.

Trump wanted Dr. Jackson to change the weight to 199, but staff was “asking him to be realistic.” At Trump’s real height, closer to 6′ or 5’11”, 199 is still unhealthy, but isn’t obese.

The reason his stats were given at 6’3″ and 239 is that it translates to a BMI of 29.9, literally 1 pound below obese.

Granted, this is all based off of a random Twitter Alt account, but a good deal of his tweets have panned out before. Take it with a grain of salt.

INTOUCH TO RELEASE 2011 INTERVIEW WITH STORMY DANIELS

Well, looks like Porngate is picking up steam. Or Pornwater. How about The Teapot Porn Scandal?

InTouch Magazine, an American tabloid that is a couple notches below People in quality but light years ahead of the National Enquirer, interviewed Stormy Daniels back in 2011 about her affair with Donald Trump. For some reason, they decided not to run it then. They’re running it this week.

But Rachel Maddow asked a very important question.

Who paid the settlements?

It might not seem like a big deal, but those settlements are most likely campaign contributions. Paying off porn stars to keep quiet right before an election has a big impact on the election. The people and groups that made those payments are required by law to file with the FEC.

So, when the National Enquirer paid $150,000 for Karen McDougal’s story to bury it? That would be a campaign contribution.

But what I’m wondering is whether or not the Trump Campaign used donations to pay off their other porn star affairs?

That’s it for today.

Thank you, and have a good one.

BANNON SUBPOENAED TWICE IN ONE DAY

Steve Bannon testified before the House Intelligence Committee for about 10 hours. During that time, he was subpoenaed, then subpoenaed again.

Confused? Don’t be.

While Bannon was on his way to Congress, he was notified that the White House was exercising Executive Privilege for the Congressional hearing. At least, that’s what Bannon claimed.

Bannon stonewalled Congress so much they served him with a subpoena to get some answers.

During the day, it comes out that he’s already been subpoenaed by Mueller to appear before a Grand Jury. Because of that, he’s hesitant to answer questions from Congress.

Plus, if he did flip, someone in Congress **cough Nunes cough** might leak it to the White House.

Typically, witnesses are subpoenaed, not suspects. And , this could be a negotiation tactic to get Bannon to come quietly. Another option is that he’s been served to keep his lawyer from influencing his testimony, since the lawyer also represents White House Counsel Don McGahn and Reince Preibus.

STORMY DANIELS, A YEAR LONG RELATIONSHIP, KEITH SCHILLER, AND FOX NEWS

Trump’s Porn Star Girlfriend Stormy Daniels had a story to tell in 2016, and told it to Fox News. They buried the story.

Stormy, real name Stephanie Clifford, claimed to have had a year long sexual relationship with Donald Trump while he was married to Melania, much of it while she was pregnant. Encounters were set up by Keith Schiller, Trump’s bodyguard.

Supposedly, she went to Fox News to make sure that he paid the hush money. They told his campaign about Stormy, and Cohen cut a check.

One thing that’s a little unusual. Cohen released a statement from her that she never had sexual relations with Trump. The statement came from Cohen, not Stormy’s publicist, and was signed with her stage name, not her real name.

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND REPUBLICANS USING TRUMP PROPERTIES

This is straight up bribery, pay for play bullshit.

Remember, it’s a crime to offer a bribe as well as accept one.

SENATE PROPOSES STRICT SANCTIONS ON ANY COUNTRY THAT INTERFERES IN ELECTIONS

Interfering in an election is an Act of War, but sanctions are a good first step.

The next few stories are from Monday and the weekend.

WENDI DENG MURDOCH, JAVANKA, AND CHINESE INTELLIGENCE

Murdoch? Why does that sound familiar?

Wendi is Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife, has an affair with Tony Blair, and was rumored to have been dating Putin. She’s also been accused of having ties to Chinese Intelligence.

Wendi is also very good friends with Jared and Ivanka.

SPEED ROUND!

ECUADORIAN CORRUPTION

ASSANGE NEEDS A SHOWER

STICK A PIN IN THIS: MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OFFICIALS INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES

I’m a little confused as well, but several members of the Rumor Mill went all “Oh Snap Mutha Fuckas” over this.

TOP TIP: MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO TIES TO MONEY LAUNDERING IN COUNTRIES THAT YOU CALL A SHITHOLE

That’s it for today.

It looks like the New Year lull is over. I’m not sure what’s around the corner, but I wouldn’t expect any more indictments until either after Trump interviews with Mueller or tries to avoid it altogether.

Also, get ready to hear a lot more about China. The focus so far has been on Russia, but there are some shady ass ties between Trump and China.

Thank you, and have a good one.

“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”

– Katy Tur

BANNON LAWYERS UP

Steve Bannon has finally hired a lawyer.

Interesting points.

He hired the same lawyer that Don McGahn and Reince Preibus hired.

He’s doing this for an interview with the House Intelligence Committee.

DEMOCRATS SEND LETTER TO PAUL RYAN DEMANDING ACTION IN RUSSIA INVESTIGATION

For the third day in a row, Congressional Democrats have called out Republicans for covering up for Trump and Russia.

This has been a change of messaging for them. They’ve gone from trying to work with the Obstructionist Republicans to calling them out.

Either the Republicans will continue to obstruct the investigations, or they will help. I’ll put my money on the latter.

They are complicit.

TRUMP IS A RACIST, PART 687: CALLS AFRICAN COUNTRIES “SHITHOLE” COUNTRIES, PINES FOR MORE NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANTS

This seems like distraction, but could have a large impact.

Every legal decision involving minorities, from immigration to health care to the tax bill, will be investigated and challenged in court.

By the way, according to Manu Raju, Trump said this while he was recording his MLK Jr message.

I shit you not.

TRUMP ACCUSED FBI AGENT OF TREASON FOR CRITICIZING HIM IN TEXTS

Thanks for bringing the T word into the conversation, Dotard.

I don’t use the T word that often, simply because the Definition of Treason per the United States has a very narrow scope. Providing aid and comfort to a hostile enemy in a time war.

Criticizing an idiot for being an idiot isn’t treason. Conspiring with Russia to steal the election is treason.

SPEED ROUND!

GOP EXODUS EXPANDS TO 31

MALTA SELLS PASSPORTS TO WEALTHY RUSSIANS

RUMOR MILL: LINDSEY GRAHAM UPDATE

Below are some screenshots from Claude about Lindsey Graham. There have been rumors around for a while that he’s secretly gay, and the recent scuttlebutt is that Trump confronted him with Kompromat while they were golfing.

Again, this is just a rumor, take it with a grain of salt.

But Senator, it’s 2018. It’s okay if you like the cock. Out of all the things your mouth can do, giving a blowjob is a hell of a lot less disgusting than supporting Donald Trump.

Sucking a dick is orders of magnitude better than giving lip service to a racist traitor.

Then again, he could be getting blackmailed for his connections to Chris Ferry, who used to work for Paul Manafort, and was on Lindsey’s campaign.

I’m hopeful that we’ve progressed to the point that a secretly gay man can get blackmailed for reasons that don’t involve being gay.

That’s progress.

I’m going to leave it at that. I think the rule is three gay jokes are okay before it gets unacceptable. More than that, it’s offensive and insensitive.

That’s it for today.

Thank you, and have a good one.