Chris Baugh@chris_baugh_

1. in light of the fact that we're supposed to be skeptical about the latest #Trump allegations, I want to tell you a story.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:50:04

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— Chris Baugh (@chris_baugh_)Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:50:04

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2. A long time ago, there was a man named Paul Manafort. Paul Manafort was a GOP operative who exported his political expertise.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:50:37

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3. He and Roger Stone ran what was known in DC as The Torturer's Lobby. They worked with warlords and despots.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:51:02

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4. Paul Manafort even worked closely with Russian oligarchs and kleptocrats with ties to V. Putin.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:51:27

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5. Manafort was one of the operatives who worked in Ukraine to elect a pro-Putin government. This is a verifiable fact.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:51:57

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6. At one point, Manafort went missing for 3 weeks. Roger Stone joked that he had been kidnapped by the Russians. This is about 2010

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:52:20

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7. According to some members of the intelligence community, around the same time, Russia began cultivating Donald Trump as an intel asset

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:52:51

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8. Timing, I'm sure, is totally coincidental. Just giving you a sense of where we're at in the history.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:53:10

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9. In 2011, Donald Trump starts the birther movement. Remember that whole thing?

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:53:28

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10. In 2012, Donald Trump flirts with a run for President, but he doesn't run.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:53:47

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11. At some point, Hillary Rodham Clinton runs afoul of Vladimir Putin. She and Obama both take aggressive stance toward him.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:54:15

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12. Then in 2016, Donald J Trump declares his Presidency. He starts as a long-shot managed by Corey Lewandowski.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:54:37

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13. As Trump grows in prominence, he fires Lewandowski and hires...Paul Manafort. Whose last job was in Ukraine. On behalf of Putin.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:55:03

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14. Paul Manafort, who owned a lobbying firm with Trump confidant Roger Stone.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:55:34

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15. Paul Manafort, who had been kidnapped (presumably) by Russians at one point but survived unharmed.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:55:58

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16. Trump's positions on Russia softened under Manafort (re Ukraine specifically). Manafort's in charge over summer.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 01:56:38

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17. It comes out that Manafort received 12 millions dollars in an off-books ledger from the pro-Putin party in Ukraine.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:02:01

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18. Wait back up. Before this comes out, the DNC emails are hacked. Wilkileaks releases the hacked emails.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:02:47

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19. Why did Assange do this if it was an intel op by Russia? Possibly for the promise of asylum, but that's speculation on my part.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:03:12

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20. Maybe because he hates Clinton and Obama, but, again, speculating.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:03:25

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21. Regardless, these leaks hurt one party and helped the other.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:03:37

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22. So now Manafort resigns after the Ukraine thing comes out. Trump hires Steve Bannon, ANOTHER one of Stone's friends.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:05:22

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23. Manafort probably keeps advising Trump. Regardless he lives in Trump Tower, so they see each other periodically.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:05:44

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24. Incidentally Roger Stone officially resigned in December 2015. So now Stone and Manafort are unofficial advisors, strictly speaking.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:06:08

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25. Two of Trump's new policy guys are Michael Flynn and Carter Page. Both of whom have ties to Putin and Russia.

Wed, Jan 11 2017 02:06:28

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