Wheels inside wheels. The dimensions of the honey trap are only now being revealed. Honey traps, also called “honey pots,” have been a favorite spying tactic as long as sex and espionage have existed.
First, Loretta Lynch brings in Natalia Veselnitskaya on what is called a “visa parole”, persons admitted on other than a formal visa process. A person who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa or is inadmissible may be permitted to enter the United States for specific purposes. Then, the person overstays this visa parole, without being subjected to arrest and return to country of origin. Then, a meeting is set up to entrap a somewhat naive representative of an opposition political candidate. Lastly, the phone lines used in setting up this meeting are tapped and transcriptions taken down.
This might work for catching a KNOWN criminal, but to set up such an elaborate scheme speaks of considerable pre-planning and intent to deceive the “mark”, in this instance persons in a high position within the Trump campaign.
As dirty tricks go, this was almost too elaborate for SOMETHING not to go wrong. And it went awry almost upon the arrival of the Trump team members at the meeting, when the object of the meeting shifted from “getting something to use as opposition research against Hillary Clinton” to a discussion of changing the restrictions on Russian child adoptions by US citizens.
The Trump team, sensibly, walked out when it was not going as advertised, and promptly forgot all about the incident. But the Lynch DOJ did NOT forget, and used this crumb to later throw it in the way of the Trump administration. Therefore, Donald Trump, Jr. LIED, and was no longer a fit member of the Presidential team, and thereby tarnishing the entire Trump Administration.
I wish I could put a “< /sarcasm >” tag on this, but maybe the truth is just too harsh.
They sure went to a lot of risk and trouble to trash Trump and then came their worst nightmare...Trump won. But who comes up with this crap?? It’s insane that the Attorney General of the United States, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the President of the United States of America all risked their reputations and maybe their freedom. It’s mind boggling!
So now they’re just left with a big fake offense to distract the world from what they did. I hope Hillary was right...that they’ll all effing hang from nooses. But first I think POTUS will have to find a different AG.