Posted on 07/19/2018 6:14:48 AM PDT by bryan999
he White House said Wednesday that President Trump would consider whether to allow Russian prosecutors to interview onetime U.S. ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul and other Americans in connection with criminal claims against Bill Browder, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Wednesday, Sanders said there "was some conversation" between Trump and Putin at their Monday summit about Russia's request, "but there wasn’t a commitment made on behalf of the United States and the president will work with his team and we’ll let you know if there’s an announcement on that front."
"Work with his team to do what?" McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia between 2012 and 2014, responded in an email to Fox News. "The Trump administration needs to denounce categorically the moral equivalency between a legitimate indictment of Russian intelligence officers and a crazy, invented Russian conspiracy about American government officials assisting in an alleged money laundering scheme to help the [Hillary] Clinton campaign."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
"White House not ruling out Putin proposal to let Russia question ex-US ambassador, prominent financier"
Also, McFaul's outraged tweet from yesterday is linked on the article.
Hey Dems.....Here’s a piece of cheese for ya...
looks like a shot across the deep state’s bow.
“a crazy, invented Russian conspiracy about American government officials assisting in an alleged money laundering scheme to help the [Hillary] Clinton “
Well, how do you like it cupcake?
And they’re taking it!
Check out his twitter feed, and all the support he’s getting from the cheese-loving RATs:
If Trump really wants to scare the Deep State, he should arrange for an exchange. The Russians can questions the ex embassador if they send over the people named in Mueller’s indictment.
Imagine for a moment what would happen if Mueller has to actually prove his case.
Their shrill cries are like extra rich cream and sweetener in my coffee this morning. Ahhhhh....
Their shrill cries are like extra rich cream and sweetener in my coffee this morning. Ahhhhh....
Too bad we can’t deliver Mueller as well. Extreme vetting of Mueller might yield a few surprises.
I believe I read that Browder renounced his American citizenship and is now a citizen of Britain. Does he live here again? Why is this Trump’s problem? And if McFaul was Obama’s Ambassador to Russia, right after Obama told Medvedev ‘I will have more flexibility after my election [in 2012] ‘, McFaul is obviously in on the collusion between Russia and the Obama Admin. WHY AREN’T WE QUESTIONING MCFAUL??
The more I see of this guy, the more I think he is a crook. He bad mouths Trump every chance he gets. He needs to answer up.
It’s actually required by a treaty which got the Consent of the Senate:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/123676.pdf
Russia (and the US) can ask for this process at any time, it’s not something that Trump can refuse.
McFaul is well aware that he can be subpoened to testify, and he seems to be worried about what might be exposed.
But of course the DC Media/Political clown show was too stupid to see that once Muller/DOJ pulled their dirty "indict the Russians" trick it swung the door WIDE open for the Russians to respond in kind.
The “Treaty between the Unites States and the Russian Federation on mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Legal Matters” was a treaty proposed by President William J. Clinton. It was signed in Moscow June 17, 1999.
President Clinton and Secretary of State Strobe Talbot submitted the treaty to the Senate in Feb. 2000 for ratification. By unanimous consent the Senate led by Democrat Senator Tom Daschle agreed to take up ratification. Joe Biden (D-Delaware) chairman of the Foreign Relations “Committee rammed it through his committee, and from there it went to the entire Senate for ratification. The treaty was ratified in December 2001.
The treaty was signed during the President George W. Bush Administration. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Yurly Ushakov signed the treaty on Jan. 31,2002.
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