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White House not ruling out Putin proposal to let Russia question ex-US ambassador
fox news ^ | 07/18/2018 | Samuel Chamberlain

Posted on 07/18/2018 7:52:27 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

The 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."
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Hours later, Browder told Fox News' "The Story" that Sanders' statement was "absolutely appalling and ridiculous. The idea that the White House and Donald Trump would be considering handing these people over and me over to the Russians is just appalling," Browder told anchor Martha MacCallum. "It's effectively treason to hand over patriotic people who’ve been trying to do the right thing, and they'd better come out quickly and walk that one back. Otherwise, this is truly a litmus test for the Trump administration."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: braking; putin; russia; trump
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Now wait a minute! AFAIK there has been no proposal to "hand over" any US people to Russia. Sounds like Browder made that up but Swallwell is claiming that Trump is considering such a deal. The question in the Sanders press conrefence was whether Russians could observe the questioning of US citizens inside the US. Of course that won't happen either but it will make the Clintons nervous to hear the idea.
1 posted on 07/18/2018 7:52:27 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Of course that won’t happen either but it will make the Clintons nervous to hear the idea.


The Clintons have nothing to worry about

How many decades have I heard that they are going to jail and it never happens? Why would this be any different.


2 posted on 07/18/2018 7:55:05 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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3 posted on 07/18/2018 7:56:40 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Free Republic Needs Your Monthly Donations!!!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Trading Soros, Browder and McFaul to Russia in exhange for some GRU agents alleged to have Phished DNC & RNC sounds like a swell deal to me.


4 posted on 07/18/2018 8:00:12 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I’d have absolutely no problem with Trump handing over George Soros to Putin, or the Hungarian government.


5 posted on 07/18/2018 8:00:53 PM PDT by euram
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To: Trump.Deplorable

This president is somehow reluctant to put “criminal Hillary” in jail after he ramped up crowd after crowd calling her that. There is enough info in the comey report to indict and imprison her. Unforthcoming reports on the uranium, the foundation and selling access, will evaporate in the fog of democrat obfuscation.

She will not go to jail under this president and she will be too ill and the democrat that follows him in 2040 will make her a hero.


6 posted on 07/18/2018 8:01:27 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Russia has brought charges against this man for crimes in Russia.

Why would we NOT let them question him?

Hell, it’s a ROUTINE criminal case...just like burglary or murder.


7 posted on 07/18/2018 8:01:38 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Can we hand Soros over to the Russians?


8 posted on 07/18/2018 8:03:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

This is all hysteria now, anti Russian craziness.


9 posted on 07/18/2018 8:03:56 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Browder is a commie too. His grandpa was head of the US Communist party.

He is no longer an American either.

He’s Putin’s rival for money and influence.

He’s not just some random businessman.


10 posted on 07/18/2018 8:05:13 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Mariner

“Why would we NOT let them question him?”

I don’t think we have extradition agreements with Russia.

And, this Browder, a commie prince, is not a US citizen.


11 posted on 07/18/2018 8:06:48 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Why can’t they interview them? We want to interview the members of the GRU, so why wouldn’t we let them talk to our former ambassador?


12 posted on 07/18/2018 8:07:25 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

“In 1998, Bill Browder gave up his U.S. citizenship and became a British citizen, partly to avoid paying U.S. taxes on foreign investments.”

That’s from his Wikipedia.

He seems to want to skip out on taxes.


13 posted on 07/18/2018 8:08:33 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

If Browder is in the US, he’s under the jurisdiction of the US.


14 posted on 07/18/2018 8:10:32 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

And there actually a treaty between the two countries on such criminal matters....now I don’t know if the past 3 administrations ever used that part of the treaty but it was agreed upon by the Clinton administration in 1998


15 posted on 07/18/2018 8:10:48 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Mariner

See #15.


16 posted on 07/18/2018 8:11:31 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

When you state you have been trying to do the right thing, it actually means you have been doing the wrong thing occasionally.


17 posted on 07/18/2018 8:12:19 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: ifinnegan

We wouldn’t extradite them. We would allow the Russian to sit an while WE interrogate them just like Putin proposed that Mueller send a team to Russia to observe the investigation into the GRU members.


18 posted on 07/18/2018 8:12:25 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Browder was just on Shannon Breams show.
Why do I get the feeling Trump (and who else is behind the scenes) is drawing a bead on the bad actors?
It sure explains the hysteria lately...
19 posted on 07/18/2018 8:12:44 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Out the involved IC perps.

Are they tied to Brennan?


20 posted on 07/18/2018 8:16:58 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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