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Oh hey, more on Don Jr.'s new lawyer

https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/donald-trump-jr-has-hired-a-lawyer-who-has-handled?utm_term=.txpweKGGD#.xfE45vGGb

Unlike Kasowitz, however, Futerfas’s practice is steeped in high-profile white-collar matters, as well as the occasional political controversy. News archives show that Futerfas has long represented clients with alleged ties to organized crime, including alleged members of the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese, and Colombo crime families. Last year, he represented the son of a New York pizzeria owner who was found guilty of drug-related charges in a case that stemmed from an investigation into drug trafficking by the Italian mafia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNMQqh1ovlM

Wacky!

NEW: Email shows Trump Jr. was told before meeting that Clinton dirt came from Russian effort to aid Trump campaign https://t.co/lvcZXxDTKJ

— Amy Fiscus (@amyfiscus) July 11, 2017

Ha, just posted that on the Russia thread. Be awesome (if unlikely) if when all the dust settles it's not his rogue's gallery that brings him down but his dumbass son.

I remain totally pessimistic that anything's going to bring Trump down, but surely this, finally, is the smoking gun.

I want to see him to try to throw his son under the bus so bad. I'm not proud of myself for wanting to see that.

I wouldn't feel any guilt Treesh, I hope this family just self-destroy before our very eyes.

I think the funniest outcome would be if it turns out all these idiots were in fact being worked by the Russians, but each thought they were colluding independently. What's the harm, right? No one will find out. And then, bam, they all learn that literally everyone else has been doing the same thing. The only thing that could make it more perfect is if they all caught crabs at the same time, too.

If the family isn't crushed by this or something else, we're going to see Trump juniors running for political office for the next 50 years

Trump Jr is a charisma black hole. If any Trump will run for office it will be Ivanka and only after Jared serves two terms and climate change has advanced to the point where it rains sulfuric acid.

This is the funniest part of the story:

But Mr. Goldstone, who wrote the email over a year ago, denied any knowledge of involvement by the Russian government in the matter, saying that never dawned on him. “Never, never ever,” he said. Later, after the email was described to The Times, efforts to reach him for further comment were unsuccessful.

In the immortal words of Foxygen, that's news to me, that's news to...

Also, Wilson noticed something I'd missed:

"PART OF." Process that. "Part of." https://t.co/WVEId0t9gl pic.twitter.com/fNPaF5TwSN

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2017

apparently part of the kompromat vlad's been holding over two scoops is incriminating evidence on fredo and the other stooges?

So in sum:

pic.twitter.com/8GChxQcyvr

— darth:™ (@darth) July 11, 2017

Annnnd...Drudge is reporting it.

Big. pic.twitter.com/4MSNFNU7QG

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 11, 2017

If any Trump will run for office it will be Ivanka and only after Jared serves two terms

Two terms in prison?

This was the alternate hell timeline.

wrt to the email:

pic.twitter.com/bPgKxgevEL

— Astead W. Herndon (@AsteadWH) July 11, 2017

Tiffany would have at least deleted the email

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 11, 2017

Barron never would have taken the meeting

"Bold strategy, Cotton."

Mark Corallo's statement to @GuardianUS about the NYT story pic.twitter.com/fgGsQyA7Er

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 11, 2017

Is there any indication thus far that the email exists? Or is it just its contents being reported? Either way, can't Mueller et al. now justifiably subpoena his emails?

Emails.
Emails.
Emails.

future politicians are going to communicate by carrier pigeon and smoke signals

I'm sure Trump would prefer that!

The coincidences alone in this story ...

So Don Jr. gets lured to a meeting with the promise of Clinton dirt. Manafort and Jared (!) are there too (!!). So clearly this was a red alert meeting, not just some shit about adoptions. Two Scoops was in the house at Trump tower, too, allegedly somewhere else, though he lunched with Manafort this day. And it just so happens to be the first time Two Scoops brought up the 33,000 emails number. Hmmm.

email-wise i feel like most of these cats, though especially the trumps, are roughly as tech-savvy as Strong Bad, if not less so

time to investigate benghazi again, if you ask me

Well, yeah.

I just

You have to love that Rob Goldstone wrote an email saying the Russian gov wants to help beat Hillary and then checked in for the meeting pic.twitter.com/Ajg1NWHciA

— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) July 11, 2017

http://static.politico.com/dims4/default/f3db7a7/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F51%2Fce%2Fd07c4d5a49eea5efdd7b838d7262%2F170710-sarah-sanders-gty-1160.jpg

I had to check that this was real. It is. https://t.co/NMrXjr94r8

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 11, 2017

what's going on with sarah's eyes

You have to wonder who the "three people with knowledge of the email" are and why they're talking to the NYT...

Statement from Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer to NBC News: “In my view, this is much ado about nothing.” (via @PeterAlexander) pic.twitter.com/oCWH0kS6xZ

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 11, 2017

Doesn't address the central element of the NYT story that Jr. was told the woman was part of a Russian government effort. https://t.co/XCAOsnvjI7

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) July 11, 2017

We need to see the email. Maybe the Russians can leak it.

Former Federal Prosecutor friend of mine seems to think Lil' Don's choice of lawyer is a poor one. He comes from a small NYC firm, not licensed to practice in DC. My friend thinks Kush has the best team, by far.

That's why they call him Kush: he always sets himself up for a soft landing.

Sarah rocking some serious frown there.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beaker_8680.jpg

Her Rod Blagoevich impression is renowned throughout Washington.

and blago's in jail for talking shop about obama's senate seat, while donnie's in the white house after colluding with our primary geopolitical adversary to interfere in a national election. freedom!

Ain't over yet.

Update: I am still reporting.

— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) July 11, 2017

Do journalists usually post "teasers" like that? Seems... gross.

Modern social media world, ain't it.

like, keep it coming adam goldman from the new york times but still

the reporter 'tick tick tick' shit is so fucking tiresome jesus christ

Yo can you drop the next one at, like, 6:30pm? Thanks.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 11, 2017

Yo

lol

they'll probably end up with enough money that they can surround themselves with people who also don't know

Secret service protection of adult children of the president ends with that president's term. The kids are knee deep in Russian mobster/kleptocrat money. I can see a lot of ways where this will turn out rather poorly.

yeah, repeal of the ACA for example

The President of the United States has used this guy as a go-between.

http://i.imgur.com/jbVIF8b.png

Still feeling I'll wake up and the nightmare will be over. It's been eight months...