After Betty wrote her post, the Washington Post impolitely dropped an explosive addendum to the Times story of last night. (That was last night, wasn’t it?)
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in the Seychelles just before the inauguration of Donald Trump was an effort to establish a back channel between the incoming administration and the Kremlin — apparently contradicting statements made to lawmakers by one of its participants, according to people familiar with the matter.
This is the first big leak about what Mueller is doing. Notice that I am not saying “from Mueller’s shop,” because they have been very, very careful. I need to read the article much more carefully to try to figure out who the source(s) is(are).
That’s two times now that Trump people tried to set up secret backchannels to Russia. Now the UAE is involved too.
The writers keep introducing new characters from all different parts of the world that honestly make it hard for casual viewers to track the plot.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 7, 2018
So Erik Prince lied to Congress. His sister visited Marjorie Stoneman Douglas School yesterday. The kids were unimpressed.
I think there’s a lot more in the Times story that I’d like to figure out. I should be less busy tomorrow than I’ve been, so maybe I can do it then.
Oh, and another thing.
"If the Kremlin believed that Col Skripal might have helped with the compilation of the dossier, it could explain the motive for the assassination attempt"
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) March 7, 2018
PAGE 1 of the dossier: "A former top level Russian intelligence officer" – this fits Colonel Skripal to a T. pic.twitter.com/HctBnmVJDL
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) March 7, 2018