Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 1:03 p.m. No.16050222   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0449 >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

Forgetting the ‘Dirty Dossier’ on Trump

 

Exclusive: The new Russia-gate furor is over Donald Trump Jr. meeting a Russian who claimed to have dirt on Hillary Clinton, but the Clinton team’s Russian cash-for-trash search against Trump Sr. is all but forgotten, writes Robert Parry

 

Yet, on Monday, the Times led its newspaper with a story about this meeting – and commentators on MSNBC and elsewhere are labeling Trump Jr. a criminal if not a traitor for hearing out this lawyer.

 

Yet, no one seems to remember that Hillary Clinton supporters paid large sums of money, reportedly about $1 million, to have ex-British spy Christopher Steele use his Russian connections to dig up dirt on Trump inside Russia, resulting in a salacious dossier that Clinton backers eagerly hawked to the news media.

 

Also, the two events – Trump Jr.’s meeting with the Russian lawyer and the Clinton camp’s commissioning of Steele’s Russia dossier – both occurred in June 2016, so you might have thought it would be a journalistic imperative to incorporate a reference or two to the dossier.

 

But the closest the Times came to that was noting: “Political campaigns collect opposition research from many quarters but rarely from sources linked to foreign governments.” That would have been an opportune point to slide in a paragraph about the Steele dossier, but nothing.

 

The Times doesn’t seem to have much historical memory either. There actually have been a number of cases in which American presidential campaigns have ventured overseas to seek out “opposition research” about rivals.

 

For instance, in 1992, President George H.W. Bush took a personal role in trying to obtain derogatory information about Bill Clinton’s 1970 student trip to Eastern Europe, including to Moscow.

 

That effort started out by having senior State Department officials rifle through the passport files of Clinton and his mother, looking for a purported letter in which some Republican operatives thought Clinton might have renounced his U.S. citizenship.

 

Bush and his team were called out on that caper, which became known as “Passport-gate.” During the Oct. 11, 1992 debate, Clinton even compared Bush’s tactics to Joe McCarthy’s during the 1950s Red Scare. But the Bush campaign didn’t let the issue entirely go.

 

Czech-ing on Bill

 

In the days after the debate, phone records revealed a flurry of calls from Bush’s campaign headquarters to Czechoslovakia, another stop on Clinton’s student tour. There were also fax transmissions on Oct. 14 and 15, 1992, according to a later official investigation.

 

On Oct. 16, what appears to have been a return call was placed from the U.S. Embassy in Prague to the office of ad man Sig Rogich, who was handling anti-Clinton themes for the Bush campaign.

 

Following those exchanges, stories about Clinton’s Prague trip began popping up in Czech newspapers. On Oct. 24, 1992, three Czech newspapers ran similar stories about Clinton’s Czech hosts. The Cesky Denik story had an especially nasty headline: “Bill Was With Communists.”

 

The Czech articles soon blew back to the United States. Reuters distributed a summary, and The Washington Times, over three consecutive days, ran articles about Clinton’s Czech trip. The Clinton campaign responded that Clinton had entered Czechoslovakia under normal procedures for a student and stayed with the family of an Oxford friend.

 

Despite those last-minute efforts to revive Clinton’s loyalty issue, the Democrat held on to defeat Bush in a three-way race (with Ross Perot).

 

You also could go back to Republican contacts with South Vietnamese officials to sabotage President Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam peace talks in 1968 and similar meetings with Iranian emissaries to frustrate President Jimmy Carter’s Iran hostage negotiations in 1980, including a curious meeting involving senior Ronald Reagan campaign aides at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C.

 

But the Steele dossier is a more immediate and direct example of closeHillary Clinton supporters going outside the United States for dirt on Trump and collaborating with foreign nationals to dig it up – allegedly from Kremlin insiders. Although it is still not clear exactly who footed the bill for the Steele dossier and how much money was spread around to the Russian contacts, it is clear that Clinton supporters paid for the opposition research and then flacked the material to American journalists…..

 

Everything ties back to the Bushs and Clintons, every country, every problem, every war

 

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/10/forgetting-the-dirty-dossier-on-trump/

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 1:24 p.m. No.16050301   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0449 >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

 

So this is the reason why Sussman and attys are trying to get Durham to give immunity to Joffe. They must think Durham et al are stupid.

 

Joffe was never going to get off, he knowling spied on the President in the Executive Office of the President, Durham is intentionally not charging everyone that will ultimately charged up front, and thereason he only charged Sussman with one county for now

 

https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1511187145452666886?s=20&t=iYZfNBnpldvqSAagJv3-UA

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 1:28 p.m. No.16050318   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0449 >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

I thought the same thing when Sussman’s text came out, Horowitz hid incriminating evidence. I cant wait till Horowitz gets grilled, was he threatened, or did he go along with it?

 

 

https://twitter.com/Larry_Beech/status/1511185572773126144?s=20&t=iYZfNBnpldvqSAagJv3-UA

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 1:43 p.m. No.16050378   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0382 >>0410 >>0449 >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

Starting a new thread regarding the signifigance of June 27, 2016.

 

Too many coincidences all tied together that day, yet journalists still fail to tie them together😏

Let's start with Friday June 24, 2016.

 

John Podesta meets with claire mccombs (c.o.s. to wh counsel) at the white house at 2pm.

 

At the exact same moment, Obama is at Stanford with Mark Zuckerberg.

That same day (June 24th), Podesta schedules another appointment for monday June 27th.

 

That appointment also included Mook and Donolin and was made to meet at the Vice Presidents residence.

 

Attachment

 

So on Monday June 27, 2016 Podesta and Mook were meeting with Biden at the VP residence, the VERY same day that Bill Clinton tried to secretly meet with Lynch on the tarmac in Phoenix!

But itvwasnt just Biden, Podesta, Donolin, and Mook huddling up. I think someone else was involved too.

 

Very sneaky of Barry. And lots of freetime that afternoon too.

 

Attachment

 

Now that coincodence is something….but theres more.

 

Remember that legnthy New Yorker article about Christopher Steele back in March?

 

Attachment

 

So at the same time Podesta meets with mccombs (june 24) and sets up the june 27 obama, biden, mook, donolin, podesta get-together…glenn simpson urgently requests steele give him installment #1 of the dossier?

And Steele responds by urgently having it delivered by personal courier?

 

Was that cause someone needed it to present to high level folks on June 27, 2016?

 

Remember reportably mook and podesta got frequent updates…

 

Attachment

 

And thats still not all. I find this really interesting too:

 

That afternoon (6/27) Guccifer 2.0 seemed awfully interested in finding out about the pending DNC lawsuit in DM's with Cassandra Fairbanks

 

Attachment

 

Its very odd that "guccifer 2.0" was so interested in the rumored lawsuit about to be filed…

 

Attachment

 

Read the full thread anons see what you find

 

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/991425663537242112.html

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 1:53 p.m. No.16050410   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0449 >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

>>16050378

 

Starting a new thread regarding the signifigance of June 27, 2016.

 

So put it all together and answer me these questions:

 

1) who actually was G2 and who were his puppet masters?

 

2) Did higher ups know ahead of time on June 24 and arrange the BC/LL tarmac mtg?

 

3) When did obama first learn about steele and the dodgy dossier?

And given all this:

 

Who actually gave the DNC emails to wikileaks?

 

What did Obama know and when did he know it…

 

#sethrich

Additional note:

 

 

Pretty sure fienstein rushing out the Simpson transcript was to make the cabal aware of their talking/points and script to follow.

 

Nothing is more critical to them than hiding the fact that Obama was "briefed" on the project in June.

But they made too many slip-ups and will be caught in the end. Perjury to protect Obama at all costs. We just need more people to start asking the hard questions.

 

 

Elias was the go between the whole time. 😡

 

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/991425663537242112.html

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 2:13 p.m. No.16050489   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0498 >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

The Stanley Kowalski Defense: Durham Seeks to Force the Clinton Campaign and DNC to Turn Over Evidence in Sussmann Case

It is always good to have a “lawyer acquaintance” when things get tough. In “A Streetcar Named Desire,” the character Stanley Kowalski famously assures to Blanche DuBois that he has “a lawyer acquaintance” who will protect her. The same appears to be true for the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC. Special Counsel John Durham is fighting to get access to evidence related to his prosecution of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann. The documents are being withheld by the Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Fusion GPS, and Perkins Coie. There are 1,455 withheld documents, but only 18 reportedly involved a lawyer. However, they are arguing that their “lawyer acquaintances” shield their communications from disclosure to the Special Counsel.

 

Sussmann’s defense recently took a body blow from Durham after the Special Counsel revealed that Sussmann did not just conceal the role of the Clinton campaign in pushing a debunked Russian collusion allegation but put that same alleged lie into writing. In both a text message and the later meeting, Sussmann is accused of lying about not representing any client despite billing the time to the campaign.

 

Sussmann faces a single charge under 18 U.S.C. 1001 for lying to the FBI in a meeting with the then-FBI General Counsel James Baker.

 

In the indictment, Sussmann is accused of “mak[ing] a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement or representation” in conversations with Baker. Durham argued that “the defendant provided the FBI General Counsel with purported data and ‘white papers’ that allegedly demonstrated a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and a Russia-based bank.”

 

That institution was Alfa Bank and Sussmann’s effort paralleled the work of his partner at the law firm Perkins Coie, Marc Elias, in pushing the Steele Dossier in a separate debunked collusion claim. The Federal Election Commission recently fined the Clinton Campaign and the DNC for hiding the funding of the dossier as a legal cost by Elias at Perkins Coie.

 

The Clinton Campaign’s Alfa Bank conspiracy was found to be baseless but the FBI did not know that it was being offered by someone being paid by the campaign to spread the claim. Had they known, Durham alleges the department might have been able to avoid the investigation costs and effort spent on the Alfa matter.

 

Durham told the court that these sources (and tech executive Rodney Joffe) have refused to turn over documents as protected by attorney-client or work product privilege. Durham can use the crime/fraud exception to compel disclosure but he is first asking the court to review the documents in camera.

 

Attorney-client privilege is generally raised by clients but can be raised in some circumstances by third parties under some circumstances. However, the exchange must be “for the purpose of obtaining legal advice from the lawyer.” Likewise, the work product doctrine protects documents that were “prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial” by third parties on behalf of the client.

 

What is interesting about this fight is that the Clinton campaign is accused of using Perkins Coie and both Sussmann and Elias to conceal its secret campaign to push the Russian collusion story. The FEC recently fined the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for violating election rules in hiding that funding as legal costs.

 

Now the campaign and Perkins Coie are using attorney-client privilege to withhold evidence in a case where the former partner is accused of using his status of counsel to conceal information from the government.

 

Recently, the media celebrated the decision of a judge to compel the disclosure of alleged attorney-client material to Congress related to the January 6th riot. Yet, there has been comparably little coverage of this fight despite striking similarities on the underlying claims.

 

Judge David O. Carter in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California used the crime/fraud exception to order the release of material claimed as privileged by John Eastman, who advised former President Donald Trump on opposing the certification of the election.

 

Judge Carter was praised for his “simple clarity” in declaring that “it is more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021.”

 

At the time, I wrote that people need to “consider the implications of Carter’s opinion . . . there is no clear limiting principle of when a legal opinion becomes a criminal conspiracy beyond the court’s predisposition of the meaning of these facts.”…

 

Part 1 of 2

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/04/07/the-stanley-kowalski-defense-durham-seeks-to-force-the-clinton-campaign-and-dnc-to-turn-over-evidence-in-sussmann-case/

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m. No.16050498   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

>>16050489

Part 2 of 2

 

The Stanley Kowalski Defense: Durham Seeks to Force the Clinton Campaign and DNC to Turn Over Evidence in Sussmann Case

 

Excellent article

 

In this case, you have third parties raising privilege arguments in refusing to allow Durham to see what was discussed in the effort to push the false Russian collusion claims. Durham argues:

 

“Many, if not most, of the actions taken by the employees of [Fusion GPS] thereafter do not appear to have been a necessary part of, or even related to, [Perkins Coie’s] legal advice to HFA and the DNC. Instead, contemporaneous communications and other evidence make clear that the primary purpose of the [Fusion GPS’] work relating to the U.K. Person-1 dossier, the [Alfa Bank] allegations, and other issues was to assemble and publicize allegations that would aid the campaign’s public relations goals.”

 

Notably, Durham also argues that anyprivileges, if they existed at all, were waived by the public statements of these parties. The filing cites the publication of a book and other public statements, including disclosures where “the authors appear to expressly suggest that [Perkins Coie] purposefully structured the [Fusion GPS] relationship with [Perkins Coie] to maintain confidentiality over their work.”

 

Those documents could shed new light on the efforts, and individuals, involved in this effort by the Clinton campaign to secretly fund and spread the Russian collusion story.

 

The filing not onlyraises serious questions about the professional position of Perkins Coie and its former counsel. It also raises questions about the position of journalists cooperating in this effort. One such reporter is depicted as eagerly pursuing any allegations against Trump despite the lack of proof of authenticity. In one exchange, a figure at Fusion GPS tells the reporter “do the [expletive] [Alfa Bank] secret comms story. It’s hugely important.”

 

Many did in reporting on the Steele Dossier and Alfa Bank allegations despite the lack of proof. After all, running these claims was “hugely important” and there was no reason worry: Fusion GPS and the Clinton Campaign have a lot of “lawyer acquaintances.”

 

Here is the motion: Durham Motion

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/04/07/the-stanley-kowalski-defense-durham-seeks-to-force-the-clinton-campaign-and-dnc-to-turn-over-evidence-in-sussmann-case/

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 2:21 p.m. No.16050521   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

that “Certain fraud statutes have longer than a five-year limitations period

Let me introduce you to 18 USC code 1031 : 7 year SoLMajor Fraud against the United Statesin relation to Joffe as a contractor #RodneyJoffe #Sussmann #Durham

 

 

https://twitter.com/politicalwilli/status/1511540670204313609?s=20&t=gCfPb47Yls8-kPC0j9XP2g

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 2:25 p.m. No.16050541   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

Beware the Eephus: Durham Lowers the Boom on Former Clinton Counsel Michael Sussmann

Criminal law April 5, 2022

Last year, I wrote a column titled “Beware the Eephus.” =•An Eephus is an a high-arching, off-speed pitch . . . or Special Counsel John Durham==. I warned that Durham works slow but throws strikes. Former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann may have just found that out. He swung and missed at the ultimate Eephus.

In a Monday night filing, Durham revealed that he has an incriminating statement by Sussmann that dramatically undermined his defense. In the text message, Sussmann denied that he was representing anyone before his critical meeting with the FBI. He then repeated the false statement in that meeting as he pushed a false Russian collusion claim against Donald Trump.

 

Sussmann has been seeking the dismissal on the single charge under 18 U.S.C. 1001 for lying to the FBI in a meeting with the then-FBI General Counsel James Baker.

 

In the indictment, Sussmann is accused of “mak[ing] a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement or representation” in conversations with Baker. Durham argued that “the defendant provided the FBI General Counsel with purported data and ‘white papers’ that allegedly demonstrated a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and a Russia-based bank.”

 

That institution was Alfa Bank and Sussmann’s effort paralleled the work of his partner at the law firm Perkins Coie, Marc Elias, in pushing the Steele Dossierin a separate debunked collusion claim. The FEC recently fined the Clinton Campaign and the DNC for hiding the funding of the dossier as a legal cost by Elias at Perkins Coie.

 

The Clinton Campaign’s Alfa Bank conspiracy was found to be baseless but the FBI did not know that it was being offered by someone being paid by the campaign to spread the claim. Had they known, Durham alleges the department might have been able to avoid the investigation costs and effort spent on the Alfa matter.

 

Sussmann has sounded a lot like Michael Flynn in court as he argued that this was trivial and inconsequential comment. On Monday night, Durham lowered the boom. He revealed that, before the meeting, Sussmann sent “the same lie in writing” that his effort was “not on behalf of a client or company.”

 

Durham is seeking the introduction of a text message to Baker that said:

 

“Jim—it’s Michael Sussmann. I have something time-sensitive (and sensitive) I need to discuss. Do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? I’m coming on my own—not on behalf of a client or company—want to help the Bureau. Thanks.”

 

Thus, Durham writes that

 

“on September 18, 2016 at 7:24 p.m., i.e., the night before the defendant met with the General Counsel, the defendant conveyed the same lie in writing and sent the following text message to the General Counsel’s personal cellphone.”

 

The filing is particularly notable after the FEC sanctions for hiding the Clinton Campaign’s funding of the Steele Dossier.

 

During the campaign, a few reporters did ask about the possible connection to the campaign, but Clinton campaign officials denied any involvement. It was only weeks after the election that journalists discovered that the Clinton campaign hid payments for the Steele dossier as “legal fees” among the $5.6 million paid to Perkins Coie.

 

New York Times reporter Ken Vogel said at the time that Elias denied involvement in the anti-Trump dossier. When Vogel tried to report the story, he said, Elias “pushed back vigorously, saying ‘You (or your sources) are wrong.’” Times reporter Maggie Haberman declared, “Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year.”

 

“It was not just reporters who asked the Clinton campaign about its role in the Steele dossier. John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman, was questioned by Congress and denied categorically any contractual agreement with Fusion GPS. Sitting beside him was Elias, who reportedly said nothing to correct the misleading information given to Congress.”

 

The text message greatly strengthens the case by undermining the argument that Sussmann’s concealment of the role of the Clinton Campaign was a single mistake or “one-off” occurrence. This could be used to show intent as part of a pattern of deceit.

 

Notably, the filings state that

 

“The defendant’s billing records reflect that the defendant repeatedly billed the Clinton Campaign for his work on the Russian Bank-1 allegations. In compiling and disseminating these allegations, the defendant and Tech Executive-1 also had met and communicated with another law partner at Law Firm-1 who was then serving as General Counsel to the Clinton Campaign (“Campaign Lawyer-1″).”…

 

Sussmann’s trial is scheduled to begin on May 16.

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/04/05/beware-the-eephus-durham-lowers-the-boom-on-former-clinton-counsel-michael-sussmann/

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 2:37 p.m. No.16050578   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0638 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

Mccabe's Porsche on Blocks Retweeted

FoiaFan

@15poundstogo·. Apr 4

DOJFoia library put up another 242 pages of Rod Rosenstein’s emailsand attachments today. Fun stuff for diggers. Including some cool stuff from Carter Page.

 

https://justice.gov/oip/foia-library/foia-processed/general_topics/emails_dag_rosenstein_03_31_22/download…

 

 

https://twitter.com/15poundstogo/status/1511083532172640264?s=20&t=GDwNoi9f1wc72fAi27pMLA

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 3:01 p.m. No.16050667   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0745 >>0792 >>0887 >>0933

 

OMG listen to the end, Dr. Malone sayshe’s embarrassed to be a vaccinologist now knowing the data is quite clearon the harm. They ate talking about Bobby Kennedy. Thank God!

 

Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News

 

This almost brought me to tears. I don’t normally watch Tucker or any TV for that matter but I love Dr. Malone and of course we all love Bobby. Just spoke to him the other day on the phone and this is something everyone needs to watch. Malone is amazing https://t.co/fvHq5vwAfa

 

https://twitter.com/unhealthytruth/status/1512670069897285637?s=20&t=rFjwpt7qL9MZUExE8t73fw

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 3:10 p.m. No.16050712   🗄️.is 🔗kun

So lots of shills out last week, feels like winning,“winning, winning, winning, you’re to get so tired of winning

 

Kekkity

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 3:20 p.m. No.16050748   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0786 >>0818 >>0887 >>0933

I love reading the legal analysis on what Durham is doing, it gives me a much better perspective on his strategic and sometimes slow process. But the speed is really dependent on the people charged. He doesn’t reveal anything, and they are getting trapped in useless arguments that other courts would entertain. If you look up Durhams history of taking down the mob and exposing the CIA his strategy was impeccable. But everyone involved said he was a complete gentleman and always treated all fairly. No wonder he was chosen:

 

 

https://twitter.com/OptimisticCon/status/1512650844121944064?s=20&t=rFjwpt7qL9MZUExE8t73fw

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 3:39 p.m. No.16050849   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0887 >>0933

Anons check this out and explain,thread on Joffe, DOD and the transfer of the IP addresses on Jan. 20, 2021. It seems to infer something really insidious, please give clarity

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/FOOL_NELSON/status/1439987603709865986

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 3:43 p.m. No.16050873   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0887 >>0933

10 Apr, 2022 21:32

HomeWorld News

Mass protests in Pakistan against ‘imported’ government (VIDEOS)

 

Ex-PM Imran Khan has said the country headed for a new “freedom struggle” blasting his ouster as a “US-backed regime change”

 

Massive demonstrations rocked multiple Pakistani cities, including the country’s capital of Islamabad, on Sunday, with thousands taking to the streets to express their support to the deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan. He was ousted by the country’s parliament in a successful no-confidence vote on Saturday. Khan blasted the vote as a foreign-backed regime change operation.

 

“Never have such crowds come out so spontaneously and in such numbers in our history, rejecting the imported govt led by crooks,” Khan said on Twitter, sharing footage of the protests.

 

Earlier in the day, Khan reiterated his allegations against the US, blaming his ouster on Washington and branding it a “regime change” operation aimed at bringing “into power a coterie of pliable crooks all out on bail.”

 

The former PM has also said the country was entering a new period of “freedom struggle” with the Pakistani people protecting “sovereignty and democracy” from a “foreign conspiracy of regime change.”

 

Previously, the politician claimed to have a recording obtained from the Pakistani ambassador in Washington proving the allegations. The US had firmly rejected such allegations, denying any involvement into the Pakistani events.

 

Pakistan’s National Assembly passed a vote of no-confidence against Khan with 176 lawmakers out of 342 voting for the move to end his office term early. The PTI party effectively lost its parliamentary majority back in March, after seven MPs from its coalition party defected and joined the ranks of the opposition. Pakistan’s parliament is set to hold a vote to pick a new PM on Monday.

 

The US did this intentionally with the chaos in Ukraine as cover.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/553648-mass-protests-pakistan-khan/

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 3:47 p.m. No.16050891   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0911 >>0933

10 Apr, 2022 21:45

 

Macron, Le Pen prevail in first round of French elections

 

The incumbent president and his populist rival will meet in a runoff after leading the field in Sunday’s voting

 

French President Emmanuel Macron and populist firebrand Marine Le Pen have set the stage for a head-to-head battle to determine the presidency later this month after emerging as the leaders from Sunday’s first round at the polls.

 

Projections by polling firms showed that Macron garnered as much as 28.4% of the first-round votes, exceeding the maximum estimate of 24.2% for Le Pen. Socialist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon came in third, at around 21%, while anti-immigration candidate Eric Zemmour finished a distant fourth at 7%.

 

The first official results from France’s Interior Ministry actually showed Le Pen’s count exceeding Macron’s. However, with tallies from Paris and other urban areas not yet available, the early numbers were likely skewed in Le Pen’s favor. With 84% of the votes counted by the moment of this artile’s publication, Macron was slightly ahead with 27,41% against Le Pen’s 25,41%.

 

France’s election system requires a candidate to win a majority of votes to secure the presidency without a runoff – a tall order when there’s a crowded field, such as this year’s 12-person race. The top two vote-getters are now set to square off in the final round on April 24.

 

The runoff will likely feature a different dynamic than the preliminary round, as was demonstrated in France’s last presidential election. In the 2017 race, Le Pen trailed Macron by just under three percentage points in the first round, but was then trounced by a 66-34 margin in the runoff, when most supporters of the other contenders consolidated behind Macron, the establishment candidate.

 

Several of Sunday’s also-rans have reportedly thrown their support behind Macron. Candidates Valerie Pecresse, Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot and Fabien Roussel – who combined to win about 14% of first-round votes – said they will endorse Macron to block the “far right” from winning the presidency. Zemmour, meanwhile, is backing Le Pen.

 

However, far-left voters aren’t expected to support Macron to the same degree as they did in the 2017 runoff. In fact, an Atlas Politico poll conducted last week showed that Le Pen had overtaken Macron, by a margin of 50.5% to 49.5%, in the head-to-head race. The incumbent was favored by wide margins in head-to-head polling against the three other leading candidates.

 

“We will win, we will win,” Le Pen told her cheering supporters on Sunday. She called the runoff a “choice of civilization,” saying she would campaign on making France more independent and protecting the weak.

 

Legacy media outlets have tried to shape the contest as a referendum on the Ukraine crisis, portraying Le Pen as a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s military offensive against Kiev. One US outlet, the Daily Beast, called her a “fascist” and a “Putin fangirl.”

 

However, that strategy was unsuccessful in last week’s elections in Hungary and Serbia, where incumbent leaders won handily despite being vilified for being insufficiently supportive of Ukraine.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/553649-macron-le-pen-win-french-election/

Anonymous ID: ca5ab2 April 10, 2022, 3:52 p.m. No.16050914   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>16050745

I didnt that but yes that would be what it means, he said early on a friendly journalists to get security because they are coming after you. Malone was shocked anc didnt believe it at first. The NIH anc pharma are mafia and will kill for money and fame.

 

Say prayers for him and McCullough, they are both targeted