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BOMBSHELL EMAILS GAVE ROBERT MUELLER THE NEWS DONALD TRUMP FEARED WAS COMING

Robert Mueller's Russia witch hunt is nearing a conclusion.

The special counsel's scheme to overthrow the President is pressing ahead at breakneck

pace.

And some bombshell emails gave Mueller the news Donald Trump feared was coming.

Mueller Turns the Screws on Investigative Journalist

Investigative journalist Jerome Corsi rejected a plea deal from Mueller's team.

Mueller wanted him to plead guilty to lying to investigators.

The plea deal stated:

During the interview, CORSI said that in the summer of 2016 an associate ("Person1")

who CORSI understood to be in regular contact with senior members of the Trump Campaign,

including with then-candidate Donald J. Trump, asked CORSI to get in touch with Organization

1about materials it possessed relevant to the presidential campaign that had not already

been released.

CORSI thereafter knowingly and intentionally made the following materially false statements

during the interview.

Mueller then outlined three lies Corsi allegedly told.

Corsi claimed he turned down Person 1's – who is known to be Roger Stone – request.

He also said Stone never asked him to get in touch with Person 2 – who is conservative

author Ted Malloch – who lived in London and asked him to go the Ecuadorian embassy

and meet with Assange.

Finally, Corsi said he never passed any information about WikiLeaks plans to Stone.

Mueller claimed these were all lies based on Corsi's emails.

On August 2nd, Corsi wrote Stone "Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps," he

continued.

"One shortly after I'm back.

2nd in Oct.

Impact planned to be very damaging."

On July 25th, Stone wrote Corsi "Get to (Assange) [a]t Ecuadorian Embassy in London

and get the pending (WikiLeaks) emails."

Emails Not the Bombshell Mueller Hoped For Corsi rejected the agreement because he said

he did not knowingly lie.

He said his misstatements were the result of faulty memory and he did not have the ability

to review his emails before Mueller interviewed him.

Corsi also stated Mueller asked him to commit a felony fabricating testimony that he was

a conduit between WikiLeaks and the Trump campaign.

He strongly denied ever speaking with Assange or an intermediary.

The fake news media played these emails up like they were the smoking gun that proved

Russian collusion.

But they were far from that.

The FBI interviewed Malloch about visiting the Ecuadorian embassy.

He told them he never did.

Considering that all visitors must be logged in, it would be easy to prove he was lying.

He has not been charged with doing so.

In addition, all these emails show is that Stone and Corsi discussed WikiLeaks.

There is no email evidence that puts either one in contact with WikiLeaks or Julian Assange.

Corsi's tweets and emails to Stone in October 2016 also indicate Corsi had no knowledge

on the contents of the emails WikiLeaks planned to drop.

He said Assange would look like a fool if they released nothing.

When WikiLeaks delayed the release of the emails, Corsi claimed it was because he had

nothing.

Corsi's communications with Stone show they were interested in knowing what WikiLeaks

had on Clinton.

The entire political world wanted to know that back in 2016.

But what they do not show is any coordination or collusion with Russia or WikiLeaks.

We will keep you up to date on any new developments in this ongoing story.

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Panama the new flashpoint in Chinas growing presence in Latin America World news - Duration: 5:10.

Panama the new flashpoint in Chinas growing presence in Latin America World news

A spat over the site of China's embassy has underlined the strategic value of the canal – through which two-thirds of ships to or from the US pass

A spat over the site of China's embassy has underlined the strategic value of the canal – through which two-thirds of ships to or from the US pass

Jutting four kilometres into the Pacific, the Amador causeway islands separate the concrete and glass skyline of Panama City from the soaring iron arch of the Bridge of the Americas – under which 40 cargo ships pass each day en route to or from the Panama Canal.

Linked to the mainland by a slender causeway, these strategic outcrops are home to a handful of derelict buildings once used to house US military personnel.

But they have become a new flashpoint in the global rivalry between Beijing and Washington, as the US struggles to develop a coherent strategy to deal with China's rising influence in Latin America.

China's plans to build a new embassy on the islands were derailed after US officials pressured the government of Panama's president, Juan Carlos Varela, to withdraw its offer of a four-hectare plot, according to senior Panamanian and diplomatic sources.

"Of course there was pushback from the US: they weren't going to allow a huge Chinese flag next to the entrance to the canal," a diplomatic source told the Guardian. "But local pressure was also important. Handing over that land to the Chinese would have been a hugely unpopular move by the Varela government."

Panama's government has insisted that the decision was based on security and environmental concerns.

But a previous plan to build a new Chinese embassy in the traditional diplomatic district of Panama City was also blocked by objections from Washington, and Beijing has now established a temporary mission in an office block.

The incident may prove to be a pyrrhic victory for Washington, however. This weekend, the Chinese premier, Xi Jinping, arrives in Panama for a visit aimed at cementing ties with the Central American nation.

It will be the first such visit by a senior Chinese figure since Panama cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan to open formal relations with Beijing in June 2017.

Since then, the two countries have signed 28 diplomatic and investment agreements, a $500m renminbi-denominated "Panda" bond is expected before the end of the year and Chinese contractors have won major contracts for a port, convention centre and a new bridge over the canal.

The growth of Chinese investment and influence in the country has been the source of growing unease in Washington.

In July, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, ended a visit to Panama with the warning that "when China comes calling, it's not always to the good of your citizens". He added that state-run Chinese firms often operated with political, rather than market-driven motives.

Xi's visit comes amid an escalating trade war between China and the US, which has highlighted Panama's strategic importance as a pinch-point of world commerce.

Two-thirds of ships to or from the US pass through the Panama Canal – which was an unincorporated territory of the US between 1903 and 1979 and was home to dozens of American military installations.

"Recent rhetoric from Washington suggests the US has not accepted that the canal has shifted from being a military asset to a commercial one," said Eddie Tapiero, a competitive intelligence specialist for the Panama Canal Authority and author of a new book on China-Panama relations. "The US has a decision to make: does it accept free trade in the Americas or does it revert to a cold war approach? The latter would be disastrous."

Negotiations for a free trade agreement between China and Panama are at an advanced stage; Panamanian officials say the country can benefit from its growing role as a regional logistics hub, build its exports to China and protect local farmers.

"We will become the gateway for Chinese goods into Latin America," the trade minister, Augusto Arosemena, told the Guardian. "I think Panama will be an example of how smaller countries can negotiate with China."

Meanwhile, the US has been caught flatfooted: diplomats were unaware of Varela's decision to establish ties with Beijing until hours before its announcement and the state department has yet to name a replacement for John Feeley, who stood down as ambassador in March saying he was "honor bound" to resign rather than serve under Donald Trump.

Wei Qiang, the Chinese ambassador to Panama, has dismissed the "apprehensive, fearful and jealous speculations" over his country's intentions. "China's world vision is one of dialogue and accommodation rather than confrontation, we have no option but to let the facts speak for themselves," he said at a recent book launch.

But in recent years, Beijing has shown growing interest in strategic infrastructure projects in the region: Chinese companies are involved in a project to build a rival interoceanic canal through Nicaragua and investigated the option of a "dry canal" railroad linking Colombia's Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Some Panamanians are also wary of Bejing's intentions, said Euclides Tapia, a professor of international relations at the University of Panama. "The Chinese are here for the long term – and they've come for the canal," he said.