| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson 08:10 - Mar 23 with 3159 views | DJR |
I heard this on the World Service overnight but it doesn't seem to have been widely reported.
"White House envoy Steve Witkoff has praised Vladimir Putin in glowing terms as trustworthy and said the Russian leader told him he had prayed for his "friend" US President Donald Trump when he was shot.
Witkoff met with Putin over multiple hours last week in Moscow and told US media the talks – which involved discussions about forging a path towards ending Russia's war in Ukraine – were constructive and "solution-based."
In an interview with right-wing podcast host Tucker Carlson, the envoy said he has come to regard Putin as not a "bad guy," and that the Russian president was a "great" leader seeking to end Moscow's deadly three-year conflict with Kyiv.
"I liked him. I thought he was straight up with me," Witkoff said in the interview aired Friday.
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy. That is a complicated situation, that war, and all the ingredients that led up to it."
He also described a "personal" element of the discussion in which Putin recalled his reaction to the assassination attempt on Trump in July 2024 as the Republican held a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Putin "told me a story... about how when the president was shot, he went to his local church and met with his priest and prayed for the president," Witkoff said.
"Not because... he could become the president of the United States, but because he had a friendship with him and he was praying for his friend."
During the interview, Witkoff repeated various Russian arguments, including that Ukraine was "a false country" and asked when the world would recognise occupied Ukrainian territory as Russian.
Witkoff is leading the US ceasefire negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine but he was unable to name the five regions of Ukraine either annexed or partially occupied by Russian forces.
He said: "The largest issue in that conflict are these so-called four regions, Donbas, Crimea, you know the names and there are two others."
The five regions - or oblasts - are Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea. Donbas refers to an industrial region in the east that includes much of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Witkoff made several assertions that are either not true or disputed:
He said Ukrainian troops in Kursk were surrounded, something denied by Ukraine's government and uncorroborated by any open-source data
He said the four partially occupied regions of Ukraine had held "referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated that they want to be under Russian rule". There were referendums only in some of the occupied parts of Ukraine at different times and the methodology and results were widely discredited and disputed
He said the four partially occupied oblasts were Russian-speaking. There are many Russian-speaking parts of Ukraine but this has never indicated support for Russia.
Witkoff also repeated several Kremlin talking points about the cause of Russia's full-scale invasion. He said it was "correct" that from the Russian perspective the partially occupied territories were now part of Russia: "The elephant in the room is, there are constitutional issues within Ukraine as to what they can concede to with regard to giving up territory. The Russians are de facto in control of these territories. The question is: will the world acknowledge that those are Russian territories?"
He added: "There's a sensibility in Russia that Ukraine is just a false country, that they just patched together in this sort of mosaic, these regions, and that's what is the root cause, in my opinion, of this war, that Russia regards those five regions as rightfully theirs since World War Two, and that's something nobody wants to talk about."
Putin has repeatedly said that the "root causes" of his invasion were the threat posed to Russia by an expanded Nato and the sheer existence of Ukraine as an independent country.
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 08:26 - Mar 23 with 2860 views | NthQldITFC |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 08:36 - Mar 23 with 2831 views | Churchman |
Thanks for posting. I have actually read this from other sources and confirms what we already knew. Your summary of that interview encapsulates what America is and stands for. Witkoff’s meeting with the Russians must have been so easy. They demand, America says yes, yes, yes. He nauseatingly parroted Russia’s line polished with lies and there can only be one outcome.
The US and Russia are as one. They share ideologies, particularly the one that says a country has no right to exist if a stronger one wants its land and assets. The US is so supportive of Russia, I am surprised it’s not sending weaponry to Putin to help. I would certainly put money on them sharing information and data on Ukrainian positions etc.
Time to get off the fence Starmer. Pandering and grovelling was worth a try and had to be done at the time, but not now. We know Russia is a hostile dictatorship and the US is now fully in their corner busily eroding its own democratic checks and balances. Weakness is something Trump and brother Putin despise.
I know that economically and especially militarily there’s a lot of tie ups with the US. Time to unpick them. The United States of betrayers can never be trusted again. |  | | |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 08:42 - Mar 23 with 2800 views | NthQldITFC |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 08:36 - Mar 23 by Churchman |
Thanks for posting. I have actually read this from other sources and confirms what we already knew. Your summary of that interview encapsulates what America is and stands for. Witkoff’s meeting with the Russians must have been so easy. They demand, America says yes, yes, yes. He nauseatingly parroted Russia’s line polished with lies and there can only be one outcome.
The US and Russia are as one. They share ideologies, particularly the one that says a country has no right to exist if a stronger one wants its land and assets. The US is so supportive of Russia, I am surprised it’s not sending weaponry to Putin to help. I would certainly put money on them sharing information and data on Ukrainian positions etc.
Time to get off the fence Starmer. Pandering and grovelling was worth a try and had to be done at the time, but not now. We know Russia is a hostile dictatorship and the US is now fully in their corner busily eroding its own democratic checks and balances. Weakness is something Trump and brother Putin despise.
I know that economically and especially militarily there’s a lot of tie ups with the US. Time to unpick them. The United States of betrayers can never be trusted again. |
I still hope we can weather the four year storm, and that thereafter they can be trusted again, but like many, I do have my doubts as to whether democracy will survive November 2028 in the US of A.
If it doesn't (assuming we get that far) we'll be well down the road to the end of the world. And I don't intend any hyperbole in that. | |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:04 - Mar 23 with 2682 views | Churchman |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 08:42 - Mar 23 by NthQldITFC |
I still hope we can weather the four year storm, and that thereafter they can be trusted again, but like many, I do have my doubts as to whether democracy will survive November 2028 in the US of A.
If it doesn't (assuming we get that far) we'll be well down the road to the end of the world. And I don't intend any hyperbole in that. |
You cannot undo betrayal or wipe it away. Say the Democrats are elected in four years time and try and reverse what Trump is doing. It’s irrelevant as the Republicans will only do a uturn four years later. You cannot form any partnerships, ‘deals’, relationships, policy or most important of all trust based on that.
Democracy in the US is dying and the elections in four years time maybe in name only. If you look at what that WitlessWitkoff said about the elections in the so called disputed regions in Ukraine; that they showed that they wanted to be part of Russia you can see what he and the orange one think of democracy. It’s for weak patsies.
Everyone knows those so called votes in Ukraine were rigged, including forcing people to vote at gunpoint the ‘right’ way. Witkoff legitimises this in his Fox News interview, so you can see what comes next in America itself. Most people like being told what to do, not to have to think for themselves. Americans are no different and it’s a primary reason why the likes of Trump and best mate Putin rise. Inertia and laziness.
It’s not the end of the world, but the map is being redrawn. I can see the possibility of another civil war in the US if the opposition ever gets its act together. Why should say California which is very Democrat endure Republican reordering of their world, should they try it? In a sense chain sawing federal government actually loosens their ties. Chaotic times ahead.
This country and others who value what they are need to move very fast. [Post edited 24 Mar 8:40]
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:15 - Mar 23 with 2659 views | NthQldITFC |
Interestingly, the lyrics include the word 'trumped'. | |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:29 - Mar 23 with 2625 views | J2BLUE |
Wow, there are so many things wrong there. If I was sent out by the Russians themselves with a gun aimed at my head it would make me cringe saying that kind of BS.
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:34 - Mar 23 with 2607 views | You_Bloo_Right |
"Roosevelt was certain that he, not Churchill, knew how to handle the Soviet leader and Stalin played up to this. Roosevelt believed that it was just a matter of winning Stalin's trust ..."
Berlin, Antony Beevor
Whatever the U.S. motives for cosying up to Putin, the similarities in naivety are too close to ignore. |  |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:43 - Mar 23 with 2584 views | Guthrum |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:04 - Mar 23 by Churchman |
You cannot undo betrayal or wipe it away. Say the Democrats are elected in four years time and try and reverse what Trump is doing. It’s irrelevant as the Republicans will only do a uturn four years later. You cannot form any partnerships, ‘deals’, relationships, policy or most important of all trust based on that.
Democracy in the US is dying and the elections in four years time maybe in name only. If you look at what that WitlessWitkoff said about the elections in the so called disputed regions in Ukraine; that they showed that they wanted to be part of Russia you can see what he and the orange one think of democracy. It’s for weak patsies.
Everyone knows those so called votes in Ukraine were rigged, including forcing people to vote at gunpoint the ‘right’ way. Witkoff legitimises this in his Fox News interview, so you can see what comes next in America itself. Most people like being told what to do, not to have to think for themselves. Americans are no different and it’s a primary reason why the likes of Trump and best mate Putin rise. Inertia and laziness.
It’s not the end of the world, but the map is being redrawn. I can see the possibility of another civil war in the US if the opposition ever gets its act together. Why should say California which is very Democrat endure Republican reordering of their world, should they try it? In a sense chain sawing federal government actually loosens their ties. Chaotic times ahead.
This country and others who value what they are need to move very fast. [Post edited 24 Mar 8:40]
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I think this period has already done massive damage to US standing and diplomacy in the world. Russia and China are not going to trust them any more than they were before (a temporarily useful idiot is not the same as a reliable partner). Europe, Africa and the rest of the Americas have lost the trust they had.
The main thing going for the USA since the 1940s has been its military/diplomatic and financial clout. Even if there's no formal withdrawal, an atmosphere of uncertainty and capriciousness removes much of that leverage. Why do what Washington wants if they are then going to turn around and abandon you? Countries and groupings will look to protect themselves against their policies, rather than working with them. |  |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:53 - Mar 23 with 2561 views | Guthrum |
Tho, to be fair, the 'false country' and annexation votes bits were framed as being from the Russian perspective, rather than necessarily what Witkoff thinks himself.
Negotiators do have to take into account what the other side believes, even when it is very slanted or just plain wrong. Because that is the world-view upon which they will be basing their demands. They then have to work their way around that to shift the position and reach some sort of compromise.
Problem is, Witkoff seems to have swallowed a lot of Putin's flannel. Or perhaps that was just what the Trump administration wants Carlson and the Fox viewers to hear. Softening them up to a detente with Putin's Russia (when quite a lot of them still think in terms of Soviet enemies). This was for narrow domestic, not international, consuption. [Post edited 23 Mar 9:55]
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 10:20 - Mar 23 with 2477 views | Churchman |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:53 - Mar 23 by Guthrum |
Tho, to be fair, the 'false country' and annexation votes bits were framed as being from the Russian perspective, rather than necessarily what Witkoff thinks himself.
Negotiators do have to take into account what the other side believes, even when it is very slanted or just plain wrong. Because that is the world-view upon which they will be basing their demands. They then have to work their way around that to shift the position and reach some sort of compromise.
Problem is, Witkoff seems to have swallowed a lot of Putin's flannel. Or perhaps that was just what the Trump administration wants Carlson and the Fox viewers to hear. Softening them up to a detente with Putin's Russia (when quite a lot of them still think in terms of Soviet enemies). This was for narrow domestic, not international, consuption. [Post edited 23 Mar 9:55]
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I disagree - he’s swallowed all of Putin’s line and probably believes it. While he might have to understand what the other side believes, he doesn’t have to agree with it. And since he takes no account whatsoever of what the Ukrainian people believe (because he clearly doesn’t see it as a country) Witkoff is little more than Putin’s mouthpiece
A useful idiot. But given that idiot will know that if he parrots Putin’s nonsense on a news channel it’ll reach far further than a domestic audience so he’s selling the line quite deliberately in my view.
Ok the bloke might be great at real estate and a golf buddy of the orange one, but his experience of foreign affairs let along negotiating with Putin and his henchmen is about the same as my cat Chester.
I think what underpins this is the total lack of moral code in America now. There are no principles or right and wrong; no allies any more. There is just the strong, the weak to be extorted and money to be made. There’s plenty in this for Putin and his American mates. The people? Unimportant. In dictatorships they never are. | | | |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 10:31 - Mar 23 with 2432 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 10:20 - Mar 23 by Churchman |
I disagree - he’s swallowed all of Putin’s line and probably believes it. While he might have to understand what the other side believes, he doesn’t have to agree with it. And since he takes no account whatsoever of what the Ukrainian people believe (because he clearly doesn’t see it as a country) Witkoff is little more than Putin’s mouthpiece
A useful idiot. But given that idiot will know that if he parrots Putin’s nonsense on a news channel it’ll reach far further than a domestic audience so he’s selling the line quite deliberately in my view.
Ok the bloke might be great at real estate and a golf buddy of the orange one, but his experience of foreign affairs let along negotiating with Putin and his henchmen is about the same as my cat Chester.
I think what underpins this is the total lack of moral code in America now. There are no principles or right and wrong; no allies any more. There is just the strong, the weak to be extorted and money to be made. There’s plenty in this for Putin and his American mates. The people? Unimportant. In dictatorships they never are. |
As Tisdall in the Observer puts it, "..Trump casts himself as compassionate, noble-minded peacemaker. So will he pursue peace in desperate Sudan, Myanmar or Congo? Will he stop those 'horrible wars' too? No, he will not. Such places do not feature on his redrawn maps. There’s no money or kudos in it for him. And this particular white man’s burden sharing does not extend to losers.
In a new, disorderly imperial age, megalomania waives the rules." | |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 10:55 - Mar 23 with 2377 views | Guthrum |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 10:20 - Mar 23 by Churchman |
I disagree - he’s swallowed all of Putin’s line and probably believes it. While he might have to understand what the other side believes, he doesn’t have to agree with it. And since he takes no account whatsoever of what the Ukrainian people believe (because he clearly doesn’t see it as a country) Witkoff is little more than Putin’s mouthpiece
A useful idiot. But given that idiot will know that if he parrots Putin’s nonsense on a news channel it’ll reach far further than a domestic audience so he’s selling the line quite deliberately in my view.
Ok the bloke might be great at real estate and a golf buddy of the orange one, but his experience of foreign affairs let along negotiating with Putin and his henchmen is about the same as my cat Chester.
I think what underpins this is the total lack of moral code in America now. There are no principles or right and wrong; no allies any more. There is just the strong, the weak to be extorted and money to be made. There’s plenty in this for Putin and his American mates. The people? Unimportant. In dictatorships they never are. |
I certainly wouldn't disagree that Rubio, Wtikoff et al are woefully inexperienced and likely to be duped and outmaneuvered by such wily and skilled operators as Putin and Lavrov.
For this administration, Ukrainians are sidelined because they are simply of no status, just an inconvenience in ordering the world as Trump wants it. Same with Europeans and anyone else who gets in the way. Sounds like a mobster? Pretty much is.
However, I maintain my belief that they are more concentrating on their domestic audience - specifically the MAGA part of it - because those are the ones who will turn up and cheer at Trump's rallies. The entire world economy and diplomatic system has become a crowd-pulling loudhailer for his rambling, ego-boost extravaganzas. | |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 11:23 - Mar 23 with 2321 views | pointofblue |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 10:55 - Mar 23 by Guthrum |
I certainly wouldn't disagree that Rubio, Wtikoff et al are woefully inexperienced and likely to be duped and outmaneuvered by such wily and skilled operators as Putin and Lavrov.
For this administration, Ukrainians are sidelined because they are simply of no status, just an inconvenience in ordering the world as Trump wants it. Same with Europeans and anyone else who gets in the way. Sounds like a mobster? Pretty much is.
However, I maintain my belief that they are more concentrating on their domestic audience - specifically the MAGA part of it - because those are the ones who will turn up and cheer at Trump's rallies. The entire world economy and diplomatic system has become a crowd-pulling loudhailer for his rambling, ego-boost extravaganzas. |
Rubio's pretty experienced though seems to be being sidelined by Trump with Witkoff taking the lead. I mean, why is Witkoff taking the lead with Putin? His official role is Special Envoy to the Middle East. Wouldn't it have made more sense to send the Secretary of State, at the very least?
CNN have published an interesting article on the Rubio/Witkoff/Trump dynamic.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/21/politics/rubio-competition-for-role-of-americ [Post edited 23 Mar 11:24]
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 11:23 - Mar 23 by pointofblue |
Rubio's pretty experienced though seems to be being sidelined by Trump with Witkoff taking the lead. I mean, why is Witkoff taking the lead with Putin? His official role is Special Envoy to the Middle East. Wouldn't it have made more sense to send the Secretary of State, at the very least?
CNN have published an interesting article on the Rubio/Witkoff/Trump dynamic.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/21/politics/rubio-competition-for-role-of-americ [Post edited 23 Mar 11:24]
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Interesting article. The most noticeable bit for me is as follows:
‘Rubio does not seem like he is interested or capable in fighting back on policy issues,” the officer said, pointing to “the utter abandonment of Ukraine.”
Rubio looks to me to be a weak man interested only in his career. He wants the title of his current job on his CV for his run at the top job further down the line. To me, that makes him a flunky. A lickspittle. Why bother listening to anything he has to say?
He’s clearly not respected by Trump and his henchmen otherwise there wouldn’t be announcements of tariffs and derogatory statements against Canada while Rubio was in the room with G7 people. He’ll be out on his earhole before too long.
As for that sack of wind and p1ss Witkoff, he’s the man. He’s the negotiator and is Trump’s puppet. Just there to mouth his nonsense and pave the way for the great man’s peace prize and to take what profit they can out of Putin/Trump’s victory over Ukraine before ethnic cleansing Gaza and swallowing territories that are not theirs. [Post edited 23 Mar 13:19]
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 15:59 - Mar 23 with 1945 views | Guthrum |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 11:23 - Mar 23 by pointofblue |
Rubio's pretty experienced though seems to be being sidelined by Trump with Witkoff taking the lead. I mean, why is Witkoff taking the lead with Putin? His official role is Special Envoy to the Middle East. Wouldn't it have made more sense to send the Secretary of State, at the very least?
CNN have published an interesting article on the Rubio/Witkoff/Trump dynamic.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/21/politics/rubio-competition-for-role-of-americ [Post edited 23 Mar 11:24]
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Rubio's experience is limited to Latin America (his own cultural background) and upsetting the Chinese. Hardly a match for Lavrov, who has been at the sharp end of Soviet/Russian diplomacy and international relations for over half a century, with two decades in the top job. | |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 16:48 - Mar 23 with 1852 views | bluejacko |
The Russian wouldn’t talk to Kellogg who had at least an understanding of what they are like and instead got this idiot parroting Kremlin propaganda on a talk show! If this is the narrative of discussions between the US and Russia Ukraine might as well bite the bullet and tell both of them to shove it the consequences be damed because they are getting nothing off this clown!
While we are at the king should put his foot down as well and not give a state visit to a tyrant threatening a country who he is head or state of and in the commonwealth 🤬 [Post edited 23 Mar 18:16]
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 18:11 - Mar 23 with 1716 views | LeoMuff |
They are trying to pick the pockets of Ukraine for mineral deal, powerstation while at the same time got an eye on Russian resources which if they give Putin what he wants they will get some share of, totally morally bankrupt |  |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 18:41 - Mar 23 with 1666 views | BLUEBEAT |
And then there is this…
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Jessica Aber’s death feels like one of those stories that’s meant to fade quietly into the background — a tragic headline that people are supposed to forget. But when a career prosecutor who spent her life chasing Russian cybercriminals, CIA leaks, and war criminals turns up dead just weeks after resigning, forgetting isn’t an option.
Aber, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead at her home in Alexandria on March 22. She was 43 years old. Police haven’t said how she died, but the timing — and her unfinished business — makes it impossible to ignore.
THE PROSECUTOR WHO WOULDN’T BACK DOWN
Jessica Aber wasn’t just a lawyer — she was the person you sent in when things got messy.
In January, just before her resignation, Aber helped put Asif Rahman, a former CIA analyst, behind bars for leaking top-secret information about Israeli military plans against Iran. The information ended up splashed across social media in October 2024.
Aber didn’t mince words when Rahman pleaded guilty. She warned that his leak had “placed lives at risk” and “compromised our ability to collect vital intelligence in the future.” That’s prosecutor-speak for this guy seriously screwed things up. Whatever Rahman leaked, it wasn’t just embarrassing — it was dangerous.
BIG CASES, BIGGER ENEMIES
Aber’s cases didn’t stop there. In November 2024, her office prosecuted a Virginia-based company accused of funneling sensitive U.S. technology to a Russian telecom firm with Kremlin ties. It wasn’t exactly an accident — the company allegedly disguised shipments and played fast and loose with American tech that Russia wasn’t supposed to have.
Then there was the war crimes indictment. Aber’s office charged four Russian-linked individuals with torturing and unlawfully detaining a U.S. national in Ukraine. She wasn’t just making legal noise — she was putting serious pressure on powerful figures with deep connections.
Aber’s career was a parade of people you wouldn’t want showing up at your funeral — oligarchs, cybercriminals, and corrupt players with resources to make problems disappear.
A SUSPICIOUS EXIT
Aber resigned in January 2025, just after Donald Trump returned to power. Nobody’s said she was forced out, but resigning from one of the country’s most powerful U.S. Attorney’s offices weeks after jailing a rogue CIA analyst feels a little too clean.
It’s not hard to imagine why someone like Aber might suddenly find herself in a tight spot. Trump’s return came with a wave of loyalty tests and DOJ shakeups — and Aber’s aggressive pursuit of Russian networks and CIA leaks doesn’t exactly scream “team player” in this new political climate.
If she was pressured to resign, what cases got quietly buried when she left?
A SYSTEM THAT’S GONE SOFT ON POWER
The Supreme Court’s ruling in July 2024 handed Trump near-total immunity for “core presidential powers,” including military command. Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that this decision could allow a president to order an assassination — and face no legal consequences.
By the time Aber resigned, that ruling had already cast a long shadow over the Department of Justice. Prosecutors like Aber — the kind who took on powerful players with foreign connections — were now working in an environment where accountability had been gutted.
If Aber’s investigations had exposed something that threatened powerful interests, the court’s ruling would have made it easier for those interests to apply pressure — or worse — without consequence.
Her resignation may have been voluntary. It may not have been. But by the time Aber walked away from her post, the guardrails protecting prosecutors like her were already crumbling.
WHAT DID ABER KNOW?
Jessica Aber knew things that mattered — things that powerful people wanted buried. She chased down Russian cybercriminals, locked up a CIA leaker who compromised military intelligence, and tangled with foreign operatives who wouldn’t hesitate to make problems disappear.
Now she’s gone, and the timing stinks.
Maybe her death was just an awful coincidence. Maybe it wasn’t. But when the people investigating corruption start turning up dead, there’s only one responsible thing to do:
Start asking louder questions. |  |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 19:59 - Mar 23 with 1582 views | Churchman |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 18:41 - Mar 23 by BLUEBEAT |
And then there is this…
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Jessica Aber’s death feels like one of those stories that’s meant to fade quietly into the background — a tragic headline that people are supposed to forget. But when a career prosecutor who spent her life chasing Russian cybercriminals, CIA leaks, and war criminals turns up dead just weeks after resigning, forgetting isn’t an option.
Aber, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead at her home in Alexandria on March 22. She was 43 years old. Police haven’t said how she died, but the timing — and her unfinished business — makes it impossible to ignore.
THE PROSECUTOR WHO WOULDN’T BACK DOWN
Jessica Aber wasn’t just a lawyer — she was the person you sent in when things got messy.
In January, just before her resignation, Aber helped put Asif Rahman, a former CIA analyst, behind bars for leaking top-secret information about Israeli military plans against Iran. The information ended up splashed across social media in October 2024.
Aber didn’t mince words when Rahman pleaded guilty. She warned that his leak had “placed lives at risk” and “compromised our ability to collect vital intelligence in the future.” That’s prosecutor-speak for this guy seriously screwed things up. Whatever Rahman leaked, it wasn’t just embarrassing — it was dangerous.
BIG CASES, BIGGER ENEMIES
Aber’s cases didn’t stop there. In November 2024, her office prosecuted a Virginia-based company accused of funneling sensitive U.S. technology to a Russian telecom firm with Kremlin ties. It wasn’t exactly an accident — the company allegedly disguised shipments and played fast and loose with American tech that Russia wasn’t supposed to have.
Then there was the war crimes indictment. Aber’s office charged four Russian-linked individuals with torturing and unlawfully detaining a U.S. national in Ukraine. She wasn’t just making legal noise — she was putting serious pressure on powerful figures with deep connections.
Aber’s career was a parade of people you wouldn’t want showing up at your funeral — oligarchs, cybercriminals, and corrupt players with resources to make problems disappear.
A SUSPICIOUS EXIT
Aber resigned in January 2025, just after Donald Trump returned to power. Nobody’s said she was forced out, but resigning from one of the country’s most powerful U.S. Attorney’s offices weeks after jailing a rogue CIA analyst feels a little too clean.
It’s not hard to imagine why someone like Aber might suddenly find herself in a tight spot. Trump’s return came with a wave of loyalty tests and DOJ shakeups — and Aber’s aggressive pursuit of Russian networks and CIA leaks doesn’t exactly scream “team player” in this new political climate.
If she was pressured to resign, what cases got quietly buried when she left?
A SYSTEM THAT’S GONE SOFT ON POWER
The Supreme Court’s ruling in July 2024 handed Trump near-total immunity for “core presidential powers,” including military command. Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that this decision could allow a president to order an assassination — and face no legal consequences.
By the time Aber resigned, that ruling had already cast a long shadow over the Department of Justice. Prosecutors like Aber — the kind who took on powerful players with foreign connections — were now working in an environment where accountability had been gutted.
If Aber’s investigations had exposed something that threatened powerful interests, the court’s ruling would have made it easier for those interests to apply pressure — or worse — without consequence.
Her resignation may have been voluntary. It may not have been. But by the time Aber walked away from her post, the guardrails protecting prosecutors like her were already crumbling.
WHAT DID ABER KNOW?
Jessica Aber knew things that mattered — things that powerful people wanted buried. She chased down Russian cybercriminals, locked up a CIA leaker who compromised military intelligence, and tangled with foreign operatives who wouldn’t hesitate to make problems disappear.
Now she’s gone, and the timing stinks.
Maybe her death was just an awful coincidence. Maybe it wasn’t. But when the people investigating corruption start turning up dead, there’s only one responsible thing to do:
Start asking louder questions. |
It was interesting to note that Putin went to church to pray for his friend Trump. Wasn’t too bothered about going to church to pray for all the people he’s had killed before you get to the 100s of 1000s killed and injured in his wars. Because they don’t matter. Unimportant.
The thing is the more bad things you do the easier it gets and in some cases the more pleasure you derive from it. A lot of people enjoy killing. It’s as simple as that.
How much are Trump and Netanyahu bothered about wiping out 40k Palestinians and rising? Not in the least, don’t care. Why? Because they are considered vermin by those two. In trump’s case there’s nothing to exploit or shake down so they’re nothing.
That’s why the Trumps, Putins of this world are beyond dangerous. There’s no reasoning with madmen like this. They only understand one language. [Post edited 23 Mar 22:05]
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 21:31 - Mar 23 with 1476 views | monkeymagic |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 19:59 - Mar 23 by Churchman |
It was interesting to note that Putin went to church to pray for his friend Trump. Wasn’t too bothered about going to church to pray for all the people he’s had killed before you get to the 100s of 1000s killed and injured in his wars. Because they don’t matter. Unimportant.
The thing is the more bad things you do the easier it gets and in some cases the more pleasure you derive from it. A lot of people enjoy killing. It’s as simple as that.
How much are Trump and Netanyahu bothered about wiping out 40k Palestinians and rising? Not in the least, don’t care. Why? Because they are considered vermin by those two. In trump’s case there’s nothing to exploit or shake down so they’re nothing.
That’s why the Trumps, Putins of this world are beyond dangerous. There’s no reasoning with madmen like this. They only understand one language. [Post edited 23 Mar 22:05]
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When Trump was first elected, I naively thought the US system had fail safe checks and balances that would reign him in. They seemed ineffective then and almost non existent now. Having originally figured Trump would never be president again and that ‘normal’ would return, I admit that I’m now getting quite anxious. Goodness knows what the World will be like in 4 years time. | | | |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 23:57 - Mar 23 with 1377 views | Eireannach_gorm |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 18:41 - Mar 23 by BLUEBEAT |
And then there is this…
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Jessica Aber’s death feels like one of those stories that’s meant to fade quietly into the background — a tragic headline that people are supposed to forget. But when a career prosecutor who spent her life chasing Russian cybercriminals, CIA leaks, and war criminals turns up dead just weeks after resigning, forgetting isn’t an option.
Aber, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead at her home in Alexandria on March 22. She was 43 years old. Police haven’t said how she died, but the timing — and her unfinished business — makes it impossible to ignore.
THE PROSECUTOR WHO WOULDN’T BACK DOWN
Jessica Aber wasn’t just a lawyer — she was the person you sent in when things got messy.
In January, just before her resignation, Aber helped put Asif Rahman, a former CIA analyst, behind bars for leaking top-secret information about Israeli military plans against Iran. The information ended up splashed across social media in October 2024.
Aber didn’t mince words when Rahman pleaded guilty. She warned that his leak had “placed lives at risk” and “compromised our ability to collect vital intelligence in the future.” That’s prosecutor-speak for this guy seriously screwed things up. Whatever Rahman leaked, it wasn’t just embarrassing — it was dangerous.
BIG CASES, BIGGER ENEMIES
Aber’s cases didn’t stop there. In November 2024, her office prosecuted a Virginia-based company accused of funneling sensitive U.S. technology to a Russian telecom firm with Kremlin ties. It wasn’t exactly an accident — the company allegedly disguised shipments and played fast and loose with American tech that Russia wasn’t supposed to have.
Then there was the war crimes indictment. Aber’s office charged four Russian-linked individuals with torturing and unlawfully detaining a U.S. national in Ukraine. She wasn’t just making legal noise — she was putting serious pressure on powerful figures with deep connections.
Aber’s career was a parade of people you wouldn’t want showing up at your funeral — oligarchs, cybercriminals, and corrupt players with resources to make problems disappear.
A SUSPICIOUS EXIT
Aber resigned in January 2025, just after Donald Trump returned to power. Nobody’s said she was forced out, but resigning from one of the country’s most powerful U.S. Attorney’s offices weeks after jailing a rogue CIA analyst feels a little too clean.
It’s not hard to imagine why someone like Aber might suddenly find herself in a tight spot. Trump’s return came with a wave of loyalty tests and DOJ shakeups — and Aber’s aggressive pursuit of Russian networks and CIA leaks doesn’t exactly scream “team player” in this new political climate.
If she was pressured to resign, what cases got quietly buried when she left?
A SYSTEM THAT’S GONE SOFT ON POWER
The Supreme Court’s ruling in July 2024 handed Trump near-total immunity for “core presidential powers,” including military command. Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that this decision could allow a president to order an assassination — and face no legal consequences.
By the time Aber resigned, that ruling had already cast a long shadow over the Department of Justice. Prosecutors like Aber — the kind who took on powerful players with foreign connections — were now working in an environment where accountability had been gutted.
If Aber’s investigations had exposed something that threatened powerful interests, the court’s ruling would have made it easier for those interests to apply pressure — or worse — without consequence.
Her resignation may have been voluntary. It may not have been. But by the time Aber walked away from her post, the guardrails protecting prosecutors like her were already crumbling.
WHAT DID ABER KNOW?
Jessica Aber knew things that mattered — things that powerful people wanted buried. She chased down Russian cybercriminals, locked up a CIA leaker who compromised military intelligence, and tangled with foreign operatives who wouldn’t hesitate to make problems disappear.
Now she’s gone, and the timing stinks.
Maybe her death was just an awful coincidence. Maybe it wasn’t. But when the people investigating corruption start turning up dead, there’s only one responsible thing to do:
Start asking louder questions. |
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d4kex0w2ro |  | | |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 00:20 - Mar 24 with 1337 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:34 - Mar 23 by You_Bloo_Right |
"Roosevelt was certain that he, not Churchill, knew how to handle the Soviet leader and Stalin played up to this. Roosevelt believed that it was just a matter of winning Stalin's trust ..."
Berlin, Antony Beevor
Whatever the U.S. motives for cosying up to Putin, the similarities in naivety are too close to ignore. |
Roosevelt was a Three Term* President, too.
Edit: *And a teeny bit of a Fourth Term [Post edited 24 Mar 0:25]
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 08:28 - Mar 24 with 1112 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 00:20 - Mar 24 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Roosevelt was a Three Term* President, too.
Edit: *And a teeny bit of a Fourth Term [Post edited 24 Mar 0:25]
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Well if you fancy WW2 parallels how about ..
For Ukraine read Czechoslovakia.
Or Europe read Poland and the Nazi-Soviet pact.
But then I have been re-reading Beevor's histories so probably just recency bias. | |
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| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 09:09 - Mar 24 with 1018 views | Churchman |
| Steve Witkoff interview by Tucker Carson on 08:28 - Mar 24 by You_Bloo_Right |
Well if you fancy WW2 parallels how about ..
For Ukraine read Czechoslovakia.
Or Europe read Poland and the Nazi-Soviet pact.
But then I have been re-reading Beevor's histories so probably just recency bias. |
I think those parallels are scarily correct.
Worryingly, I am not convinced Starmer and his party truly realise how grave the situation is. We are talking about very existence as we know it here.
It reminds me of the post-Munich period when the threat was obvious but the opposition parties were against rearmament. Notably parliament passed the Military Training Act, a limited conscription, two months after Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939 when even the most desperate, deluded appeaser could no longer avoid the threat.
Appeasement cost millions of lives and this country its economy. It shapes our lives to this day and the least we should be doing is not forgetting history’s lessons. I know there are dozens of priorities, but none matter if we cannot control to some extent our own future. Let’s hope things are happening behind the scenes.
Beevor’s books are excellent btw. Far better, more rounded and accurate than that rather bitter, weird man Max Hastings.
There is no recency bias on your part in my view. | | | |
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