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Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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> the FBI received a tip from someone who stated they were a former romantic partner of Williams. That says it all.

Yep! Likely broke off the relationship because she is some combination of dangerous/crazy - partners know a lot of the crazy stuff you've done and not been caught for.

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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> to Russians I don't understand why they say "to Russians" or "to the Russians" instead of "to Russian intelligence". It's like being Russian is the crime itself. They wouldn't write "tried to sell the computer to Jews".

In this case, the accusation is that she literally wanted to sell the laptop to some Russian acquaintances, with the assumption that they would handle the secondary sale to the Russian government.

Re: Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

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> to Russians I don't understand why they say "to Russians" or "to the Russians" instead of "to Russian intelligence". It's like being Russian is the crime itself. They wouldn't write "tried to sell the computer to Jews".

> They wouldn't write "tried to sell the computer to Jews".

No, because they'd say "tried to sell the computer to Israelis." Jews are a race and Russians/Israelis are citizens of a country.

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