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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Mon Mar 26, 2018, 05:00 PM Mar 2018

House Republicans are realizing that ending their Russia investigation so soon made them look

ridiculous

ALTERNET

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/house-republicans-realizing-ending-russia-investigation-soon-made-look-ridiculous/

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In the indictment, one of the Russian troll farms working to interfere in the election gave instructions to “use any opportunity to criticize Hillary and the rest (except Sanders and Trump—we support them).”

Ryan was reportedly concerned that the members’ focus on these issues distracts from the fundamental issue of securing American elections in the future. He directed the members to stick to the facts about the investigation, rather than get mired in debates about the details.

Nevertheless, many Republican committee members, including Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY), have declared that they think the CIA and other intelligence agencies got this one wrong. While they agree that the Russians were trying to hurt Clinton’s chances for victory, they don’t believe the Kremlin was backing Trump. Other Republicans on the committee agree with the intelligence committee, according to Politico.

The mixed messaging and dubious conclusions are a public embarrassment, and any report the House Intelligence Committee ends up producing will have little credibility. These fractures among House Republicans reveal a party not unified in how far it is prepared to go to back Trump.

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House Republicans are realizing that ending their Russia investigation so soon made them look (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2018 OP
Ridiculous? Hell, try treasonous! central scrutinizer Mar 2018 #1
All three bought and paid for by the Koch Family. Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #2
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