Daily Kos Has Mueller asked Mitch McConnell what he knew about Trump and Russia? He should

[Botany]

As the nation digests the latest blockbuster developments in the case of the Russian asset in the Oval Office, don't forget the powerful domestic assistance Trump got in this election from Republican leadership in Congress.

If the infamous private musings of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in June 2016 are any indication, Trump's indebtedness to Putin was just assumed. "There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump," McCarthy quipped, a conversation quickly nipped in the bud by House Speaker Paul Ryan. "No leaks," he immediately interjected. "This is how we know we're a real family here."

That's the assumption Republican leadership had about Trump. And when it became clear after Trump had secured the nomination and Russia was interfering in the presidential election, when the nation's intelligence agencies had that information and presented it to congressional leadership, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell covered it up. The CIA told him that Putin is overseeing an operation to disrupt the election and to help Trump, and here is what McConnell basically said, in the words of Washington Post reporter Greg Miller, who initially broke this story: "'McConnell is basically telling [the CIA], 'you're telling us that Russia is trying to help elect Trump. If you try to come forward with this, I'm not going to sign onto any sort of public statement that would condemn Russian interference. But I will condemn you and the Obama administration for trying to mess up this election.'"

Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy all knew about Trump's ties to Putin, suspected his indebtedness to Putin, and knew Russia was trying to get Trump elected. They knew it before the election and they let it happen. They didn't just turn a blind eye, as in McConnell's case, but actively kept the American people in the dark.

McConnell (and Ryan and McCarthy) are not in Mueller's brief as far as we know. They should be. They should be forced to testify about what they knew about Russian influence in the election on behalf of Trump, and when they knew it.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/29/1816009/-Has-Mueller-interviewed-Mitch-McConnell-about-what-he-knew-about-Trump-and-Russia-He-should?detail=emaildksp

[dalton99a]

1. McConnell and Ryan knew.

[lkinwi]

2. They knew, and put party ahead of country.

[libdem4life]

11. Slight edit... put re-election ahead of country. nt

[Grasswire2]

3. we need to start thinking about who will be the next majority leader..

..if McConnell and perhaps McCarthy are forced to step out (or charged?)

[duforsure]

4. If McConnell accepted money funneled to him from putin

HE's going to prison, and Ryan also, and all others taking russian money funneled to them. I think many in the gop were well aware of where the money was coming from , and why they've protected trump. Its about to all be exposed and they all involved should be pretty scared they'll be exposed.

[UniteFightBack]

5. Yes he should be asked because he certainly didn't want to warn the country. nt

[Scarsdale]

6. The Russian money was

already flowing in to the RNC, and being shared by various politicians. THAT is what they are trying to keep secret. Ryan thinks if he "retires" he will be in the clear. How much will he be taking with him?

[Botany]

8. And not only did the GOP & Trump thrive on ...

.... Russian money but Ryan allowed the unnecessary and unending "hearings" into Hillary's "crimes" to keep going and those hearings were being fed stuff* that the Russians had stolen from Hillary and the Democrats.


* highly edited versions too

[UCmeNdc]

7. What went on behind the closed doors at the 2016 GOP convention

between the Russians and the Republican leadership?

[majdrfrtim]

9. When is Jefferson Beauregard Sessions

going to be questioned by Mueller about *his* contacts with the Russians?? Have I missed this along the way? He LIED to the Senate about this, and they turned an almost-blind eye to his dissembling and confirmed him anyway. No one seems to be mentioning him as a prospective witness before any House committees next year, either, that I’ve seen . . .

[Botany]

10. And when do we see on the news that Mike Pence was ..

.... picked by a Russian agent, Paul Manafort, to be Trump's running mate?

This "thing" is massive.

[volstork]

12. "They didn't just turn a blind eye, as in McConnell's case"

I don't think turtle turned a blind eye, else why would he block Merrick Garland's nomination. He may be the most evil f^@#er of them all.

[Botany]

14. An old friend of my family from years ago...

... who is kind of famous and hardly a Liberal thinks McConnell is an un American bastard.

[volstork]

15. I would say your family friend

is 100% correct.

[libdem4life]

13. I read somewhere on here a good quote:

paraphrased...It goes very slowly, slowly...until it doesn't...then it falls apart.

[tblue37]

17. Q: How did you go bankrupt? A: Gradually, then all at once. nt

[Amaryllis]

16. Hoping Little Adam Schitt subpoenas Mitch. Is there such a thing as senatorial immunity?

[JudyM]

18. Hoping one of those indictments has McConnell's name on it.