Reminder Congress, FBI & other gov agencies knew of Trump's illicit Russia ties WELL BEFORE election

[kpete]

Nearly everything being presented as a "revelation" is something that was warned about and ignored.
Here's Harry Reid in 2016 on Comey ignoring the threat.

Here is what Harry Reid wrote to James Comey about Trump-Russia collusion. US citizens deserve to know. http://www.reid.senate.gov/press_releases/2016-10-30-in-letter-reid-says-comey-may-have-broken-the-law#.WDmfGnTnbqA …

Link to tweet

[FreepFryer]

1. Not necessarily ignored. There's a reason we've got such good intel on Trump-Russia comms.

The national security demands:
1. Removal of foreign corruption, amidst
2. a peaceful transition of power.

[BSdetect]

5. If they were planniong to rob a bank action would have been taken before they could so...

but robbing a country of a legitimate election was OK?

Just let that happen?

Come on.

[FreepFryer]

8. What should have been done, and what would have been the likeliest result?

It’s absolutely not as simple as “let it happen” or not. An election took place, civil unrest did not explode across the country, the appointment of a special counsel and initiation of a host of investigations took place, sanctions against Russia remained, and the incompetence of Trump has increasingly led America to repudiate him, as we learn more and more of what the IC already knew. We now have a Democratic majority incoming in the House, with all the investigative powers that means - and the US government, despite the seismic shocks and SCIF skips, has not fallen. That may well have been the level of existential concern the IC faced.

Believe it or not, imho this is the path that leads to an outcome that ensures the strongest US democracy.

[dlk]

13. Comey's Letter to Congress re Hillary's Emails Should Never Have Been Sent

He is an opportunist and saw an opening that would serve his desired outcome of the election. Comey is far from having clean hands.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. The fact that he sent that letter, knowing what he did about Trump

puts him in the dog house for life.

[anarch]

2. I remember a bunch of them being briefed, and walking out looking like they'd seen a ghost

or some horrid, Lovecraftian creature from the abyss...

I imagine there were conversations along the lines of "holy shit, what do we do? if people find out about this, our entire nation and all of our fundamental structures of government and democracy will be seen as a complete farce! I guess we'll just have to keep on acting like everything's ok so that people don't panic...."

I imagine similar conversations happening about climate change.

And a couple of other topics....

[dalton99a]

6. You're probably thinking about Comey's closed-door briefing in March 2017

Link to tweet

[blueinredohio]

3. The gang of eight knew about it for sure.

But did they tell everyone else in congress and Senate?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. K&R...

Not only the FBI but also others know about large-scale criminal fraud at Trump University and his income tax evasion. However, I think income tax evasion falls under I.R.S. jurisdiction. Did you read about tRump cutting I.R.S. funding?

[Iliyah]

7. McTurtle and Lying Ryan

absolutely knew and buried it. It was the wishes of the elite right wingers. GOPers knew and to date does nothing about it. There purpose of owing the courts, especially US SC was more important than the welfare the country in whole, plus they truly wanted tax cuts for the upper class while screwing the working middle class and poor.

Voter suppression, gerrymandering, outright theft, cheating, stealing.

Taxation without representation.

[marylandblue]

9. This is like Watergate too

I think it was quite obvious before the1972 election that it was much more than an amateur rogue operation, but nobody said anything and people voted for Nixon because they hated McGovern.

[JudyM]

10. This is certainly troubling.

And makes Comey’s “revelation” re: Clinton investigation that much more abhorrent.

[Duppers]

16. +100

[lark]

11. Comey was just another Repug operative, until drumpf turned on him.

Much much too late, he realized he'd sold our country down the drain and regretted it.

[dlk]

12. Comey's Treacherous, Partisan Actions that Greatly Affected the 2016 Election Should Not be Ignored

His current sanctimony is more than a little disgusting.

[Duppers]

15. Proving politics trumps justice in this country!

[DallasNE]

17. McConnell

President Obama went to McConnell to craft a bi-partisan statement and McConnell told Obama he would have no part of such a statement and he further stated if he decided to do this on his own he would deny it is true and charge it is a political ploy to get Clinton elected President.

At the same time McConnell was refusing to hold hearings on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. McConnell would do anything to deliver that Supreme Court seat to Trump. Winning was everything. Criminal activity wasn't even a speed bump to McConnell.