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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSeth Abramson: 'The Russian scandal was a bribery scandal.'
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But most Americans have forgotten what happened. Short attention spans.
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Seth Abramson: 'The Russian scandal was a bribery scandal.' (Original Post)
triron
Nov 2019
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)1. Actually, it was treason, common man's definition.
Let's not let ourselves be distracted by the beyond enormous, literally priceless gift Trump's actions in that region have been to our nation's, and the planet's, most determined enemy.
Trump does not have to understand or care a penny about planetary balances of power to have betrayed our nation, and our allies, and he unquestionably has. Dreadfully.
triron
(21,914 posts)2. I have to agree with you. Abramson seems stymied from using that narrative.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. One of thousands kicking a common catch-attention-phrase.
Baltimike
(4,123 posts)4. **IS** a bribery scandal....***IS***. nt
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)5. Let's be honest,
looking more and more like the Greatest Money Laundry Operation in World History. And yes,Bribes is just one part of it.
Where did all these Russian Rubles go? Wall Street Hedge Funds and REIT's.