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procon

(15,805 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 05:25 AM Mar 2020

Russian oligarch gloats after DoJ drops charges.

Seriously, is the DoJ working for Putin? It sure looks like Trump handed them a big, juicy prize by dropping charges, so what did he get in exchange?

Why? The DoJ had enough evidence against The Russians to indict them and their trial was scheduled to start a few weeks. What intel was going to be revealed in that trial that Trump wanted to keep the public from knowing?



CNN: Russian oligarch gloats after US Justice Department drops election-meddling charges.


(CNN)Russian oligarch Yevegeny Prigozhin, who bankrolled the troll farm that meddled in the 2016 presidential election, took a victory lap on Tuesday after the US Justice Department dropped charges against two of his companies, weeks before a scheduled trial.

President Donald Trump also trumpeted the development, even though it was a setback for his own Justice Department. While Trump dealt with the coronavirus pandemic, he found time Monday evening to re-tweet two tweets that said the outcome tarnished the legacy of the Russia investigation that Mueller led. One of the tweets read, "How embarrassing for Team Mueller."




https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/politics/russia-troll-farm-reaction/index.html





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Russian oligarch gloats after DoJ drops charges. (Original Post) procon Mar 2020 OP
This was accomplished by trump pressuring barr duforsure Mar 2020 #1
November can't come soon enough captain queeg Mar 2020 #2
Republicans are wicked excellent at fellating Russia Champp Mar 2020 #3

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
1. This was accomplished by trump pressuring barr
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 05:31 AM
Mar 2020

Probably so they can lift sanctions for putin, and I wonder how much putin paid them to do this , and how much help he's giving them for re-election. trump's a putin's puppet , and now putin has gotten the gop compromised with trump.

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