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malaise

(268,969 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 09:10 PM Dec 2016

When Groper Don the Con called on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's email

email, he should have been disqualified as a candidate in the US elections and arrested for treason.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-putin-no-relationship-226282
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Donald Trump invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails on Wednesday, asking one of America’s longstanding geopolitical adversaries to find “the 30,000 emails that are missing” from the personal server she used during her time as secretary of state.

“I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” the Republican nominee said at a news conference in Florida. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”


Trump’s comments set off an immediate uproar from the Clinton campaign, which blasted the remarks as a threat to national security.

“This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent,” Hillary for America policy adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement. "That’s not hyperbole, those are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue."
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Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
9. YES he is ............. because I believe he has an inferiority complex
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 09:26 PM
Dec 2016

BECAUSE HE IS INFERIOR ...........I do not believe he could satisfy his father

 
3. In 2011 Trump sued Bill Maher for not keeping a $5,000,000 bet he made on a late night tv interview
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 09:19 PM
Dec 2016

In which Trump had to show his birth certificate to prove that he is not half-orangutan. So we have evidence that Trump believes that "things said in jest" are binding legal contracts. He contracted the Russians to hack his opponent. This is a fact.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
5. That was in July correct? The Hacks started the previous Sept.
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 09:21 PM
Dec 2016

It becomes a question of what did he know and when did he know it?

He did tweet at some point prior to the Wikileaks releases, so he had to have some awareness.

Although the Guccifer 2 hacker said he was giving the info to Wikileaks.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
8. The cyber connection between Trump tower and Russia is the key
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 09:26 PM
Dec 2016

Problem being the FBI has the info and they are partisan now

world wide wally

(21,742 posts)
10. A perfect example of justice in America
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 12:45 AM
Dec 2016

A young black man will be killed by police for literally no reason and nothing comes of it besides a grieving family.
But a billionaire asking help from a foreign country to fight a political opponent only serves to recruit our own FBI to do his dirty work.

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