Russia's involvement in U.S. election was personally headed by Putin and Trump

[LaydeeBug]

This is so fucking important:

Putin selected which material to leak and when, creating a narrative that caused a disruption within the Democratic Party—which the press eagerly followed and elaborated, on release by release. But Putin may have had help in that planning.

Donald Trump denied Russian involvement despite being briefed on the evidence multiple times. Now the White House indicates that Trump may have already known Russia was involved, and that his request for Putin to hack Hillary Clinton’s email was far from a joke.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/15/1611318/-Russia-s-involvement-in-US-election-was-personally-headed-by-Putin-and-Trump

and:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-officials-putin-personally-involved-u-s-election-hack-n696146

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. "I'll just go on TV"

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[Lucinda]

12. :)

Sounds about right!

[Botany]

2. It was a coup and people commited treason

n/t

[cstanleytech]

18. Agreed if and I stress "if" Trump was involved in such backroom deals with Russia then yes its

treason and if any Repugnant be it a Senator or a Congressman attempts to help him cover it up by trying to derail or stall an investigation then they should be charged as a co-conspirator.

[progree]

20. Trump mentioned Wikileaks 164 times in last month of election campaign

Trump mentioned Wikileaks 164 times in last month of election campaign, now claims it didnt impact one voter, 1/7/17

One person who thought Wikileaks and the hacked information could and should have an impact on the result was Donald Trump. In the final month of the campaign Trump mentioned Wikileaks every day and in virtually every public appearance.

Trump mentioned Wikileaks in each presidential debate, which were watched by tens of millions of people.

Trump described the contents of the emails released by Wikileaks as disqualifying Hillary Clinton from the presidency. Trump used Wikileaks as proof to his claims that she was corrupt and the system was corrupt— both the political system and the media. (The media, Trump insisted, would not cover Wikileaks.)

Trump encouraged his supporters to read Wikileaks. He delighted in each new release. He marveled at the damage Wikileaks was doing to her campaign.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028444159

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Trump talked about Wikileaks incessantly during last month of campaign, analysis finds,

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-talked-about-wikileaks-incessantly-during-last-month-of-campaign-analysis-finds-175831999.html

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“I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said at a news conference in July.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rips-white-house-for-russia-comments-why-did-they-only-complain-after-hillary-lost-150438524.html

[workinclasszero]

33. Treason on the part of Trump and all Republicans involved

and Jill Stein let's not forget her part in the plot.

As far as Putin hacking our presidential election....

That is an act of war.

[Cha]

3. KICK

[Pachamama]

4. When I heard the news about Russia's UN Ambassador "dying" today unexpectedly

I immediately asked myself:

Did he die because of what he knows about conversations between Trump campaign and Russia and was a contact, or because he may be a source about it?



I think it wasn't natural causes and it is one of those two reasons.

[Kath2]

5. Right on.

I find that very suspicious.

I wouldn't put anything past Twitler.

[Pachamama]

7. Certainly not the Russians - they wouldn't think twice of taking out anyone opposing them

But then again Traitor Trump acknowledged we are killers too...

[Kath2]

8. Trump is dangerous.

i just hope he gets impeached or is forced to resign before he does more damage.

[George II]

16. Well, unless they claim "diplomatic immunity" and immediately ship the body to Russia...

....there most likely will be some kind of involvement by the ME, maybe even an autopsy.

[LaydeeBug]

19. I tought the same thing too nt

[rzemanfl]

22. I think the quotes should be around "unexpectedly."

Whatever the cause, the man is unquestionably deceased. I had the same suspicions the moment I saw the headline and thought of the unexpected death at the Russian Embassy on Election Day.

[calimary]

26. When I heard that, my first thought was - "hmmm, how convenient."

Seems pretty fishy to me.

[malaise]

6. Duh!

Coup!

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. Kick

[elias7]

10. Why, Comey?

What makes no sense to me is why Comey would sabotage Clinton with such flimsy material 11 days before an election when he was aware of much of this stuff between Trump and Putin.

[Lucinda]

13. One theory floating around is that he did it to keep his line of investigation

uncorrupted. Long read, but interesting:

https://patribotics.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/dear-mr-putin-lets-play-chess-louise-mensch-trump-russia/

[elias7]

30. Wow. Incredible read.

Thank goodness for really smart people.

[Lucinda]

31. Her entire blog is interesting reading!

[LiberalLovinLug]

21. Another theory

He was promised a healthy cut on the potential billions from new real estate and oil profits.

[mikelewis]

32. That's a bad theory...

There's not one shred of evidence to back that up. While his actions pre-election are puzzling, a traitor he is not.

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. Its a theory. It cannot be good or bad

Unless you have a shred of evidence that Comey is not in on it it remains a theory. There are billions upon billions in potential profits. But Comey is immune to greed? His one-sided actions were "puzzling"? Yet you dismiss this out of hand and refuse to entertain any possibility that this puzzling behaviour could have any nefarious origin....because......your gut tells you he's a swell guy?

[mikelewis]

36. No, it's not a gut thing. It's an innocent until proven guilty thing...

For that matter, prove you're not a Russian spy. Director Comey, despite the bizarre, seemingly unexplainable interjection into our election has not made any moves that lead me to believe he is involved at any level. In fact, certain things he's done have more than reassured me that he's on the country's side... he's an ally, and until you can provide evidence to the contrary, I'll believe my eyes and not innuendo on a chat site.

[joet67]

14. Kick!

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. removal. jail. for Trump - and that's just for a start.

[dhill926]

17. interested to see what comes of this...

not holding my breath though. Gotta be extremely difficult to prove allegations....

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. Important, but from December n/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. K & R

[mn9driver]

25. It would be nice to see current reporting on this.

And that isn't going to happen without a real investigation and real hearings.

Which so far do not look like they are actually going to happen.

[BadGimp]

27. This is not NEW information unlese you are seeing it for the first time.

But I suspect that may be the case for many.

[LaydeeBug]

29. It definitely warrants repeating. nt

[yuiyoshida]

28. K&R and Tweeted

[spanone]

35. K&R...