Senate panel to investigate Russian election interference

[pnwmom]

Source: USA Today

President Trump may want to "move on" from Russia's attempted interference in last fall's presidential election, but two senators announced Thursday that they are launching a bipartisan investigation of Russia's efforts to influence the U.S. election and democratic elections in other nations.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, which they lead, will hold both closed-door and public discussions as they look into Russia's meddling.

"Our goal is simple to the fullest extent possible we want to shine a light on Russian activities to undermine democracy," the two senators said in a joint statement. "Our efforts will be guided by the belief that we have an obligation to follow the facts wherever they may lead."

The U.S. intelligence community last year concluded that Russia tried to interfere in America's election in order to help Trump and hurt Democrat Hillary Clinton. They said there was no evidence that Russia's efforts affected the actual vote count. Russian hackers stole emails from both the Democratic National Committee and Clinton's campaign during the election. Democrats were embarrassed during the election season by internal emails that were posted by WikiLeaks.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/02/02/senate-panel-investigate-russian-election-interference/97411482/

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The Senate Intelligence Committee has also announced a bipartisan investigation.

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/314298-senate-intel-committee-to-probe-russian-interference-in-election

The Senate Intelligence Committee announced Friday that it will be launching a bipartisan inquiry into Russian intelligence activities, including looking into whether President-elect Donald Trump's allies were in contact with the Kremlin.

[Chasstev365]

1. Let's hope it's real!

[cstanleytech]

2. I have no doubt that it's real, a real attempt to prevent a full investigation and control the scope

of it so as to prevent anything criminal and or unethical from being discovered on the part of Trump as well as senior Republican officials.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

4. Not with Schumer and Franken on the committee

eom

[cstanleytech]

14. Never underestimate the power of deception and misdirection of the Republicans when

it comes to finding ways around obstacles to protect one of their own.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

3. Good...this could lead to impeachment

All these Russian double agents that were working with the US being found out right after Trump took over smells a lot like espionage to me.


Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
Jurisdiction: (1) Oversight of the Department of Justice's (a) Criminal Division, (b) Drug Enforcement Administration, (c) Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, (d) Office on Violence Against Women, (e) U.S. Marshals Service, (f) Community Oriented Policing Services and related law enforcement grants, (g) Bureau of Prisons, (h) Office of the Pardon Attorney, (i) U.S. Parole Commission, (j) Federal Bureau of Investigation, and (k) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as it relates to crime or drug policy; (2) Oversight of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; (3) Youth violence and directly related issues; (4) Federal programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (including the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act); (5) Criminal justice and victims' rights policy; (6) Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (7) Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service; (8) Corrections, rehabilitation, reentry and other detention-related policy; and (9) Parole and probation policy; (10) Oversight of anti-terrorism enforcement and policy; (11) Oversight of Department of Homeland Security functions as they relate to anti-terrorism enforcement and policy; (12) Oversight of State Department consular operations as they relate to anti-terrorism enforcement and policy; (13) Oversight of encryption policies and export licensing; and (14) Oversight of espionage laws and their enforcement.

Members of this committee:

Graham (R)
Vitter (R)
Sessions (will be gone)
Cornyn (R)
Flake (R)
Whitehouse (D)
Schumer (D)
Klobuchar (D)
Franken (D)

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/subcommittees

[Chipper Chat]

5. Can't McTurtle squash this?

Doesn't he have the power to just not allow it to go forward?

[0rganism]

6. which will of course exonerate the Russians from all allegations of illicit interference

ah, the joys of a united government ruled by a malignant narcissist and his foreign puppetmaster

the next 2 years will be a celebration of corruption unlike any we have ever witnessed before

[pnwmom]

8. Why do you think Democrats like Schumer and Franken would go along with that?

[0rganism]

11. who will have the majority in the investigative committee?

maybe they can produce a minority report for future historians to reference

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

12. Once Sessions is gone it will be a 4-4 split

And Lindsey Graham is a bit of a Russia hawk...and he leads the committee.

[0rganism]

13. might take a while for Sessions to go

they might keep him around in the senate just to help with the coverup

[bdamomma]

7. why does this stuff take so long

these investigations???? I wonder what kind of intel they have???

we have some enlightening info on here. I have been printing out everything.

[bora13]

9. There's a rat in mi kitchen what am I gonna do?

Rat In Mi Kitchen

There's a rat in mi kitchen what am I gonna do?
There's a rat in mi kitchen what am I gonna go?
I'm gonna fix that rat thats what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna fix that rat.

When you open your mouth you don't talk, you shout
And you give every body the blame,
But when they catch you up,
They will shut you up
And you got no one to blame

When you out on the street,
You practice lies and deceipt
And you scandalize my name
But when I catch you up
I'm gonna pull you up
I'm gonna check-out inside your brain

When yo deh pon the scene,
You make everyone scream
Because they know your so unjust
But when they catch you up
They will kick you up
Because you someone they cannot trust

You invade my space
Make me feel disgraced
And you just don't give a damn
If I had my way
If I had my say
I'd like to see you hang

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. Please. This election outcome is not legit.

[triron]

15. Yes this from "The Plot to Hack America"

"The Next Attack

The Russian ability to launch an attack with a “weapon of Mass Disruption” has yet to occur, but could come at a time of Russia’s choosing. Should the Kremlin game out that the time is right to politically and economically destabilize America and finally topple it from being the shining city on the capitalist hill to collapsing under its own ignorance and faith in a parlor tricking, reality show con man, then a massive hack on election day is well within its capability. The Lucky-7 Information Warfare Management Cell doesn’t need to get into the electronic voting machines. The Russian IWMC and its Lucky-7 operations team just needs to change just one column of electoral tallies in one state just long enough to make the tens of millions of Trump voters finally believe that the election was being stolen by Hillary Clinton. No matter what the evidence, no matter who will ask for calm, they won’t believe anything other than treachery because Donald Trump has convinced a third of the American electorate that the entire American electoral system has always been corrupt. The greatest danger now is that any outcome other than the election of Donald Trump will not be accepted and demands for a new election and rejection of the result will cripple the nation in ways not seen since 1860 secession. It could lead some states to suggest just that should the outcome be not to their liking. At that point the prospect of a second American civil war is not only viable, but likely."

Except the treachery was actually committed against Hillary. And the election was stolen for Trump.