Is Mitch McConnell stonewalling an independent investigation into Trump/Russia to save his own skin?
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/15/1634152/-Is-Mitch-McConnell-stonewalling-an-independent-investigation-into-Trump-Russia-to-save-his-own-skinLet's just keep this in mind as Mitch McConnell continues to stonewall an independent inquirywhich would be far more public than current investigationsinto Donald Trump's Russia ties: McConnell was briefed about Russia's interference in the election last fall and he lobbied to keep that information from voters.
In September, during a secret briefing for congressional leaders, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced doubts about the veracity of the intelligence, according to officials present. [...]
McConnell raised doubts about the underlying intelligence and made clear to the [Obama] administration that he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics. [...]
McConnells office did not respond to a request for comment. After the election, Trump chose McConnells wife, Elaine Chao, as his nominee for transportation secretary.
McConnell has finally been backed into a corner on needing to extend the current probes in the House and Senate into examining ties between the Trump camp and Russian officials. But he and Paul Ryan still exercise an enormous amount of control over which parts of those investigations go public, so long as they aren't conducted by an independent body.
Look, if this thing really goes south, McConnell will have played a role in covering up the information prior to the election. Depending on what was shared in those briefings, it could prove as "explosive" for McConnell now as Harry Reid said it was last October. Remember the letter (i.e. distress signal) Reid sent to FBI director James Comey last October?
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,771 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)lostnfound
(16,138 posts)No accident, smart move on trumps part to ensure mcconnells continued support.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Mitch McConnell is all about what is in it for ME. Mitch through out his career is all about protecting hi Party at the expense of our Nation. Nothing more nothing less.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Frogg
(365 posts)What a small man...I wish the entire country really understood the damage this one man has done. He should go!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)The Tortoise has NEVER had a job in the private sector
has spent his life sucking off the government teat
has no idea what it is to live in the real world
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,783 posts)is a rhetorical question, yes?
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More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,141 posts)McConnell and Ryan want to keep this all quite. That makes me wonder where the Russians found when they hacked the RNC.
Volaris
(10,260 posts)As it would be just that kind of Republican Stoopid to leave it on a (supposedly) 'safe' computer.
Amaryllis
(9,523 posts)were off. That's a dead giveaway. But repubs are well able to steal an election on their own.
Amaryllis
(9,523 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,906 posts)will spread the carnage.
MontanaMama
(23,238 posts)His hands are in this up to his armpits.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,787 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)and he said, "Yes."
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)Congressional Republicans have dreamed of having a Republican President to sign everything they send to him, thereby allowing them to achieve their goal of repealing the 20th Century.
Now that they have a Republican president, they will do NOTHING to make him angry with them or to impeach him. They want to keep him happy so he'll sign everything they pass.
Don't expect any serious Congressional investigations of anything Trump does. He's too important to them.
Nitram
(22,671 posts)threatens his own job.