Official Russian Election Interference Thread

[PhDeac]

Russian operatives used Facebook to publicize 129 phony event announcements during the 2016 presidential campaign, drawing the attention of nearly 340,000 users -- many of whom said they were planning to attend -- according to a company document released by the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...for-their-phony-political-events-on-facebook/

 

[RJKarl]

I wouldn't bet against using the obstruction case as a way to get to the more serious crimes of money laundering and being a Russian agent charges.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

I wouldn't bet against using the obstruction case as a way to get to the more serious crimes of money laundering and being a Russian agent charges.

Bingo.

It's also the easiest to prove. It has literally unfolded in real time and often publicly.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[ImTheCaptain]

But the texts!

 

[WakeandBake]

Lol Nunes

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ethics-complaint-alleges-rep-devin-120823661.html

 

[dot com]

Let's recall:

We’ll also speak with California GOP Representative Devin Nunes. The Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee and has voiced concern over intelligence leaks, saying in an interview, “It’s totally unacceptable for anyone within government to be doing this.”

 

[Liquid Karma]

Anyone who thinks this ends with Trump charged as a Russian agent has lost their fucking minds.

 

[PhDeac]

Anyone who thinks this ends with Trump charged as a Russian agent has lost their fucking minds.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[WakeForestRanger]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Officials later told The Post that the NSA had been alerted to the hacks by an unnamed Western intelligence agency. The Western ally had previously hacked not only the Russians’ computers but also surveillance cameras inside their offices. The unnamed Western analysts were monitoring the hackers’ maneuvers inside U.S. networks and even collected CCTV footage of those involved.

Thursday’s reports indicated for the first time that the ally that alerted the United States may have been the Netherlands. The country’s analysts were reportedly also able to track the location of the hackers' offices down to a university building next Moscow’s Red Square.

The information obtained by Dutch AIVD agents was passed on to the CIA and the NSA at the time, according to de Volkskrant and Nieuwsuur, and could have contributed to a subsequent FBI inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

 

[WakeForestRanger]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Anyone who thinks this ends with Trump charged as a Russian agent has lost their fucking minds.

Eh I interpreted "charges of being a Russian agent" as hyperbole for "collusion/conspiracy". I assume this is what RJ meant but I could be wrong.

 

[WakeForestRanger]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

If only there were some warning signs about his egocentrism.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department

"The intervention with Sessions, which has not previously been reported, marked another example of the president's year-long attempts to shape and influence an investigation that is fundamentally outside his control. Trump, appearing frustrated and at times angry, has complained to confidants and aides in recent weeks that he does not understand why he cannot simply give orders to "my guys" at what he sometimes calls the "Trump Justice Department," two people familiar with the president's comments said."

...

As Mueller narrows his probe — homing in on the ways Trump may have tried to impede the Russia investigation — a common thread ties many of the incidents together: A president accustomed to functioning as the executive of a private family business who does not seem to understand that his subordinates have sworn an oath to the Constitution rather than to him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph..._term=.5228bfceb3b4&__twitter_impression=true

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Moonz/Sailor/Reff/TinTin or any other Trump fan - what would you say/do if Barack Obama had said this during his term in office?


Trump, appearing frustrated and at times angry, has complained to confidants and aides in recent weeks that he does not understand why he cannot simply give orders to "my guys" at what he sometimes calls the "Trump Justice Department," two people familiar with the President's comments said.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[WakeForestRanger]