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First Charges Filed in Mueller Investigation

Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump

After Bernie Sanders lost his primary campaign for president against Hillary Clinton in 2016, a Twitter account called Red Louisiana News reached out to his supporters to help sway the general election. “Conscious Bernie Sanders supporters already moving towards the best candidate Trump! #Feel the Bern #Vote Trump 2016,” the account tweeted.

The tweet was not actually from Louisiana, according to an analysis by Clemson University researchers. Instead, it was one of thousands of accounts identified as based in Russia, part of a cloaked effort to persuade supporters of the Vermont senator to elect Trump. “Bernie Sanders says his message resonates with Republicans,” said another Russian tweet.
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Full: https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...bd41a2ce4d5_story.html?utm_term=.2bf5055c0500
 
WakeForestRanger said:
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Democrats need to start punching Trump and Republicans in the face if this is going to be their playbook.

Subpoena Mueller to publicly testify. Subpoeana Ivanka and Don Jr to testify. Actually do something about Trump’s blatant violations of the law. Yes you need to be careful about the optics but Trump and his allies have zero fucking regard for constitutional or democratic norms. Enough is enough.
 
An open investigation into Devin Nunes’ conduct while head of the Intelligence Committee would also be wise.
 
Prepare for Mueller’s long shadow
The special counsel may be gone, but a pair of recent legal developments shows his impact endures.

Though seemingly unrelated, the two cases, legal experts say, showcase how threads from the Mueller probe could continue to yield new evidence and even more charges for months, if not years, to come — tied to everything from Russian interference in the 2016 election to the hush-money payment scheme Donald Trump’s campaign designed to help sway the last White House race, from the fundraising for Trump’s 2017 inauguration to unregistered foreign lobbyists working in the U.S.

“The Mueller report was just the first step,” said Gene Rossi, a former federal prosecutor from Virginia. “What these recent events show me is that Robert Mueller has created an army of acolytes and those soldiers are now embedded in the Justice Department, Eastern District of Virginia, Southern District of New York and Washington D.C. These acolytes are trained, they’re hungry and they’re determined.”
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But Assange’s delivery into the hands of the British authorities and in turn over to the U.S. “will reopen the Russian collusion affair,” said Philip Lacovara, a former counsel for the Watergate prosecution team.

Noting the pressure U.S. officials exerted on their British counterparts, Lacovara said, “DOJ evidently retains considerable interest in the information that he can supply. He knows where the hacked DNC emails came from, and he knows when and how the Trump campaign learned about this treasure trove of political dirt. He also knows whether the Trump campaign coordinated the timing of the leaks for political advantage. He is also likely to know whether anyone from the Trump campaign actively solicited additional hacking.”
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https://www.politico.com/amp/story/...e-wikileaks-1270625?__twitter_impression=true
 
 
What do the people who started the investigation have to hide if they're innocent?
 
palmab03 said:
What do the people who started the investigation have to hide if they're innocent?
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Our constitution.

From being further abused by a group of corrupt and immoral charlatans who clearly give two flying fucks about the rule of law.
 
Newenglanddeac said:
Our constitution.

From being further abused by a group of corrupt and immoral charlatans who clearly give two flying fucks about the rule of law.
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Why would you engage Palma? He’s not even a good troll.
 
Using the intelligence services and law enforcement agencies, as well as misleading the FISA courts, all in order to spy on the presidential candidate and campaign of the opposing political party is constitutional? It's not.
 
sailordeac said:
Using the intelligence services and law enforcement agencies, as well as misleading the FISA courts, all in order to spy on the presidential candidate and campaign of the opposing political party is constitutional? It's not.
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Love this theory. It posits that the Obama administration/DOJ spied on Trump’s campaign, SAW ALL OF THe RUSSIAN MEETINGS, and didn’t leak any of the damning evidence until after Trump was elected, all of this while keeping Hillary’s investigations in the news throughout the campaign and, after she was cleared, bringing it back up days before the election. It’s really well thought out and makes perfect sense.
 
JManslow said:
Love this theory. It posits that the Obama administration/DOJ spied on Trump’s campaign, SAW ALL OF THe RUSSIAN MEETINGS, and didn’t leak any of the damning evidence until after Trump was elected, all of this while keeping Hillary’s investigations in the news throughout the campaign and, after she was cleared, bringing it back up days before the election. It’s really well thought out and makes perfect sense.
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It does if you eat applesauce through a straw.
 
JManslow said:
Love this theory. It posits that the Obama administration/DOJ spied on Trump’s campaign, SAW ALL OF THe RUSSIAN MEETINGS, and didn’t leak any of the damning evidence until after Trump was elected, all of this while keeping Hillary’s investigations in the news throughout the campaign and, after she was cleared, bringing it back up days before the election. It’s really well thought out and makes perfect sense.
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stay tuned
 
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