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Old 08-20-2020, 08:19 AM
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As it turns out, there really was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia
By Jennifer Rubin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...was-collusion/

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Max Bergmann, who runs the Center for American Progress’s Moscow Project told me, “He did it. He colluded with Russia during the 2016 election.” He added, “The bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee should erase any lingering doubt that Trump and his campaign deliberately sought out and coordinated with Russia and its influence operations during the election.” Moreover, “the report also demonstrates that the president* of the United States is a clear counterintelligence threat to the country. He is not only compromised by his close contact with the Kremlin but he eagerly sought out covert Russian support in 2016.” Bergmann warns that “Trump is certainly willing to cheat again in 2020, and there is no doubt the Kremlin will do what it can to help him.”
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Old 08-20-2020, 09:42 AM
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My god, man. Quoting sentences, and even partial sentences, without context, in a sequence that distorts their meaning? Your post is, frankly, blatantly dishonest. The article actually does not waffle on Manafort's communication with Kilimink, as the quote I provided indicates. And let's look at the complete sentence from which you lifted you concluding quote, along with the preceding sentence for context:

You disappoint me, Dondi.
Manafort is the center, and therefore the failure. Manafort has a long history (decades) of dressing up extremely bad characters for Washington. Characters such as Ferdinand Marcos, Mobutu Sese Seko, and the most egregious - Jonas Savimbi of Angola. Well, he was plainly dressing up oligarchs in Ukraine and Russia.
If you read the article carefully, and you have a good background about the hustler Manafort, then you have an understanding of reasons for the uncertainties and Mueller's hesitancy. Was Manafort just Hustling?
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Old 08-20-2020, 10:07 AM
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Manafort is the center
Manafort was Orange Shitstain's campaign chair in 2016. He clearly colluded with the Russians. Ergo, the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians.

Why is this so difficult for you to understand!?
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Old 08-20-2020, 10:32 AM
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Manafort was Orange Shitstain's campaign chair in 2016. He clearly colluded with the Russians. Ergo, the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians.

Why is this so difficult for you to understand!?
Mueller's hesitancy.
Read the attack on Mueller. Mueller after an exhaust inquiry could not please the angry ones.
My reading is that Mueller overtime was not certain about the nature of Manafort's collusion. One oligarch was complaining that Manafort had hustled him.
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Old 08-20-2020, 10:56 AM
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Mueller's hesitancy.
Read the attack on Mueller. Mueller after an exhaust inquiry could not please the angry ones.
My reading is that Mueller overtime was not certain about the nature of Manafort's collusion. One oligarch was complaining that Manafort had hustled him.
As usual, your response makes no sense at all. WTF does the Senate report have to do with Mueller?

The Senate report says, quite clearly, that there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Case closed. Lock them all up!
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Old 08-20-2020, 11:19 AM
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Wow! How far has Mueller fallen!
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Old 08-20-2020, 11:37 AM
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Wow! How far has Mueller fallen!
How, exactly? You are making no sense at all.
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Old 08-24-2020, 03:34 PM
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The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report really is damning
By Jennifer Rubin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...ly-is-damning/

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Trump’s campaign was the only one in U.S. history to be so heavily courted by a foreign power. The Trump team’s great sin is that it welcomed Russia’s efforts. In the Ukraine scandal, Trump sought out foreign help. Republicans’ constitutional and moral failure was in refusing to object and even giving Trump cover to let foreigners manipulate our elections. Voters can render their verdict in November and decide whether our country would do better with patriots who would rebuff, report and expose such conduct.

No other major-party presidential candidate in history, I would argue, would ever contemplate selling out our democracy and letting a foreign power dictate the course of U.S. elections. The lesson from Trump’s betrayal may be that we cannot assume decent and honorable conduct by presidential contenders. We may need a law to prevent future Trumps from selling American democracy down the river.
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Old 09-01-2020, 03:46 PM
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Facebook says Russian influence campaign targeted left-wing voters in U.S., UK

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-us...-idUKKBN25S5UB

They're still actively corrupting the election. Morons like Insane are spreading their misinformation.
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Old 09-05-2020, 02:56 PM
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Peter Strzok would like to clear a few things up
The former FBI agent at the center of the Russia probe is finally having his say.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...ings-up-409280
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