The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!

rickyb

Well-Known Member
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Special counsel Robert Mueller has ended his 22-month probe, concluding President Trump and his aides did not conspire or coordinate with Russia in order to influence the 2016 election. While the full Mueller report has not yet been made public, Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to congressional leaders on Sunday laying out his interpretation of Mueller’s findings. Mueller also examined whether Trump could be criminally charged for obstructing justice, but he did not come to a definitive conclusion. Barr quoted a passage from the Mueller report saying, “[W]hile this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” In his letter, Barr—who became attorney general just last month—announced that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had concluded there is not sufficient evidence to “establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.” President Trump responded to Barr’s letter by tweeting, “No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!”

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are calling on Barr to release the full Mueller report, as well as underlying documentation. Many Democrats criticized Barr for taking just 48 hours to conclude Trump had not committed obstruction of justice. This is New York Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler “Attorney General Barr, who auditioned for his role with an open memorandum suggesting that the obstruction investigation was unconscionable and that a president—and that it was almost impossible for any president to commit obstruction of justice since he is the head of the executive branch, made a decision about that evidence in under 48 hours. His conclusions raise more questions than they answer, given the fact that Mueller uncovered evidence that, in his own words, 'does not exonerate' the president.”

Trump and his associates still face a number of investigations, including ones led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York, the attorney general of New York and congressional Democrats. We’ll have more on the Mueller report after headlines with journalists Glenn Greenwald and David Cay Johnston.

Special Counsel Finds No Collusion btw. Trump & Russia; Dems Call for Release of Report | Democracy Now!
 

Babagounj

Strength through joy
Now let review how this whole mess started.

Now that a summary letter of Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation has concluded that President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign did not collude with the Kremlin, it’s worth highlighting again how Hillary Clinton hatched a plan and personally placed blame for her election loss on Russia just “twenty-four hours of her concession speech.”

Hillary Clinton’s Russia-blame-game was spurred by her senior campaign staffers John Podesta and Robby Mook, less than “within twenty-four hours” after she conceded to Trump.


That strategy had been set within twenty-four hours of her concession speech. Mook and Podesta assembled her communications team at the Brooklyn headquarters to engineer the case that the election wasn’t entirely on the up-and-up. For a couple of hours they went over the script they would pitch to the press and the public. Already, Russian hacking was the centerpiece of the argument.

The Clinton camp’s Russia propaganda strategy was two-pronged: first, they encouraged a willing and sympathetic media to cover how “Russian hacking was the major unreported story of the campaign, overshadowed by the contents of stolen e-mails and Hillary’s own private-server imbroglio,” while “hammering the media for focusing so intently on the investigation into her e-mail, which had created a cloud over her candidacy,”
 

oldngray

nowhere special
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Special counsel Robert Mueller has ended his 22-month probe, concluding President Trump and his aides did not conspire or coordinate with Russia in order to influence the 2016 election. While the full Mueller report has not yet been made public, Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to congressional leaders on Sunday laying out his interpretation of Mueller’s findings. Mueller also examined whether Trump could be criminally charged for obstructing justice, but he did not come to a definitive conclusion. Barr quoted a passage from the Mueller report saying, “[W]hile this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” In his letter, Barr—who became attorney general just last month—announced that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had concluded there is not sufficient evidence to “establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.” President Trump responded to Barr’s letter by tweeting, “No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!”

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are calling on Barr to release the full Mueller report, as well as underlying documentation. Many Democrats criticized Barr for taking just 48 hours to conclude Trump had not committed obstruction of justice. This is New York Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler “Attorney General Barr, who auditioned for his role with an open memorandum suggesting that the obstruction investigation was unconscionable and that a president—and that it was almost impossible for any president to commit obstruction of justice since he is the head of the executive branch, made a decision about that evidence in under 48 hours. His conclusions raise more questions than they answer, given the fact that Mueller uncovered evidence that, in his own words, 'does not exonerate' the president.”

Trump and his associates still face a number of investigations, including ones led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York, the attorney general of New York and congressional Democrats. We’ll have more on the Mueller report after headlines with journalists Glenn Greenwald and David Cay Johnston.

Special Counsel Finds No Collusion btw. Trump & Russia; Dems Call for Release of Report | Democracy Now!

Quoting Nadler who said he believes what he wants to believe no matter what the facts are.
 

rickyb

Well-Known Member
Quoting Nadler who said he believes what he wants to believe no matter what the facts are.
yea im more interested in what david cay johnston and glenn greenwald say as i respect them both. ive never heard of that nadler before. most democrats suck anyways.
 

DriveInDriveOut

Inordinately Right
Now let review how this whole mess started.

Now that a summary letter of Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation has concluded that President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign did not collude with the Kremlin, it’s worth highlighting again how Hillary Clinton hatched a plan and personally placed blame for her election loss on Russia just “twenty-four hours of her concession speech.”

Hillary Clinton’s Russia-blame-game was spurred by her senior campaign staffers John Podesta and Robby Mook, less than “within twenty-four hours” after she conceded to Trump.


That strategy had been set within twenty-four hours of her concession speech. Mook and Podesta assembled her communications team at the Brooklyn headquarters to engineer the case that the election wasn’t entirely on the up-and-up. For a couple of hours they went over the script they would pitch to the press and the public. Already, Russian hacking was the centerpiece of the argument.

The Clinton camp’s Russia propaganda strategy was two-pronged: first, they encouraged a willing and sympathetic media to cover how “Russian hacking was the major unreported story of the campaign, overshadowed by the contents of stolen e-mails and Hillary’s own private-server imbroglio,” while “hammering the media for focusing so intently on the investigation into her e-mail, which had created a cloud over her candidacy,”
The report confirmed, again, that Russia did in fact meddle in our election.

So, what are you rambling about?
 

tonyexpress

Whac-A-Troll Patrol
Staff member
Did you read Barr's letter? That's not what it said.

Okay, Russians come here all the time.

As it pertains to the Mueller investigation, per Barr's letter, the special counsel's investigation did not find the Trump campaign and anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

This thread was started because of the investigation, right?

All American citizens should be glad the President wasn't guilty of treason or such a crime, right?

As far as the Russians, they did meddle and should be held accountable.
 

oldngray

nowhere special
Okay, Russians come here all the time.

As it pertains to the Mueller investigation, per Barr's letter, the special counsel's investigation did not find the Trump campaign and anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

This thread was started because of the investigation, right?

All American citizens should be glad the President wasn't guilty of treason or such a crime, right?

As far as the Russians, they did meddle and should be held accountable.
and the Democrats who colluded with the Russians?
 
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