Posted on 05/03/2018 8:10:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In filing a lawsuit accusing Russia, the Trump campaign, and Wikileaks of a conspiracy to win the 2016 election, Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez says the party is standing up to Russian meddling in not just that contest, but in the next one as well. “[When] you’ve seen attempted interference in the past, they’re going to do it again,” Perez told NBC News. “I’m punching back for democracy.”
The lawsuit is an outgrowth of the Democratic Party’s more than yearlong focus on Russiagate “above all else,” as a top Hillary Clinton aide once described it. This approach has definitively shaped both the resistance to Donald Trump and the media coverage of his presidency. Trump’s critics have clung to the hope that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will undo his presidency, leaving Democrats and pundits to focus less on White House policies than on its endless controversies and rotating cast of characters.
The newly leaked questions that Mueller intends to pose to Trump offer the most detailed look at his investigation to date. If Mueller has uncovered any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, he withholds it here. The vast majority of his questions are based on information that has already been made public. A possible exception is a question about “any outreach by your campaign, including by Paul Manafort, to Russia about potential assistance to the campaign.” The wording is vague; what does “potential assistance” mean and does “Russia” mean the Kremlin or any Russian national? It could very well be the latter. We know that Manafort, while serving as Trump’s campaign manager, offered private briefings to a former business associate, Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, in what he says was part of an effort to collect on old debts....
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
Fact is, “Russiagate” is a scandal for the sore losers.
Not for Trump.
This is the Left talking to itself. They are saying, “we need a new strategy, because the Russia stuff will not cut it.”
It’ll help him get re-elected. People are sick of this phony story.
Impeachment and or removal of Trump might be the sweet dream of Never Trumpers, yet they can slow the President’s agenda to a crawl through the investigations and purposeful obstruction.
Only if the GOP majorities get weak in the knees. Trump keeps moving forward, he knew they would try to destroy him.
Didn’t read the article ... just noticed the source. Isn’t The Nation the paper of the CPUSA?
The publisher and editor is that witch Katrina vanden Heuvel. She as close to a kommie as you can get.
The Nation supported the socialist/communist Bernie Sanders in 2016 election.
I would be surprised if the CPUSA didn't have The Nation displayed in their headquarters lobby for all to read.
Bernie bros blame Hillary, not Russia.
Also, the publisher's husband still kind of likes Russia, even though it's no longer Communist.
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