"I am appalled that, among other things, fellow citizens working in a campaign for president welcomed help from Russia -- including information that had been illegally obtained; that none of them acted to inform American law enforcement," he wrote.
1. Based on what we know NOW, what exactly would have been accomplished if "American law enforcement" had been informed? The FBI/CIA was already conducting illicit FISA surveillance on Trump campaign members by the time this meeting took place.
2. Read through #1 again. Who -- at this point in April 2019 -- would even consider anyone in "American law enforcement" to be credible and trustworthy when it comes to dealing with matters related to the Trump political campaign?
Romney's statement falls apart under this close scrutiny. In fact, I'm sure his top priority right now is to run interference for U.S. intelligence and law enforcement assets who have been conducting this kind of illegal surveillance on political candidates for years.
‘’Romney’s statement falls apart under this close scrutiny. In fact, I’m sure his top priority right now is to run interference for U.S. intelligence and law enforcement assets who have been conducting this kind of illegal surveillance on political candidates for years.’’
Including against possibly Romney himself, in 2012. As I’ve pointed out before, this brazen level of crime very rarely starts this high...it builds up over time, as the criminals see that they are getting away with more and more.
So one more thing that Barr an the IGs really need to look at is WHO ELSE has this little cabal at the FBI been spying on? Maybe Senators, House members...who knows, but I’m sure that it doesn’t start and end at Trump.
One other question - Since when did it become required to disclose all contacts with foreigners when involved in a federal election campaign?
The only that I know about is that it is illegal to accept contributions from non-Americans - if they don’t give you anything of tangible value [money or equivalent], since when do you have to report the contacts?
Is it because Hillary deigned the Russians to be ‘bad people’ that we’re now supposed to all treat them different? As far as I know there are no laws against talking to them, or even working with them - not like there are with North Korea, for example.