Russia is attempting to influence Mueller investigation in an 'ongoing attack,' Democrats say

CNBC ^ | 1-23-2018 | Kevin Breuninger

[tcrlaf]

California Democrats Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff released a letter to the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook warning of possible Russian influence on the special counsel's investigation.

A website monitoring Russia-linked Twitter accounts found that their use of #releasethememo increased nearly 300,000 percent in just a few days.

The politicians urged the CEOs to conduct their own examination and submit their findings to Congress

Two top Democrats sent a plea for help on Tuesday to the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook, warning of Russia-linked social media accounts' attempts to influence investigations into Russian election meddling.

"It is critically important that the Special Counsel's investigation be allowed to proceed without interference from inside or outside the United States," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff, both of California, in the letter, referring to the probe by

[tcrlaf]

The Corruptocrats are losing it now. They KNOW the pressure is coming now.

Look for the "Uhhh... RUSSIA!" narratives to explode in the coming days.

[Paladin2]

Go ahead Schiff, leak it.

[Williams]

Nonsense.

[JoSixChip]

Wow! feinstein is losing it. First she leaks classified info and now this transparent attempt at distraction.

[JimSEA]

Anything negative now days, “The Russians!!”

[Williams]

Yeah see it doesn’t matter that Trump, congressmen, and every conservative commentator are talking about this memo, it’s all a hoax because some bots retweeted the story.

[rktman]

Ow,ow,ow ow....I know. Let's form a special counsel to investigate this travesty. What do you mean already been done? 🐂💩. 👹🍿🍻

[Vince Ferrer]

In case people don’t know, this hashtag campaign was started by the 8chan messageboard that analyzes posts from “Q.” It has zero to do with Russia.

[Dr.Deth]

The logical consequence of recreational-use states.

[antidemoncrat]

The Democrats desperately a distraction from the DOJ/FBI corruption.

[Revel]

[dgbrown]

I am waiting for “The Russians worked with Trump to trick us into unlawfully spying on him.”

[Bobalu]

[Bobalu]

[Bobalu]

[TigersEye]

The Russians are, like, todally behind the whole Globull
Warming/ClimateChange denial cult too, dudes!

[Bobalu]

[Bobalu]

[Bobalu]

[eaglestar]