Posted on 02/10/2018 9:21:17 AM PST by Faith Presses On
The publication of a House Republican memo alleging surveillance violations in the Russia probe has prompted President Trump to declare that he is totally vindicated. As many have pointed out, that is not true...
That said, the memo is not necessarily the disaster for Trump and the Republicans that it is widely considered to be. Many of Trumps political opponents remain tethered to the eventual emergence of proof that his campaign colluded with the Russian government in order to win the presidency. But the evidentiary basis so far for Russiagate is thin, to say the least. Meanwhile, the relentless pursuit of this narrative above all else has had dangerous consequences.
As high-level officials and investigators have repeatedly acknowledged, there is still no evidence so far of coordination between the Trump orbit and the Russian government over the release of stolen e-mails or any other campaign matter...
The shaky evidentiary basis for collusion extends to Russiagates other central pillars...
It has been over a year since the release, shortly before Trumps inauguration, of a US intelligence report alleging a Russian-government campaign to elect Trump through e-mail hacking and covert propaganda. Amid the ensuing uproar, some quietly noted at the time that the public version of the report does not or cannot provide evidence for its assertions (The Atlantic).
In its place is a bipartisan fearmongering campaign that recalls the height of the Cold War...
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
Well, Dems say that what Kennedy says doesn’t count. It goes against them and wouldn’t look good.
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Well we know the Dems will say anything that furthers their cause at that moment in time. Then they will either deny they ever said it or they will spins some other yarn. They know the press will never out them so they have nothing to fear, and the right leaning news sites are simply ignored or ridiculed as fools. It’s how they play their games and get away with it.
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