Posted on 07/16/2018 11:28:30 AM PDT by detective
On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller returned a multi-count indictment charging 12 Russians and the Russian military agency, GRU, with crimes related to hacking into the Democratic National Committee’s computers and seeking to use the information to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. When the news broke, pundits quickly used Mueller’s latest charges to chastise Trump for claiming the special counsel investigation is a “witch hunt.”
The New York Times claimed “[t]he 37-page indictment — handed up by a federal grand jury in Washington — amounted to a detailed rebuttal of Mr. Trump, who has sowed doubts that Russia interfered in the election and dismissed questions about its meddling as ‘fake news.’” CNN’s Jake Tapper and Josh Campbell used the criminal indictment to counter Trump’s “witch hunt” charge.
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The media think it is hurting Trump by repeating the Russia collusion lies, but it is not.
It will not destroy Trump. It will hurt our country and in some ways sabotage our foreign policy and our international reputation.
It will embolden Americas enemies and undermine th resolve of America's friends.
Is anyone genuinely surprised that the Russians tried to hack into both parties’ servers? Really?! Anyone with an ounce of sense and the most meager knowledge of history assumes they’re trying to do so, and that we’re trying to do the same to them. That the Russians were successful with the Democrats only strengthens the case why Hillary’s email server was such a big deal. Also, the DNC WAS WARNED about it by the FBI, and chose to do nothing about it!
And as far as the Russians trying to influence our election... Hillary is hardly a model of good behavior in this. There’s audio of her commenting in 2006 on Palestinian elections. She says “... if we were going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win.” Just search Google for “Clinton influence Palestinian election” if you want to hear the audio.
And then consider how she and her campaign colluded with the DNC to rig the Democratic nomination and steal the nomination from Bernie Sanders.
But again, what person beyond the 3rd grade wouldn’t assume they’re trying to influence our elections?! Grow up, y’all!! Of course they are. And we’d better damn well be trying to influence theirs, too!
Hillary Clinton is the last person I would ever consider being in the group of people who might have a legitimate gripe about all this.
Her blatant hypocrisy is staggering. Almost, but not quite as staggering as the fact that so many Democrats can’t (or refuse to) see it.
President Obama thought that Crooked Hillary was going to win the election, so when he was informed by the FBI about Russian Meddling, he said it couldn’t happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it. When I won it became a big deal and the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by Strzok!
10:37 PM - Jul 15, 2018 93.3K 49.6K people are talking about this
Don’t forget Trump claimed the RNC was rigging things against him too during the primaries.
You want to see something really funny? Have Putin produce and extradite those charged. Have them surrender, with attorneys to defend themselves and plead “Not Guilty”. Then, again, request discovery so the Russians can have access to Mueller’s’ “evidence”.
He would have to quietly drop those charges too, lest he further incriminate himself, his team, his sources, the FBI, the CIA and democrat politicians in general.
This would be more great theatrics to discredit the whole circus show.
Mueller cannot afford to let his “evidence” become public. And in discovery, it might.
The Mueller investigation has been going on for something like 18 months. Mueller could have easily waited 5 days to issue his indictment after Trump’s summit meeting. That Mueller deliberately sought to sabotage Trump’s meeting is certain proof that he is conducting a political witch hunt.
Just wait until late September - early October when Mueller would drop some worthless indictment or bomb just in time for the mid-term elections. Do you see how the corrupt MSM is in an absolute feeding frenzy with the indictments and Trump’s meeting with Putin? That will be child’s play in how the corrupt MSM will go full-on assault before the mid-terms with wall-to-wall negative assaults — barrage after barrage berating any and all Republicans.
Mark my words.
Very, very frustrating.
I’m curious if the twelve charges were announced to give Trump some bargaining power during his trip to Russia.
Trump Tweet: “President Obama thought that Crooked Hillary was going to win the election, so when he was informed by the FBI about Russian Meddling, he said it couldn’t happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it.”
BHussein quote from October 2016 regarding DT saying the election is rigged: “There is no serious person out there who would suggest that you could even rig America’s elections… There is no evidence that that has happened in the past, or that there are instances that that could happen this time… So I’d advise Mr. Trump to stop whining.”
Trump Tweet: “When I won it became a big deal and the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by Strzok!”
Trump - as all Americans - have heard about Russian/foreign interference for years....and yet NOTHING was done! Trump wins — all of a sudden their neglect of foreign interference must be investigated IMMEDIATELY — all in order to tie Donald Trump into it and VOID his presidency!
Nother less than an attempted COUP ......
Nother less than an attempted COUP should be:
Nothing less than an attempted COUP .....
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The indictment serves three purposes. First it poisoned Trump’s meeting with Putin, which is why it was released when it was. Second it ensures that Mueller will never release a final report which would have to exonerate Trump. All info collected will be part of an “ongoing case” which will never come to trial. And it allows Mueller and his allies to point to the indictments as “proof” it’s not a witch hunt, all without actually proving anything.
Enjoyed. But he is not missing. He is stopping up the drain.
True...
...and thanks.
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