Posted on 02/23/2020 12:10:38 PM PST by Mariner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Representative Adam Schiff of leaking classified information on Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. election to hurt Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to India, Trump said he had not been briefed on intelligence that Russia was aiming to boost the campaign of Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, and he called for a probe into Schiff for the leak. Schiff, a Democrat, denied the allegation.
A congressional source told Reuters on Friday that intelligence officials had told lawmakers Russia appears to be engaging in disinformation and propaganda campaigns to help both Sanders and Trump, who is seeking re-election.
"I read where Russia is helping Bernie Sanders. Nobody said it to me at all. Nobody briefed me about that at all," Trump said.
"They leaked it, Adam Schiff and his group. They leaked it to the papers and - as usual - they ought to investigate Adam Schiff for leaking that information," Trump said, without providing any evidence to back up his claims.
Schiff, who served as the lead prosecutor in Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, said Trump was seeking to turn attention away from his own actions with the comments.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Talk about pouring gas on the fire...
Trump must have one blistering campaign already set up to run against Sanders to keep propping him up.
Agreed.
But I doubt Sanders can survive the physical rigors of the campaign. He may not even make it to Milwaukee.
A lot of things can happen between here and Milwaukee.
Give it to him, Mr. President! As the saying goes, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
This is how real community organizing is done.
Trump wins either way—He trounces Sanders if that is the Democrat nominee and he gains Sanders supporters if the Democrats cheat him out of the nomination.
“””””’Trump said, without providing any evidence to back up his claims.””””””””””””””””””
Typical dncmedia spin. They use “ an anonymous source” or all of their “facts”.
this article is truly frightening by the Woke crowd
Why Bernie Sanders is just the beginning of an American turn to the left
The United States may be on the verge of a huge leftward shift. Here’s what to expect
“One approach we feel strongly about is what we call “the democratic road to socialism,” or the idea that we need to make good use of the democratic structures and processes available to us (and to improve and expand them) in order to advance our cause.”
...especially if he accepts an invitation from Her Cankles for a quiet meeting in Fort Marcy Park to discuss the election.
There’s absolutely no doubt that any “leak” from that briefing came directly from Schitt and his staff.
NOBODY in that briefing is allowed to talk about what went on, but yet, here we are again
It’s also not like he doesn’t have a known history of doing this
And making the “leak” fit whatever narrative he’s pushing at the moment
Hahahahaha. Bwahahahaha. Trump’s gonna Bern Schiff to the ground.
RummyChick,
Your post and link are exactly right. I’ve been saying for some time that the real danger from a Sanders’ nomination is not that he might be Trump (he won’t) but that about a third of the Nation will vote for him regardless that he is a commie. That will “normalize” voting for and supporting socialists/commies.
There will be long lasting repercussions from such a horrible event.
ever time our master troller-in-chief pulls off the troll-of-the-century, he turns around and tops himself again the next day ...
Perhaps it was a trap setup by President Trump.
Time to come down like a ton of bricks on this POS!
“without providing any evidence to back up his claims”
but of course he has no evidence: Trump said he read it in the papers ... besides, Trump is just trolling the shite out of them ... and of course they fell for it: just look at the headline of this article!
“Russia appears to be engaging in disinformation and propaganda campaigns to help both Sanders and Trump”
I don’t get why this would be classified and WTH the “intelligence community” isn’t producing some PSA’s about what these look like on social media so people could learn to be more skeptical and quit being dupes.
“Foreign governments are leveraging social media to so chaos and discord, but let’s keep that secret.” The stupid is just never ending with these “elite” bureaucrats.
took a little longer than I expected for POTUS to put this info out for public consumption.
>>...but that about a third of the Nation will vote for him regardless that he is a commie. That will “normalize” voting for and supporting socialists/commies.
It’s a real fear but I think it will be mitigated somewhat by the radical zanies in Bernie’s circus tent. They will do stupid borderline terrorist stuff, both against Trump supporters and against the Hillary faction, and make headlines that will not play as well as they think.
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