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Hillary Clinton did it
Hot Air ^ | 21 May 2022 | WSJ

Posted on 05/21/2022 9:22:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan

Prosecutors asked Mr. Mook about his role in funneling the Alfa Bank claims to the press. Mr. Mook admitted the campaign lacked expertise to vet the data, yet the decision was made by Mr. Mook, policy adviser Jake Sullivan (now President Biden’s national security adviser), communications director Jennifer Palmieri and campaign chairman John Podesta to give the Alfa Bank claims to a reporter. Mr. Mook said Mrs. Clinton was asked about the plan and approved it. A story on the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations then appeared in Slate, a left-leaning online publication.

On Oct. 31, 2016, Mr. Sullivan issued a statement mentioning the Slate story, writing, “This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow.” Mrs. Clinton tweeted Mr. Sullivan’s statement with the comment: “Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.” “Apparently” is doing a lot of work in that sentence.

In short, the Clinton campaign created the Trump-Alfa allegation, fed it to a credulous press that failed to confirm the allegations but ran with them anyway, then promoted the story as if it was legitimate news. The campaign also delivered the claims to the FBI, giving journalists another excuse to portray the accusations as serious and perhaps true.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2020election; bloggers; clintoncrimefamily; election2016; election2020
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To: Pirate Ragnar
Did she make the “approval” in writing, in a memo or in an email?

If the people who did it (pass around the false information to the FBI and the LAAP-dog media) billed her campaign for their time and effort, and then she paid it, does that count?

-PJ

21 posted on 05/21/2022 11:18:37 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Pirate Ragnar
I don't care if she ever get’s convicted (although she deserves to be - for several offenses). All it takes is for her public persona to be trashed over and over - by a thousand cuts all of her own making. The biggest punishment Hillary could ever endure would be the punishment of her having to face obscurity and failure.
22 posted on 05/21/2022 11:35:10 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Rummyfan

She’s not locked up yet?


23 posted on 05/21/2022 11:38:29 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Political Junkie Too

“If the people who did it (pass around the false information to the FBI and the LAAP-dog media) billed her campaign for their time and effort, and then she paid it, does that count?”

She will claim that others handle things including the billing and payments and she had no specific knowledge. (or her famous “I don’t remember”).


24 posted on 05/21/2022 12:03:12 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Hope coming from Florida)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Oct 31, 2016 was a Monday I believe. November 8 (eight days later) was Election Day. During Nov 4-6 (not sure of the specific date), the Clinton campaign called off their celebratory fireworks display. The Clinton tweet was pre-emptive in the hopes that in the following week, their polling would show her ahead. Botton Line: The Clinton cabal knew NLT Oct 31 that they were going to lose and the tweet was a last ditch effort to bullshit the electorate.


25 posted on 05/21/2022 12:13:17 PM PDT by Smber (The smallest minority is the individual. Get the government off my back.)
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To: zeebee

Consider that Sussmann’s billing her—and her paying—for his actions and her activities and behavior being in synch with and benefitting from Sussman’s activities shows her to have been the unlawful instigator of Sussmann’s potential crimes.


26 posted on 05/21/2022 1:01:17 PM PDT by rx
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To: Pirate Ragnar
She can claim it, but it's her campaign and she's ultimately responsible for what it does. If it can be shown that she has a history of micro-managing the details, then the reasonable person standard will assume that she was aware of this, too.

Still, I wouldn't put it past her to make the argument that she was involved in everything else... but this.

-PJ

27 posted on 05/21/2022 1:06:16 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: rx
Consider that Sussmann’s billing her—and her paying—for his actions and her activities and behavior being in synch with and benefitting from Sussman’s activities shows her to have been the unlawful instigator of Sussmann’s potential crimes.

Thank you.
And what kind of crime is that?

28 posted on 05/21/2022 1:57:18 PM PDT by zeebee ( The left thinks they can train smart people to be stupid.)
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To: kiryandil
This whole RussiaRussiaRussia play was about ACTUALLY refusing to accept the results of the election Trump won.<<<

BINGO...We have a Winner!

29 posted on 05/21/2022 6:43:00 PM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: zeebee

Start with inducing a false report to be made to the FBI.


30 posted on 05/21/2022 10:33:28 PM PDT by rx
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To: Pirate Ragnar

She has not come out and denied it.

If you don’t do that immediately...it will always be TOO LATE.

No, she is stuck with the TRUTH.

She was the force behind the corruption of so many people, that she will NEVER shake the image of her appearance before Congress to defend her role in Benghazi.

THAT IS HER EVIL LEGACY. AND THAT IS HOW SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED.

THANK YOU, JOHN DURHAM.


31 posted on 05/21/2022 10:42:03 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: neverevergiveup

You are so correct. And you will see more and more of those people who are no longer her fans.


32 posted on 05/21/2022 10:46:32 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Rummyfan
We can begin by calling for Jake Sullivan to step down as National Security Advisor over his role in perpetuating this fraud on the American people.

He might not do it, but somebody of prominence needs to call for it so the LAAP-dog media is forced to cover it and his refusal.

-PJ

33 posted on 05/21/2022 11:05:58 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Rummyfan

Sorry, not signing up for the WSJ to get past the paywall.


34 posted on 05/23/2022 12:21:16 AM PDT by Ronin (White privilege is not having to fake your own hate crimes. (HT: CrappieLuck))
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