Mueller reportedly looking at whether Russians targeted key swing state voters with RNC data

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By Jen Hayden at Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/27/1727962/-Mueller-reportedly-looking-at-whether-Russians-targeted-key-swing-state-voters-with-RNC-data

"SNIP........

The attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller—a registered Republican who was appointed FBI director by a Republican president and was praised by Republicans from coast to coast as having the upmost integrity when he was appointed to lead this investigation—are suddenly amping dangerously up. Why the sudden change of heart from Republicans? Well, according to Yahoo!, Mueller is digging into how the Russians might’ve gotten their hands on the voter data and they have been interviewing Republican National Committee staffers:

In just the last few weeks, his prosecutors have begun questioning Republican National Committee staffers about the party digital operation that worked with the Trump campaign to target voters in key swing states. They are seeking to determine if the joint effort was related to the activities of Russian trolls and bots aimed at influencing the American electorate, according to two of the sources.

In what is potentially another ominous sign for the White House, the lawyer for Jared Kushner, the president’s son in law and senior adviser who was in charge of the campaign’s digital operation, recently began searching for a crisis public relations firm to handle press inquiries — a step frequently taken by people who believe they may be facing criminal charges. (Kushner has denied all wrongdoing, and his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, has said he is cooperating with the Mueller investigation.)

Ahh, Jared Kushner. In December 2016, Forbes Magazine published a glowing article about Trump’s “golden boy,” who was a political novice with zero background in politics, digital operations or GOTV campaigns, and was suddenly being hailed overnight as a digital operations genius. From that gag-inducing profile of Kushner:

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Somebody ate the Cheese.

Looks like Mr.Mueller is on Rat Patrol. Kushner and Gang get 5-20 at the Crow Bar Hotel. Mercer and Company will never look the same. Does this mean Twitter and FaceBook will be called to task?

[Xolodno]

2. Three questions...

1. Did Russia give data to the RNC to use on Facebook, etc.?

2. Did the RNC give data to Russia to use on Facebook, etc.?

3. Or was it a mutual exchange and they both helped each other out?

[Cosmocat]

7. The smoke is VERY thick on #2

nm

[Ilsa]

15. I'm with Cosmocat on #2 being

a very likely scenario. I think the campaign and this Pasquale person gave data to trumps and Kushners to pass along to the directors of the hackers. They told them where and when to strike.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. I've been saying this from the start

They absolutely had to share their voter lists with the Russians for the targeted Fake News stories on Facebook to work well.

Campaigns spend millions developing detailed voter profiles, they weren't going to ask the Russians to go spend their own millions to find out this same data. They gave them this data and then worked closely with the Russians on what types of stories and when to publish the stories would have maximum effect.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. They targeted every last American they could find

I am generally invisible on the internet. No Facebook, no social media, no Linked in, no meetups. In the last 3 weeks of the campaign, anti-hillary emails started showing up in my email account linked to eBay and other tiny online business contacts.

I got no emails supporting trump or denigrating HRC anywhere else.

It gets curiouser and curiouser.

[Cosmocat]

9. Yeah

There is A LOT out there that leads to this conclusion.

[malaise]

4. Lock them all up

The word is treason

[BigmanPigman]

5. Has Priebus been interviewed by Mueller yet?

They all have dirt on their hands...these traitors should get the worse punishment imaginable if they are found guilty. Life in a federal prison and seizing of all their assets is too good for them.
I want Fuckerberg to go down too...he is no choir boy!

Link to tweet

[ProudLib72]

10. BP, I've said they should have their assets taken, too

But I don't know if it is actually possible. Are you aware of the circumstances under which the govt can seize assets? For instance, if they got Dotard on tax evasion, I suspect they could seize assets. But for collusion, I just don't know.

[BigmanPigman]

11. I asked DU about this about 6 months ago

and was told positive news. The reply said that Sessions (of all people) is the one who wanted to change the rules and make it possible to seize assets permanently. Initially it was meant to benefit the GOP reps and their bank accounts and agenda and not related to the fake prez and the investigation. The DUer said that he didn't know if it was completed yet and this is the one and only reason that we might want Sessions to keep his job and not get fired.

[ProudLib72]

14. So J Beau might lose everything because of his own tom foolery?!

That would be wonderful! I do think any money seized should go back into govt to offset this massive deficit they've created with their stupid tax scam. It would just be the icing on the cake after multiple convictions and prison sentences!

[BigmanPigman]

17. Good idea. Add a little to

the Social Security and Medicare benefits too since they will be axed next. I like putting the knife into these bastards and twisting it.

[politicaljunkie41910]

16. What is going on? This is the second time in a short amount of time where a media link would not

open. The box says, "The media could not be played".

[not fooled]

6. Excellent posts

1.-3. accurately summarize the matter and 4.-5. prescribe the just outcome.

[pnwmom]

12. In other words, their investigation has been pursuing lines of questioning Louise Mensch

wrote about months ago.

[spanone]

13. well, at least someone appears to care about our democracy

republicans, not so much