The Guy Trump Named to Run His 2020 Campaign Has Been Interviewed by Congress on Russia Four Times

[deminks]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/the-guy-trump-just-named-to-run-his-2020-campaign-has-been-interviewed-by-congress-on-russia-four-times/

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Brad Parscale, the digital director of his 2016 campaign, will manage his 2020 presidential re-election bid. While Parscale has not been a central figure in inquiries into the 2016 Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia, he hasn’t managed to wholly avoid the scandal.

Parscale, who helped run the campaign’s online advertising and social media targeting, has been questioned by members of at least four congressional committees, and the digital activities he oversaw have been probed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators. Parscale has, in various statements since the campaign, broadly denied knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, but he has never specifically denied knowing about any Trump campaign contacts with foreign governments.

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But Parscale declined to specifically rule out knowing of foreign contact by anyone involved with the Trump campaign, despite repeated questions on the topic. One potential explanation: Parscale was among Trump campaign officials copied by Donald Trump Jr., on an email in which he mentioned that he had received a direct message from WikiLeaks.

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and...he was at Trump Tower the day before the infamous June 9 meeting.

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[octoberlib]

1. Wishful thinking on Trump's part.

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Trump has long had a policy of keeping those who know where the bodies are buried (so to speak) as close to him as possible. The chances Brad Parscale was a major player in Trump-Russia coordination just increased 500% (and FWIW, it was already suspected).

[octoberlib]

2. This made me laugh.

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*three hours later*

BREAKING: Robert Mueller has indicted Brad Parscale





This is all bravado, theater and bullshit on Trump's part.

[Orsino]

3. So Trump isn't fucking around.

He wants only the most qualified this time around.