✔LindseyGrahamSC is now under investigation for campaign finance violations/RU Ties

[Bfd]

Link to tweet

Twitter Link
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheDemCoalition/status/1045766467512422401

[Solly Mack]

1. Yes, please.

Let this be true.

[Iliyah]

2. Karma

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Another one who has gone to the dark side in hopes of a pardon.

[SummerSnow]

4. When it rains, it pours. he will call it a democrat witch hunt/conspiracy

oh wait and blame the Clintons

[Haggis for Breakfast]

61. Right after he blames Obama !!

[manor321]

5. More garbage from Scott Dworkin

Give me a fucking break with Scott Dworkin already.

[lindysalsagal]

68. Scott: I'll be sending you that $150000 check this weekend.

You can trust me.

[Squinch]

6. For months, he's been broadcasting with his behavior that the Russians have something big on him.

[enid602]

32. 'Something big'

If the ‘something big’ is what everyone already knows, it’s not worth carrying water for tRump and Putin.

[Squinch]

56. So then the logical conclusion is that it is something else.

[NewJeffCT]

7. it's Scott Dworkin

take what he says with a grain of salt.

[liberaltrucker]

10. More like a train car load

[pnwmom]

63. Ruth May, a business professor at the University of Dallas,

has written articles you might be more interested in.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/05/08/putins-proxies-helped-funnel-millions-gop-campaigns

[MontanaMama]

79. Interesting.

Thanks for the link.

[demmiblue]

8. Lol... Scott Dworkin. n/t

[manor321]

9. Exactly. And this nonsense has 12 recs already.

[demmiblue]

11. Oh, it will get more.

Probably a lot more.

[demmiblue]

81. I wasn't wrong.

People eat this shit up. Sigh.

[Hav]

12. What?

You guys aren't convinced about the "sketchy" things he outlined in such detail?
I'm not sure he has ever delivered anything of note. He probably has but his breathless announcements of things to come (with countless disappointments that followed) are signs that he shouldn't be regarded as a reliable investigative journalist.

[MontanaMama]

13. Is this why he was losing his mind

at the hearing yesterday? I know folks say Lindey's tantrum was a job interview performance for the AG. While I agree that it may be, could it also be that he really needs the Judge Quaalude on the SCOTUS in order to protect his own ass?

[awesomerwb1]

14. Dworkin?

Meh.

[Botany]

41. +1

Wasn't Louse Mench or the Palmer Report around?

[Roland99]

15. Cautiously optimistic

[KayF]

16. Dworkin knows we're mad at Graham n/t

[erpowers]

17. Another Reason to Suck Up to Trump

So, everyone, including me, thought Sen. Lindsey Graham's performance this week was about him wanting to be the Attorney General. Well, this provides another reason for him sucking up to Donald Trump. Sen. Graham knows as well as all of us that Trump supports people who support him whether they are guilty, or not guilty. This was not the time for Sen. Graham, if he was thinking about his own self interest, to take a hard stance against Trump. Standing up to Trump due to the actions of his Supreme Court nominee would have made it hard for Graham to get support from Trump on this issue. Now Trump is likely to be fully in Graham's corner.

[NurseJackie]

18. A quick google search of "Scott Dworkin" is not very flattering...

... sounds like an opportunistic fundraising grifter.

[NorCen_CT]

20. Sounds like the "investigation" is by The Democratic Coalition (so....pointless/toothless)

[procon]

19. Investigation by whom? nt

[geardaddy]

22. Is this real?

If so, good.

[janx]

31. No.

Not in any legal sense, anyway.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. Oh FFS!! Why do people keep falling for this bullshit? nt

[Codeine]

75. Because people keep pimping this bullshit

and they know all the buzzwords to get people excited. Only by actually reading the article do we learn that it’s nonsense being pushed by the Moonie Times.

[LiberalLovinLug]

24. the whole GOP is a branch of the Russian mafia

Putin has slowly been taking over the party for over a decade now.

[dlk]

25. Perhaps This is Why Lindsey Was So Testy/Hysterical at Yesterday's Hearing

[W T F]

26. I knew they had pee tape on him as well

[usaf-vet]

51. Maybe it's the same tape. Trump and Lindsey

Wouldn't that be a hoot.

[LenaBaby61]

27. Dworkin aside ...

I can quite easily believe that there is something to the fact that Graham probably IS doing something wrong that does deserve to be investigated.

The way he acted out yesterday by making a complete fool of himself. How embarrassing he was. He hates women, and I also believe and feel comfortable in feeling that he's being blackmailed. Not sure if it's by tRump or his puppet master putin or by BOTH of them.

Graham's INSANE.

[Laffy Kat]

28. Good! I hope the jerk goes down in flames. nt

[Fullduplexxx]

29. Well that will explain his drama

[Achilleaze]

30. So Graham (R) has been on the take for russian moneybucks

freaking republicans have sold out America

[cstanleytech]

33. If he did it I wouldn't be surprised to learn other Repugnants were also doing it and

it could explain why many Repugnants have been in favor of killing the Mueller investigation.

[whathehell]

34. Woah !

We may be on a roll, boys and girls!

[Enoki33]

35. Source cannot, and should not be trusted. Hoping though that

it is true. It would explain a lot of inexplicable behavior.

[jpak]

36. Is he crying again?

[DemoTex]

37. A year ago I heard about Graham's PAC taking Russia money ..

Then radio silence.

[Thekaspervote]

38. Good!

[JDC]

39. Ruh-roh. The indignant, snarling Lhasa Apso is a crook.

Shocker

[janx]

49. Oh my God...

[JDC]

53. The meanest dog I've ever known: our Lhasa "Muffin"

May she rot in hell. And I love dogs more than most people.

[janx]

57. Ahhhh!

I have a large! six-month-old Weim pup with me as I type. He is not mean, but he's pretty crazy. Still have a hard time with him on a leash.

[Scarsdale]

78. Try the "Gentle Leash"

It worked with my Rottweiler. He would drag me all over, then my son got The Gentle Leash. It goes over the muzzle, and keeps the head straight. It worked. Only used it for a few days. Jazzy was great to take for walks after that.

[zentrum]

40. WTH?

[volstork]

42. Shocked! Shocked, I tell you.

The desperation is pouring off of him like water off of Niagra.

What a pathetic little wimp.

[Kaleva]

43. Unrec. Source is very unreliable.

[Bfd]

45. I'm willing to wait till his report is out. As stated in the tweet.

Then there's this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211205987

We'll watch where this all takes us.

[demmiblue]

50. No thanks, he is linking to the Washington Times to promote himself.

[janx]

52. Report from whom?

There is nothing legal about anything you have referenced.

[Codeine]

74. There won't be a "report" because this isn't

an investigation. It’s some bloviating dipshit on social media with delusions of grandeur.

[demmiblue]

80. Joy Reid used to have him on her show.

Thank goodness she came to her senses.

[janx]

83. That would be a producer's decision, right?

?

[Earth Bound Misfit]

46. Kick & Rec Kaleva's Unrec.

Scott "Breaking" Dworkin

[grantcart]

47. +1

[BlueJac]

44. He is Trumps, what ever you to want call it!

I call butt sucker!

[Stinky The Clown]

48. Please. That source is 99% our bullshit and 95% pure wishful thinking. UnRec

[Bfd]

54. We'll see when this report comes out. Meanwhile, Perjury chgs filed against Kav

We'll see where this leads.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211205987

[john657]

86. LfuckingOL.

You really believe this bullshit?

The Democratic Coalition, and Scott Dworkin have zero standing to file any charges in any court.

Only Federal/State/Local DA's have the authority to file any charges.

This is nothing more than grandstanding and fundraising by those idiots at Democratic Coalition.

I can't believe people on this site take this seriously.

[Bfd]

91. Well I'm rather new on this site. This came across my twitter earlier today. So I decided to share i

it here.
I may not be as knowlegable as some longtime posters here, but as I said, if nothing comes of the report he says he will have out this weekeend I guess he isn't able to do what he claims.

Frankly, regardless of what anyone thinks of him, I am willing to give it a week.

I generally stick to a narrow bunch on twitter who have been reliable with facts & checking out who posts what.
This is one I wasn't too familiar with but found it interesting.
So I shared it here.

I don't appreciate being, as you said, " LfkingOL" d at for it however.
That really wasn't necessary.
I wouldn't have used those words against someone I may disagree with.

Just want you to know that about me.

[john657]

97. Just to be clear,

I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at the notion that Democratic Coalition thinks they actually have the standing to file ANY charges against ANYONE, they don't.

They've done this many times, all this is is grandstanding and fundraising,

If you go to their website, the first thing that pops up is a page for donations, that should tell you what they're all about.

Welcome to DU.

[Paladin]

55. Good. (nt)

[liberal N proud]

58. I hope this fucking rat goes down

[Honeycombe8]

59. Oh, well that explains a lot! nt

[BigDemVoter]

60. What did he spend it on-- An under-aged male prostitute?

Trump and/or the rest of the criminal Repig establishment have something on Lindsay, and it is very, very ugly. I can't imagine what he may be hiding. It simply may be that Lindsay doesn't realize that everybody already knows he's gay, and he's so in the closet he just is clueless.

HOWEVER, I think it's something more nefarious. While I have always loathed the piece of shit, he is worse now than ever. I'm very curious to know what they have on him.

[SergeStorms]

62. That would explain a few things.

However, there's never any excuse for acting like the rabid troglodyte he's been portraying lately. Is something getting a little too close to home here, Lindsey?

I'd love to see the entire fetid, crooked lot of Republican thugs annihilated. That would make my heart soar like an eagle!

[cadaverdog]

72. hear, hear. Or is it here, here?

May I put in nomination the Turtle himself?

[eleny]

64. That should get Lindsey "Jack-In-The-Box" Graham hopping

[Ferrets are Cool]

65. Oh, please let this happen for real. nt

[shenmue]

66. Oops ya burnt

[Nitram]

67. Couldn't happen to a nicer asshole. No wonder his nerves are frayed.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

69. Remember they hacked RNC and didn't publish?

Trump has all that info

[lindysalsagal]

70. Graham and the whole GOP have filthy russian oligarch money on their hands. Old news.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/05/08/putins-proxies-helped-funnel-millions-gop-campaigns

Buried in the campaign finance reports available to the public are some troubling connections between a group of wealthy donors with ties to Russia and their political contributions to President Donald Trump and a number of top Republican leaders. And thanks to changes in campaign finance laws, the political contributions are legal. We have allowed our campaign finance laws to become a strategic threat to our country.

Data from the Federal Election Commission show that Blavatnik's campaign contributions dating back to 2009-10 were fairly balanced across party lines and relatively modest for a billionaire. During that season he contributed $53,400. His contributions increased to $135,552 in 2011-12 and to $273,600 in 2013-14, still bipartisan.

In 2015-16, everything changed. Blavatnik's political contributions soared and made a hard right turn as he pumped $6.35 million into GOP political action committees, with millions of dollars going to top Republican leaders including Sens. Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham.

[Codeine]

71. "Under investigation" is a meaningless phrase

in this instance. Some Twitter rando hardly constitutes an “investigation” any more than looking under my son’s bed for the missing cereal bowl makes me a detective.

[at140]

76. ...

you do not believe every Twit?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

77. this is surreal.

Think about poor John McCain's family hearing about this.

[a kennedy]

82. OMGOSH......is this true?? I hope, I hope, I hope

[Amaryllis]

84. We all knew they had something on him, just didnt know what.

[Demonaut]

85. I call bullshit

[john657]

87. It's truly amazing how many here fall for this shit. n/t

[oasis]

88. "If it's what you say, I love it"

[Cha]

90. Wow.. I hope this goes

somewhere.. Thank You, Bfd

[uponit7771]

92. I'll wait

[murielm99]

93. Thank you for posting this.

We will see what comes of it.

[Bfd]

94. Your welcome.

This thing with Graham is a lot like Kavanaugh or Trump.
We know its true, its against our moral & human code of conduct, but we just have to stand here feeling helpless untill those with the power to do so can finally stop the disease from spreading any further.

We are a people of belief & trust that the power of good will win in the end.

[octoberlib]

95. Scott Dworkin's full of shit.

And Trump or the Russians might have something on Lindsay Graham but a more likely explanation for Graham’s sucking up to Trump is that he’s up for re-election in 2020 and Trump has high approval ratings among R’s in SC.

[Bfd]

96. Ok. I agree with you, but havn't seen a lot of of Dworkin prior to this.

I have nothing to form an opinion of him, yet.
This was on my twitter feed and I thought it was interesting enough to post it here.

Whatever Dworkin is or isn't, he's apparantly not telling us anything we don't already suspect.
Guess I'll watch for his report he says he'll present this weekend.

I'd like to see him held to that claim he makes.

Not so much for Dworkin's behalf, but for ours.
Graham couldn't have given himself up any better than he did during this hearing.

Its not as though people in places of power also didn't take note of the acts of desperation.
Red flags were being waved everywhere.

I just hope the people with the power to stop this political nightmare hurry up.

[libdem4life]

98. Get a kick about Killing the Messenger going on.

Especially when there are other corroborating sources and stories. It's a poorly kept secret for most Republicans. It has been said many times that after this, the Republican Party, as we knew it, will be a thing of the past. The Moderates are leaving in droves...some very high profile. Leaving the virtual former Tea Partiers to slime up the process.

[randr]

99. The trail to Moscow grows wide

[bitterross]

100. NOW we know why he needs a pardon.

Not that this is a surprise of course. I think most of the GOP is dirty with Russian money.

[bearsfootball516]

101. People wonder how fake news can spread like fire. This thread is exhibit A.

Look at all the posters just reading the flashy headline not looking at the source, or thinking critically about it.

[pecosbob]

102. I wouldn't call it fake news, but I would say read the link before you rec

kind of nothing news wrapped in a somewhat misleading banner, but I think this is normal for that group. That being said, I think it's kind of short-sighted to let the internal feud here between XXXXXX haters and XXXXXX haters to get in the way of a combined front against the Republican fascists.

[Me.]

103. What A Surprise