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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Russia, if you're listening," Trump said. They were. Trump knew they were.
July 27, 2016
Russia, if youre listening, Trump said, I hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.
An indictment filed by Robert Mueller, the special counsel, said Russian hackers attempted for the first time to break into email accounts used by Clintons personal office after hours on 27 July 2016.
That day, at an event in Florida, Trump invited the Russian state to search for the approximately 30,000 emails that Clinton was found to have deleted from her private server on the grounds that they were not related to government work.
Russia, if youre listening, I hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, Trump said. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.
Trump knew. He likes to brag. That was him bragging. He knew Putin was watching. He was playing to his audience of one. Trump thought he had a secret and he couldn't stop himself from bragging about it.
He knew.
FakeNoose
(32,350 posts)They sat on it until after the election, after the inauguration, and after Cheeto fired Comey. It was fully 8 months later, after "Russia if you're listening...". THAT's when they decided he must be a Russian agent, and they started a quiet investigation.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Americans simply don't ask a foreign power to intervene in an election. Not Americans who are loyal to their country. Who respect the process. Who respect the laws.
You can ask the UN to monitor an election but to intervene? To hack your opponent?
No.
Stargazer09
(2,131 posts)We dont know whats going on behind closed doors.
At the very least, I think evidence was being collected long before a formal investigation was launched.
Its entirely possible that they had more than one investigation into 45s dubious behavior. He certainly did not lead a very law-abiding life before running for office.
We are just now hearing about the investigation launched after 45 fired Comey, but that doesnt eliminate the possibility of earlier investigations. It also doesnt mean that other investigations are not being done right now, under the radar (and possibly without the knowledge of the people 45 installed as agency directors).
I think we are going to hear a small amount of new (to the public) information each week. A steady drip, drip sort of thing, at least for a while. The floodgates will open when the time is right.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Cha
(295,907 posts)to the world by his big dumbfuck mouth and the Mueller investigation.
Of course, he won't learn from this.. he'll keep shooting his stupid mouth off to assist Mueller with his research.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Cha
(295,907 posts)his own petard.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Cha
(295,907 posts)Nazi loving thumb.
Stargazer09
(2,131 posts)He thinks hes so much smarter than the rest of the world.
Cha
(295,907 posts)'cause he's gotten away with it for so long. Not ever knowing that the bigger they are the Harder they fall
Stargazer09
(2,131 posts)That his fall will be one for the record books!
(And it cant come soon enough.)
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is incapable of thinking things through. He goes for the immediate gratification of showing off his power in the moment without ever realizing how it might come back to bite him in the ass.
Stargazer09
(2,131 posts)He hasnt really suffered the consequences for his monstrous ego yet. I hope it happens soon.
malaise
(267,811 posts)Now I'm waiting for the You're Fired and much more.
Oh Happy Day!
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)PunkinPi
(4,870 posts)when he said that my mouth went agape and I yelled, "treason". And now here we are...ugh.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Not a throw-away comment at all. He meant it.
Takket
(21,424 posts)And we still can do nothing but sit on our hands and wait. It is a constant source of stress for all of us.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)"...listening?"
He wanted to speak directly to the Russians, and one Russian in particular.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)gulliver
(13,142 posts)He was doing business with them at the time too. Amazing.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Boldly and brazenly.
And there he is, still at it.