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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 10:36 AM Jun 2017

Thinks he got 'total vindication'

By Amber Phillips
June 9 at 8:17 AM

... Comey didn't agree to nearly three hours public of hearings to talk about whether the president was/is under investigation by the FBI, as it relates to Russia meddling in the U.S. election. He was testifying that the president tried to interfere in that investigation .. as it relates to .. Michael Flynn ... Now we have a special counsel, who has wide latitude .. to investigate .. Trump and Russia, including any potential obstruction of justice ... Comey and other intelligence chiefs have testified .. that it's possible .. Russia's campaign of fake news and hacking of Democratic emails changed the way some people decided to .. vote ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/09/trump-thinks-he-got-total-vindication-from-comey-except-he-didnt/?utm_term=.32de37be52d8

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Thinks he got 'total vindication' (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2017 OP
He thinks the investigation is over I guess? SHRED Jun 2017 #1
He's just catapulting the propaganda. It's all he's got. spooky3 Jun 2017 #2
How could Trump be totally vindicated when Comey "lied"? Frustratedlady Jun 2017 #3
The leaks are real, the news are fake. DetlefK Jun 2017 #4
Yes, I realize that, but if they are saying Comey lied... Frustratedlady Jun 2017 #6
Does that mean we can all go back to binge watching on Netflix now? nt procon Jun 2017 #5
Peaky Blinders!!! jmg257 Jun 2017 #7
Drumpf's actions BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #8

BumRushDaShow

(128,909 posts)
8. Drumpf's actions
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 11:33 AM
Jun 2017

added to the previous on-going investigations that included -

1.) Russian state-sponsored spear-phishing allowing for -
2.) Russian state-sponsored hacking into U.S. political party servers in order to
3.) Gain info from U.S. voter registration databases so that they could
4.) Target U.S. citizens with carefully crafted fake news distributed through social media so that one
6.) Presidential candidate is buried in an avalanche of false stories, allowing her opponent to prevail along with
5.) Russian-initiated attempts to secure U.S. spy assets among associates of the favored candidate in order to -
6.) Attempt to bring about a lifting of crippling sanctions, which would allow for
7.) Continued infiltration into Ukraine, a non-aligned country bordering NATO countries, and future expansions

And here you have that "favored candidate, now President" attempting to bury the whole thing.

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