'What do the Russians have on Trump?': Bernie Sanders demands more information on the FBI investigat

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



‘What do the Russians have on Trump?’: Bernie Sanders demands more information on the FBI investigation

ELIZABETH PREZA
23 MAR 2017 AT 16:41 ET

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday pressed for more information on the ongoing FBI investigation into possible collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials, asking why the president “has nothing but nice things to say about” Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“What do the Russians have on Mr. Trump?” Sanders asked.

Link to tweet

Sanders has been an active critic of the Trump administration, though he’s promised to work with the president on areas of common ground, including infrastructure. Recent developments in the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election seems to have soured any semblance of good will between the men.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/what-do-the-russians-have-on-trump-bernie-sanders-demands-more-information-on-the-fbi-investigation/

[pnwmom]

1. And what do the Russians have on Republicans in Congress? They hacked the RNC

and are withholding those emails for some reason -- no doubt to put pressure on the party.

[philly_bob]

2. A fact not widely known or acknowledged.

Republicans pretend their cybersecurity was so good that Russians couldn't hack it. Yeah, right.

Need confirmation that RNC was hacked too. Read it somewhere long ago, forget link.

[pnwmom]

3. It just came up again in the Comey hearing.

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/33622/20170321/rep-stefanik-questions-fbi-director-comey-in-intelligence-committee-hearing

Stefanik, a Republican, asked Comey if the Russian hackers only targeted Democratic politicians.

"Can you specify those others?" Stefanik asked. "Did that include the RNC? Did that include any of the other campaigns of candidates in the primaries, Democrats or Republicans?"

Comey told Stefanik that Republicans were targeted by Russian government hackers, but that only Democratic Party materials were leaked to the press, as part of efforts to influence November's election.

"There were not releases of material taken, hacked from any Republican-associated organizations," Comey replied.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/obama-russia-election-hack.html

But the intelligence agencies’ conclusions that the hacking efforts were successful, which have been presented to President Obama and other senior officials, add a complex wrinkle to the question of what the Kremlin’s evolving objectives were in intervening in the American presidential election.

“We now have high confidence that they hacked the D.N.C. and the R.N.C., and conspicuously released no documents” from the Republican organization, one senior administration official said, referring to the Russians.

[philly_bob]

21. Thanks, PNWMom. /nt

[OnDoutside]

5. I don't doubt that the Russians did hack the RNC, but I certainly have never seen

an official link saying they were hacked.

[dchill]

12. They don't wanna talk about it.

I'm sure plenty of Republicans know exactly what the Russians have on them.

[MFM008]

4. Don't we have good

Hackers to mess with Rissia???

[trof]

6. I read somewhere that...

They had him on HD video in a threesome with two 17 year old Estonian twin boys
There was something about a ewe, too?
Maybe it was IN a U-2?
I dunno.
But I read that somewhere.
I'm pretty sure it's true.
Or will be.
You'll see I'm right.

[bora13]

7. says who?

you that's who.

[trof]

9. It was a reporter at the New York Daily News.

I'm pretty sure.
I think I'll be proved right.

[ColemanMaskell]

15. Maybe trof is channeling his DJT impression: "people tell me"

You know, DJT says any crazy-a$s thing and says "he's heard", quotes anyonymous disembodied voices.

[tclambert]

13. I know I read it somewhere. I think on DU, like, twenty seconds ago.

[trof]

14. See? I'ts coming up EVERYWHERE!

It MUST be true.
I think I saw it on Breitbart.

[beam me up scottie]

20. LOL! Well played! Bigly!

[comradebillyboy]

8. Bernie is a little late to the party on this one. nt

[JTFrog]

18. Indeed. nt

[WheelWalker]

26. You stole those words right out of my mouth... a little late to the party, indeed.

Bernie's like that scratched vinyl. Rachel can fill him in on the latest.

[SCVDem]

10. Note that Bernie called him

Mister, not pResidump!

No respect! Good.

[Justice]

11. Thank you Bernie Sanders!

[Ilsa]

16. I bet they could have Deutsche Bank call his loans, and that's the safest,

easiest thing that would happen to him. I bet the rest is him participating in money laundering for them and terrorists.

[beam me up scottie]

17. Bernie has been calling out Russia's influence in our election since last year.

Last edited Thu Mar 23, 2017, 08:20 PM - Edit history (2)

In fact I actually posted links to those callouts for a poster just a few days ago when they said they hadn't noticed it. I was shocked that someone would be unaware of his criticism since it could easily be accessed by doing a simple search. I wonder if they ever bothered to read my post? Oh well, I added it to my journal for easy reference and will add this post too for people who are Google challenged.

Bernie on Russian hacking in December:

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/11/gop-russia-woes-worsen-bernie-sanders-speaks-trumps-nonsensical-denial.html

Bernie on Russia hacking in January:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/01/10/bernie-sanders-town-hall-russia-hacking-sot.cnn

Bernie on Russian interference in February:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bernie-sanders-investigation-russia-michael-flynn-links-donald-trump-election-campaign-democrats-a7581996.html%3Famp

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8814364

I did another quick search and at the top of the page I found examples I omitted in my previous post:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/02/28/bernie-sanders-on-russia-investigation-ac-sot.cnn

Sanders: Investigate Trump Ties to Russia
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday asked the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate the relationship between President Donald Trump and the Russian government.

“It is incumbent upon the Congress to take seriously its constitutional responsibilities. The American people must have confidence that governmental decisions reflect their interests, not that of a foreign government. A robust investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee is critical to restoring that confidence,” Sanders wrote in the letter to Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the intelligence panel.

The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russia played an active role in the 2016 election with the goal of electing Trump as president. Additionally, multiple media outlets reported last week that U.S. intelligence services have verified portions of a dossier that alleges that Russian agents hold damaging evidence about Trump’s past personal and business dealings that could possibly make Trump susceptible to blackmail.

There also have been reports that the Trump administration’s contacts with the Russian government are having both a chilling effect in the intelligence community and jeopardizing longstanding relationships with our allies.

“Throughout his campaign, and continuing to today, President Trump has refused to come clean with the American people about the nature and extent of his relationship with Russia,” Sanders wrote/.

“Every day that President Trump and his team dodge these questions, and every time their previous denials are revealed as false, that confidence is further diminished.”

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/-sanders-investigate-trump-ties-to-russia

My goodness that was easy. I love the Google.

***

Bernie will continue to be a thorn in Twitler's side and I applaud his efforts. He never stops fighting for all of us.

Go Bernie!

[BainsBane]

19. Has he?

This is the first I've seen, and I've looked.

[Docreed2003]

27. If you wish...

I'd be happy to post Sanders' very clear response to the Wikileaks email dump. What he said was that, and I'm paraphrasing, the emails only showed a heated primary and that his own emails would have been just as heated. That response wasn't months passed, as you suggest, it was at the time of the email leaks. But let's bash Bernie for Russian interference with the election.

[beam me up scottie]

28. Good post. That's how I remember it too.

Howdy, neighbour! Long time no see!

[Docreed2003]

30. Wow...hey there! Hope you are well!!!

[beam me up scottie]

31. I'm good and I hope the same for you and yours.

I was thrilled to see Tennessee's bathroom bill didn't even make it to a vote. Poor Mae. It appears the other senators cared more about tourist dollars than discriminating against transgender people.

[R B Garr]

22. He has an answer when asked, but for someone who

makes repetitive unproven claims about rigged elections, he's strangely silent when the biggest rigging took place on a treasonous level. This story vindicates Hillary, though, so maybe that's the hesitation.

[JI7]

24. I'm pretty sure he has never made unproven claims about rigged elections

[tirebiter]

29. Bernie's campaign organization began reporting early on that

they were getting help they didn't want from the claims that were unproven about Hillary on the internet. Posters were joining Bernie groups on Facebook and other sites and making claims they knew to be outlandish and Bernie's people were reporting them as such. I was a Hillary supporter and I have to give points to them for being up front and open about the whole thing.