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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:28 PM Jun 2017

First on CNN: House Russia investigators want to bring in Trump digital director

Source: CNN

House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump's campaign, as the congressional and federal probes dig into any possible connections between the Trump digital operation and Russian operatives, congressional sources said this week.

The House Russia investigation is planning to send an invite to Parscale soon, as they begin scheduling witnesses over the summer, sources said. The Senate intelligence committee is also interested in how Russian bots were able to target political messages in specific districts in critical swing states, although it is not clear if Parscale will be called before the Senate panel as well.

The news from the House comes as federal investigators have dug into Jared Kushner's role overseeing Trump's data operation -- although he has not been identified as a target of the probe. Kushner is expected to talk soon with Senate investigators about the campaign's data operation.

Parscale played a critical role behind the scenes on the Trump campaign, directing online spending and voter targeting with the use of a highly sophisticated data bank built by the Republican National Committee. Parscale, was running the Trump Organization's digital operation in early 2015, when he was hired onto the Trump campaign -- months before Trump officially announced his bid.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/russia-investigators-trump-digital-director/index.html?sr=twpol061617russia-investigators-trump-digital-director0726PMVODtopLink&linkId=38786552



Now, we are talking... Brad Parscale...
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First on CNN: House Russia investigators want to bring in Trump digital director (Original Post) MelissaB Jun 2017 OP
I hope Robert Mercer will get dragged into this soon. Tanuki Jun 2017 #1
So. Do. I. Raster Jun 2017 #2
Add me to that list. MelissaB Jun 2017 #3
Wouldn't that be great? And very well deserved. calimary Jun 2017 #10
+1 dalton99a Jun 2017 #16
Mueller is makin' it rain! Cracklin Charlie Jun 2017 #4
K&R orangecrush Jun 2017 #5
Jail them all! Abouttime Jun 2017 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Kathy M Jun 2017 #6
with the 94 million dollars Trump campaign paid his firm, bet he can afford the very best lawyer! Justice Jun 2017 #7
RAchel will probably have Schiff on tonight. I love him. Amaryllis Jun 2017 #8
Did you know Rachel is on the cover of "Rolling Stone" this week? calimary Jun 2017 #11
Yep. someone posted that the day it came out. Amaryllis Jun 2017 #12
When the movie, All the Putins Men comes out in a few years elmac Jun 2017 #9
I dunno, but I hope Ivana (the first of the numerous Mrs. Trumps) Tanuki Jun 2017 #17
The Ab Fab blonde says she modeled her character's look on Ivana, so maybe she tblue37 Jun 2017 #19
The voter targetting used data from Mercer's Cambridge Analytics. Surely leaked to Russians. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #13
From Rick Wilson MelissaB Jun 2017 #14
So THAT'S what happened to "The Beav..." calimary Jun 2017 #15
ping.....ping..ping....ping......... MarinCoUSA Jun 2017 #18
I didn't know he had a digital director. Yes, they should talk to him, for sure. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #20

Raster

(20,998 posts)
2. So. Do. I.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:45 PM
Jun 2017

I think his Cambridge Analytica may have had an instrumental role in providing data to Russian hackers, allowing them to surgically target voters and precincts.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
10. Wouldn't that be great? And very well deserved.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 05:45 PM
Jun 2017

So far, those folks never have any consequences to face for their bad, anti-social, and tragically selfish behavior.

Response to MelissaB (Original post)

Justice

(7,185 posts)
7. with the 94 million dollars Trump campaign paid his firm, bet he can afford the very best lawyer!
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 05:17 PM
Jun 2017

It's funny to see all of the players' lawyer up.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
11. Did you know Rachel is on the cover of "Rolling Stone" this week?
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 05:49 PM
Jun 2017

I found out just yesterday.

I'm in the middle of reading the article. She's "The Interview" It's a nice profile! (June 29th issue)

tblue37

(65,336 posts)
19. The Ab Fab blonde says she modeled her character's look on Ivana, so maybe she
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 07:10 PM
Jun 2017

could play her. She is too young in this pic but she is much older now:the


MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
14. From Rick Wilson
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 06:03 PM
Jun 2017

A little bird tells me that a certain White House staff member whose name rhymes with Beeve Stannon is crapping diamonds over Parscale.




Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
20. I didn't know he had a digital director. Yes, they should talk to him, for sure.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 07:28 PM
Jun 2017

He's probably just a salaried guy, so here it gets sticky. He can't afford the high priced Washington criminal attorneys like Pence got. I wonder if Trump will pay for his attorney (well, SAY he's going to pay for it...but of course he'll stiff both the employee and the lawyer).

I imagine the staffers are very worried by now. Wonder what they'll do. Sing like birds, or leave and hope they won't be important enough to be called to testify.

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