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Showing Original Post only (View all)NY Times - "A Party to the Russian Connection" - Why McConnell Will Not Investigate [View all]
Part of the reason why Republicans are obstructing any type of independent inquiry is because it will highlight their aggressive efforts to oppose any disclosure of Trump's Russian connections during the campaign. They are in too deep.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/a-party-to-the-russian-connection.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
President Trumps disturbing Russian connections present an acute danger to American national security. According to reports this week, Mr. Trumps team maintained frequent contact with Russian officials, including senior intelligence officers, during the campaign. This led to concerns about possible collusion with one of Americas principal strategic adversaries as it tried to influence the election in Mr. Trumps favor. On Monday, Mr. Trumps national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, was forced to resign after details of his communications with the Russian ambassador emerged.
Republican leaders in Congress now bear the most responsibility for holding the president accountable and protecting the nation. They cant say they didnt see the Russian interference coming. They knew all along.
Early in 2015, senior Republican congressional leaders visited Ukraine and returned full of praise for its fight for independence in spite of Russias efforts to destabilize the country and annex some of its regions. And in June, coincidentally just before Mr. Trump announced his campaign for the Republican nomination, they met with Ukraines prime minister in Washington one of many meetings I attended as a senior aide to the House Republican Conference.
As the presidential race wore on, some of those leaders began to see parallels between Russias disinformation operations in Ukraine and Europe and its activities in the United States. They were alarmed by the Kremlin-backed cable network RT America, which was running stories intended, they judged, to undermine Americans trust in democratic institutions and promote Mr. Trumps candidacy. Deeply unsettled, the leaders discussed these concerns privately on several occasions I witnessed.
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NY Times - "A Party to the Russian Connection" - Why McConnell Will Not Investigate [View all]
TomCADem
Feb 2017
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Now the Democrats will...tilt at windmills and focus on campaigning in early 2018.
Crash2Parties
Feb 2017
#51
I think if there was a real investigation about Russia and the election it would go up
kimbutgar
Feb 2017
#4
"They are in too deep." & Republicans need to answer for their treasonous acts. nt
AnotherMother4Peace
Feb 2017
#5
How did McConnell know that after the election he would get a different pick for SCOTUS?
Botany
Feb 2017
#11
They enlisted help of a foreign power so they could seize control and enact their polluting agenda
bucolic_frolic
Feb 2017
#16
Washington Republicans are more of a criminal conspiracy than a political party.
mn9driver
Feb 2017
#19
DUers, spread this story all over social media - call out the GOP as traitors putting power
blm
Feb 2017
#24
"he especially is angry at the republicans & it is his mission to bring them down along with him"?
red dog 1
Feb 2017
#45
In September 2016, McConnell Threatened To Accuse Democrats of Being Partisan...
TomCADem
Feb 2017
#53
It's like the crimes Nixon & his pals tried to get away with in the Watergate scandal
red dog 1
Feb 2017
#50