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In reply to the discussion: What the Fuck was the Russian Ambassador Doing at the Republican Convention ? [View all]alarimer
(16,245 posts)56. Yeah, I think some of this is definitely overblown.
We will have to just wait and see what the many investigations find out.
To me, it seems a bit like the Patrick Fitzgerald thing back during the Bush administration. Indictments were coming any day, until...they didn't.
I mean, it's clear Trump and company have shady motives (probably mostly related to enriching themselves) but the use of the word "treason" is premature and inaccurate, at least right now.
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What the Fuck was the Russian Ambassador Doing at the Republican Convention ? [View all]
louis c
Mar 2017
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Nah, you're proffering a red herring seeing going to the event and MEETING with campaign staff
uponit7771
Mar 2017
#25
Using his SCOTUS affirmed Constitutional right to buy a presidential candidate.
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2017
#5
Actually I heard it commented that the unrecoverable expenses were less than the cost...
nolabels
Mar 2017
#57
Apparently lots of ambassadors get invited to both Republican and democratic
applegrove
Mar 2017
#28
Including ambassadors who are designated as spies by our intellegience agencies?
louis c
Mar 2017
#63