NYT: Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence

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Exile20 said:
How can anyone watch Fox News?

Fucking Hannity. They are saying Obama is the mastermind behind the leaks coming out the whitehouse.
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They even have a guy from the NY Post taking about how Obama is running a shadow government that's trying to sabotage Trump.

I'm not even kidding.
 
Grizzlyjin said:
The GOP is going to stay on the ship up until the very last moment. But I can't imagine even the most loyal member in the party would be willing to stick around if there was definitive proof of treasonous activity. Next time you're up for election all your challenger would have to say is "Hey, did you support that guy that committed treason?" It's the highest crime in our political system.

I'm racking my brain to even imagine how much of a disaster this would be for the office. Even if they didn't nail down Donald with this, having so many people from his inner circle involved in conspiring with foreign govt to swing an election...it would be one of the biggest political stories of the century.
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I think it'd go beyond just the century, it's probably the biggest political story of the nation's history.
 
NullPointer said:
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...Is that from twilight?
 
Master Yoshi said:
Anyone else believe Trump will commit suicide before this ever reached a trial?
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He would never, but a panic / heart attack seems increasingly likely. The guy shoves down fast food so he doesn't have to waste time eating, he constantly is sitting (planes, office, etc), sleeps 4 hours a night, and is probably about as stressed as a human can be 24 hours a day.
 
Next time don't start a fight with people who deal in secrets, digging up dirt, and bringing down governments for a living. The IC don't play around.
 
CHC said:
Yeah Watergate seems like such vanilla corruption compared to this.

I'm literally sitting in bed with an open book face down on my chest, glued to my phone because no fiction beats this reality. It's fucking grade A entertainment, thank Christ they are so incompetent.
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It wasnt about the crime it was about the cover up.

Abuse of power is abuse of power even if all you did was steal paperclips.

The cover up is always worse than the crime
 
Spiral Insanity said:
This will just go away. Nothing will happen. Nobody will do anything.
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I don't want to sound like a dick, but people need to knock it off with this sad-sack shit. You WANT something to be done about this? Call your congressman and fucking tell them, engage in protests, let your voice be heard. Posting defeatist junk on GAF won't accomplish anything.

Hale-XF11 said:
You guys do understand who's in control now, right? They (republicans) hold all the cards. There's nobody left with any authority to do anything about anything illegal they do anymore.
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Are folks just deliberately ignoring the fact that the Judicial branch of government has told the Trump administration to go fuck itself over his travel ban EO like three times now? Republicans control a lot, but they don't control the court of law. If they do straight-up illegal or unconstitutional shit, the people can sue the government and the courts can reverse it. Heck it's why the ACLU received $20 million in donations and 150,000+ new members in the wake of the muslim ban.
 
If the FBI / CIA had anything, wouldn't someone just put them all in cuffs?

All this smoke. I'm not saying it isn't having an effect, but I still think it is too slow. Just show the smoking guns.
 
Fenderputty said:
Say this actually goes far enough to Impeach because it's proven Trump colluded with Russia to affect the election, does that give the Dems enough standing to just obstruct for 4 years on just about everything?
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They'd try but the GOP and Pence/Ryan would still have all the votes.

I'm hoping they can somehow tie Pence and a good number of Legislators like Mitch McConnell to this.
 
Makes me wonder if this was the plan all along in the intelligence community... To let Trump and his associates carry on like business as usual and wait for the details to emerge naturally before exposing them all for the traitors they are.

Sounds a bit too much like a movie plot, but reality has been crazy these days.
 
BlastProcessing said:
We didn't know that the FBI has call logs and transcripts. That changes things considerably.

But hey let's check in with other parts of the Trump Administration:

What's Omarosa up to? ‘This is ... Nixonian:’ Reporter was taped by White House in heated exchange

...oh how are things doing at State then?

@rebeccaballhaus
Ambassadorships remain unfilled amid standoff between Priebus and Tillerson
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Well... shit.
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Damn, this makes it seem like Tillerson is actually taking his job seriously
 
GregLombardi said:
If the FBI / CIA had anything, wouldn't someone just put them all in cuffs?

All this smoke. I'm not saying it isn't having an effect, but I still think it is too slow. Just show the smoking guns.
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To take down a president on charges of treason would require beyond ironclad proof or it would just turn into a political shitshow. They won't move unless they can get a smoking gun. Odds are the GOP will force him out to try and save themselves before the FBI/CIA are able to find the unassailable proof they need.
 
In less than thirty days, the Trump administration vilified and turned the media, the deep state, and the intelligence community into hated enemies, and now they're striking back.

I hope they immolate the Trump administration quickly now.
 
Zefah said:
Makes me wonder if this was the plan all along in the intelligence community... To let Trump and his associates carry on like business as usual and wait for the details to emerge naturally before exposing them all for the traitors they are.

Sounds a bit too much like a movie plot, but reality has been crazy these days.
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The AG relayed concerns last month. Obama likely knew there was smoke. Laying the groundwork on these sanctions and Flynn played himself.

AG did her duty and here we go.......
 
GregLombardi said:
If the FBI / CIA had anything, wouldn't someone just put them all in cuffs?

All this smoke. I'm not saying it isn't having an effect, but I still think it is too slow. Just show the smoking guns.
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You can't just do that willy nilly when dealing with the freakin executive branch of our government. Accusations needs to be air tight before anything is done, and even then it's up to Congress.
 
GregLombardi said:
If the FBI / CIA had anything, wouldn't someone just put them all in cuffs?

All this smoke. I'm not saying it isn't having an effect, but I still think it is too slow. Just show the smoking guns.
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Too slow? It's only been a few months. Investigations of this magnitude take time regardless of how blatant people are when they break the law.
 
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CNN says they have names of Trump campaign officials who communicated with Russian operatives. Not releasing yet because seeking comment.
 
CNN report: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/donald-trump-aides-russians-campaign/index.html

(CNN)High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN.
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Adding to US investigators' concerns were intercepted communications between Russian officials before and after the election discussing their belief that they had special access to Trump, two law enforcement officials tell CNN. These officials cautioned the Russians could have been exaggerating their access.
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CNN incoming: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/donald-trump-aides-russians-campaign/index.html

(CNN)High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN.

Adding to US investigators' concerns were intercepted communications between Russian officials before and after the election discussing their belief that they had special access to Trump, two law enforcement officials tell CNN. These officials cautioned the Russians could have been exaggerating their access.
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