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ContagiousInspiration
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| ChefLinda wrote: | This is important to know:
| Quote: | Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel
The Special Counsel found evidence of crimes outside its scope and made 14 criminal referrals to other jurisdictions. Only 2 of them are known to date. |
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Whew.. some justice still to come
I really wish Mueller would just dump his whole profession to defend America
Retire immediately.
Get hired by SDNY
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| ChefLinda wrote: | Former Intelligence expert and FBI Special Agent Clint Watts on MSNBC: Russia set out to attack our election and use every influence operation tactic available to them and they were wildly successful.
Bottom line: Russia attacked us in 2016 and they won. And they keep winning every day that Trump remains in office. And GOP politicians aided and abetted every step of the way. |
I am still on record.. going again.. saying we were also Hacked by Russia or Israel. I refuse to accept the people of my country voted Trump in legally.
Reminder of why I can think this way
https://www.govtech.com/security/Georgia-Election-System-Reportedly-Hacked-by-US-Department-of-Homeland-Security.html
^But.. then..
Investigation shows DHS did not hack Georgia computers
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/339734-investigation-shows-dhs-did-not-hack-georgia-state-computers
| Quote: | | In December, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp sent a letter to then-Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson accusing the DHS of 10 cyberattacks of varying sizes around the time of the 2016 presidential election, implying that the alleged attacks were related to the state turning down DHS help to secure election systems. |
Georgia destroyed election data right after a lawsuit alleged its voting system might have been hacked.
| Quote: | On July 3, state voters and a good-government group filed a lawsuit alleging that Georgia officials ignored warnings that the state’s electoral system was extremely susceptible to hacking.
On July 4, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office was alerted about the lawsuit by the press and declined to comment. It received a copy of the suit on July 6.
And on July 7, Georgia officials deleted the state’s election data, which would have likely been critical evidence in that lawsuit, the Associated Press reported Thursday. |
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | | Quote: | Kyle Cheney Verified account @kyledcheney
BIG: Mueller and his team concluded that Congress has authority to police obstruction of justice.
MUELLER: “[W]e concluded that Congress has the authority to prohibit a president’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice." |
That's Mueller saying in lawyerly language that Congress should impeach Trump because no one should be above the law, including the president. |
Now let's see what gets done about that. |
I don't know what will happen. I think Congress will hold hearings, no matter what they call them.
I've gone back and forth on this, but at this point I think they should start Impeachment hearings. Even if we think Senate won't convict, the way the electoral calendar works out, the end of the trial will coincide with lead-up to 2020 election. If the evidence is there and the GOP Senate won't convict, then the voters will - via the ballot box. Not sure Pelosi wants to go there, but pressure is building from progressives towards impeachment -- because it's the last vestige of maintaining the rule of law. No matter how Trump leaves office, do we want to protect Democracy and the rule of law or not? Republicans won't do it so I think Democrats have to. |
Agreed. |
I trust Nancy...she playing chess and thinking several moves ahead.
very important imo....some are too young to know the ropes and this is heavyweight stuff....end of sports analogies  |
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Report: Israeli hackers offered Cambridge Analytica information on politicians
| Quote: | Trump’s campaign hired Cambridge Analytica in June 2016 and paid it more than $6.2 million through last December, according to Federal Election Commission records.
The month after his firm was hired, Nix emailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for help tracking down some 33,000 emails that Clinton supposedly had deleted from her private server, the Daily Beast and The Wall Street Journal reported in October. |
Information below is about a Nigerian election the Israelis hacked emails and were supporting one candidate and asked Cambridge Analytica to use the info against the opponent. in 2015....
2015 eh.. hacking opponents emails..
2016 telling Trump they wanted to help him?
| Quote: | This follows allegations by a whistleblower that the British political consultancy firm improperly accessed users’ information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help elect Trump.
Cambridge Analytica staffers who worked on the 2015 re-election campaign for then-Nigeria president Goodluck Jonathan, told the Guardian that they met with representatives of an Israeli cyber security company in London in early 2015. They were told the meeting was arranged by a senior Cambridge Analytica director, Brittany Kaiser. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:49 am Post subject: |
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1) Call Ivanka for a public hearing before a House committee.
2) Enjoy Trump's tweets leading up to and after her hearing.
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The wording in the report is non conclusive, conclusive. | Quote: | The report describes actions and events that the Special Counsel's Office found to be
supp01ted by the evidence collected in our investigation. In some instances, the report points out
the absence of evidence or conflicts in the evidence about a particular fact or event. In other
instances, when substantial, credible evidence enabled the Office to reach a conclusion with
confidence, the report states that the investigation established that certain actions or events
occurred. A statement that the investigation did not establish particular facts does not mean there was no evidence of those facts. |
This unveiling of the report is the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
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Even though there's a lot of new things on collusion, there's plenty of things that we already knew about. So the press did a good job over the last couple years. Just wish they had done the same prior to the election.
The "no collusion" mantra is baked with his base, but I think the Democrats can effectively argue that there was a lot of collusion to the people that aren't sure yet, even if not criminal. Schiff provided the blueprint, but there's more information and confirmation now with the Mueller Report. There are plenty of examples of cooperation, lying, and cover up.
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Yes, the report is as bad as many expected, but at least there was a bit of comedy in there.
| Quote: | “To prove that a defendant acted ‘knowledgeably and willfully,’ the government would have to show that the defendant had general knowledge his conduct was unlawful,” said the report.
Mueller’s team hypothesized that Trump Jr. could claim that he didn’t believe that his actions broke the law. They suggested the same is true of Kushner. Investigators pointed out that Manafort is experienced in political campaigns, but added that they didn’t have the evidence to show that he actually knew the law. |
Junior and Kushner got away with some things because they are literally too stupid to prosecute. |
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When he is impeached
His judicial appointments all need removed
He has written over 100 Executive Orders
Two years in, Trump’s appeals court confirmations at a historic high point
| Quote: | By Ann E. Marimow
February 4
President Trump has installed a historic number of federal appeals court judges for this point of a presidency, with 30 confirmed by the Senate after two years of his term. |
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| Hector the Pup wrote: | Yes, the report is as bad as many expected, but at least there was a bit of comedy in there.
| Quote: | “To prove that a defendant acted ‘knowledgeably and willfully,’ the government would have to show that the defendant had general knowledge his conduct was unlawful,” said the report.
Mueller’s team hypothesized that Trump Jr. could claim that he didn’t believe that his actions broke the law. They suggested the same is true of Kushner. Investigators pointed out that Manafort is experienced in political campaigns, but added that they didn’t have the evidence to show that he actually knew the law. |
Junior and Kushner got away with some things because they are literally too stupid to prosecute. |
Affluenza? Too rich to connect with people outside of the 1%ers? |
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'112 Comey 1/7/17 Memorandum, at 1-2; Comey 11/15/17 302, at 3. Comey’s briefing included the
Steele reporting’s unverified allegation that the Russians had compromising tapes of the President involving
conduct when he was a private citizen during a 2013 trip to Moscow for the Miss Universe Pageant. During
the 2016 presidential campaign, a similar claim may have reached candidate Trump. On October 30, 2016,
Michael Cohen received a text from Russian businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze that said, “Stopped flow of
tapes from Russia but not sure if there’s anything else. Just so you know ....” 10/30/16 Text Message,
Rtskhiladze to Cohen. Rtskhiladze said “tapes” referred to compromising tapes of Trump rumored to be
held by persons associated with the Russian real estate conglomerate Crocus Group, which had helped host |
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4cm1LeXkAEHbty.jpg
Found a cool tool just now
https://www.newocr.com/ |
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| ContagiousInspiration wrote: | When he is impeached
His judicial appointments all need removed
He has written over 100 Executive Orders
Two years in, Trump’s appeals court confirmations at a historic high point
| Quote: | By Ann E. Marimow
February 4
President Trump has installed a historic number of federal appeals court judges for this point of a presidency, with 30 confirmed by the Senate after two years of his term. |
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That would be nice, but would require, at least, 218 D's in the House and 67 in the Senate, and even then I doubt if the Dems could reach unanimity with such numbers.
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| ribeye wrote: | | ContagiousInspiration wrote: | When he is impeached
His judicial appointments all need removed
He has written over 100 Executive Orders
Two years in, Trump’s appeals court confirmations at a historic high point
| Quote: | By Ann E. Marimow
February 4
President Trump has installed a historic number of federal appeals court judges for this point of a presidency, with 30 confirmed by the Senate after two years of his term. |
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That would be nice, but would require, at least, 218 D's in the House and 67 in the Senate, and even then I doubt if the Dems could reach unanimity with such numbers. |
I can dream  |
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If Trump is so compromised by Russia and Russian business assets
Isn't it illegal and a TOP Level Security Threat to allow him to remain?
Congress/Senate has a Duty to protect us.
His business deal during his campaign is reason enough for impeachment |
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Definitely an embarrassing day to be a Republican 
...a good day to remind people of their vote in the last election both good or bad and either thank them or rebuke them accordingly |
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| VicXLakers wrote: | Definitely an embarrassing day to be a Republican
...a good day to remind people of their vote in the last election both good or bad and either thank them or rebuke them accordingly |
Doesn't that require a conscience?
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There's no way in hell Barr read, digested, understood and came to the conclusion he did so quickly. He's proven himself to be a Trump Charlie McCarthy.
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| ChefLinda wrote: | This is important to know:
| Quote: | Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel
The Special Counsel found evidence of crimes outside its scope and made 14 criminal referrals to other jurisdictions. Only 2 of them are known to date. |
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Trump 2020. White House or big house.
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| ribeye wrote: | | VicXLakers wrote: | Definitely an embarrassing day to be a Republican
...a good day to remind people of their vote in the last election both good or bad and either thank them or rebuke them accordingly |
Doesn't that require a conscience? |
we are embarrassed for them and along with them...embarrassed we know them, embarrassed that we didn't educate them better but most of all embarrassed that we don't hold them accountable for their vote
not many patriots in that crowd unless we're talking Russian patriots  |
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| kikanga wrote: | | ChefLinda wrote: | This is important to know:
| Quote: | Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel
The Special Counsel found evidence of crimes outside its scope and made 14 criminal referrals to other jurisdictions. Only 2 of them are known to date. |
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Trump 2020. White House or big house. |
Made it Ma...top of the world |
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| VicXLakers wrote: | | ribeye wrote: | | VicXLakers wrote: | Definitely an embarrassing day to be a Republican
...a good day to remind people of their vote in the last election both good or bad and either thank them or rebuke them accordingly |
Doesn't that require a conscience? |
we are embarrassed for them and along with them...embarrassed we know them, embarrassed that we didn't educate them better but most of all embarrassed that we don't hold them accountable for their vote
not many patriots in that crowd unless we're talking Russian patriots |
I'm not trying to be obstinate here, but if you know of a way that realistically will keep them from embarrassing themselves, to how to avoid knowing them (since many are our relatives), or how to penetrate their impenetrable believe systems, let us know. As for holding them accountable, I do today and will always. I will remind every Republican who wants to throw some petty argument about a Democrat, and counter with . . . YOU elected Donald Trump.
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Welp. At this point get his tax returns and then begin impeachment hearings.
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Andrea Mitchell with that 'the Democrats better get their acts together' or trump will cheat his way to the White House again ....
.....while you sit back and laugh Andrea???? what are you never trumpers going to do to help or are you satisfied with the results and just won't admit it?
the Fourth Estate has become republicans and republicans in waiting
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| ribeye wrote: | | VicXLakers wrote: | | ribeye wrote: | | VicXLakers wrote: | Definitely an embarrassing day to be a Republican
...a good day to remind people of their vote in the last election both good or bad and either thank them or rebuke them accordingly |
Doesn't that require a conscience? |
we are embarrassed for them and along with them...embarrassed we know them, embarrassed that we didn't educate them better but most of all embarrassed that we don't hold them accountable for their vote
not many patriots in that crowd unless we're talking Russian patriots |
I'm not trying to be obstinate here, but if you know of a way that realistically will keep them from embarrassing themselves, to how to avoid knowing them (since many are our relatives), or how to penetrate their impenetrable believe systems, let us know. As for holding them accountable, I do today and will always. I will remind every Republican who wants to throw some petty argument about a Democrat, and counter with . . . YOU elected Donald Trump. |
that's how....just keep repeating . YOU elected Donald Trump. |
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Adam Schiff's response (video at link):
| Quote: | Adam Schiff Verified account @RepAdamSchiff
Regardless of whether the obstructive acts described by Mueller was criminal or whether the litany of illicit contacts with Russia rose to the level of conspiracy, they're dishonest, unethical, and unpatriotic.
Mueller’s report is not a vindication of Trump, but a condemnation.
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https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1118985130763259919 |
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