It's Official, Russians Corrupted The Election

[finnbow]

The FBI is investigating whether far-right news websites contributed to Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new report.

The probe is focused on discovering whether Russian operatives used conservative outlets to help spread stories favoring now-President Trump, McClatchy said Monday.

McClatchy confirmed with two people familiar with the inquiry that the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division is driving the investigation.

The sources said Russian operatives seemingly strategically timed computer commands called “bots” to blitz social media with pro-Trump stories.

The bots were used at times when Trump appeared struggling with 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, they continued.

McClatchy’s sources said the bots mainly created millions of Facebook and Twitter posts linking to articles on far-right websites including Breitbart News, InfoWars and the Kremlin-backed RT News and Sputnik News.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-s...s-sites-report

[nailer]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

So even the most servile DJ disciples do not reckon with a second term?

Fake news.

How like der Trumpenfuhrer of you.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by finnbow

During the campaign, Trump repeatedly said (in reference to Hillary) that we can't afford to have a sitting president who is under FBI investigation, and yet here we are.

No we aren't. According to the NYT: The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, took the extraordinary step on Monday of announcing that the agency is investigating whether members of President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. It also said: James B. Comey said that the agency is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election..https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/u...pgtype=article

Not a word in the article's body supporting the article's title: F.B.I. Is Investigating Trump’s Russia Ties, Comey Confirms

[JCricket]

Originally Posted by nailer

No we aren't. According to the NYT: The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, took the extraordinary step on Monday of announcing that the agency is investigating whether members of President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. It also said: James B. Comey said that the agency is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election..https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/u...pgtype=article

Not a word in the article's body supporting the article's title: F.B.I. Is Investigating Trump’s Russia Ties, Comey Confirms

You are correct, however, I would have to ask the question that if his campaign people were talking with the Russians, did he know? I think the answer to that is obvious.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by nailer

No we aren't. According to the NYT: The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, took the extraordinary step on Monday of announcing that the agency is investigating whether members of President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. It also said: James B. Comey said that the agency is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election..https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/u...pgtype=article

Not a word in the article's body supporting the article's title: F.B.I. Is Investigating Trump’s Russia Ties, Comey Confirms

Comey's exact words:

“I’ve been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts.”

[CarlV]

So if Cheeto Face owes Red China 3 billion maybe Pootin is showing Agent Orange how to fleece the American public for billions the same way he fleeced the Russian public for billions? I just can't get past if the Liar-In-Chief is all that and then some, this is how he wants to be remembered in history?


Carl

[Rajoo]

FBI is also looking at Infowars and Breitbart for possible connections to Russia for propagating their fake news.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/attac...-schematic.jpg

And here is Infowars response on the subject accusing Google, Facebook and Twitter helping Hillary instead.

Why the FBI’s Infowars-Russia Investigation is Completely Ludicrous

https://www.infowars.com/why-the-fbi...ely-ludicrous/

I hope Trump will send a few Tweets to clarify this tomorrow.

[merrylander]

Sure but how many Trump voters have Internet access? Damn few I would surmize. It ws the whisper campaign and the press foolishly repeating Trump's accusations. He got millions in free advertising because the media wanted readership.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

John McCain thinks otherwise - "There's a lot of aspects of this whole relationship with Russia and Vladimir Putin that requires further scrutiny, and so far I don't think the American people have gotten all the answers. In fact, I think there's a lot more shoes to drop from this centipede."

http://theweek.com/speedreads/685517...umprussia-ties

From the tone and content of the questions from Republican members of yesterday's panel that focused almost exclusively on leaks, one cannot help but conclude that they feel the real villain of Watergate was Deepthroat.

You're giving credence to the guy that thought Sarah Palin should be a heartbeat away from the oval office? Fascinating!

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

You're giving credence to the guy that thought Sarah Palin should be a heartbeat away from the oval office? Fascinating!

Says the guy who cites a Buzzfeed article with anonymous sources.