Its Official: Clinton Campaign Tied to Russian "Dossier"

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Opposition research is normal in political campaigns and this oppo research started with funding by the GOP. Even Trump and his son both supported going to a room in Trump Tower to have Russians help them directly with oppo research against Hillary. Above all, any oppo research that shows that Trump and his minions are beholden to Russian interests is good oppo research. I, for one, am not particularly happy about having a Russian apparatchik as President.

That said, I'm fine with Hillary or any of her people being investigated/prosecuted for any crimes they committed, as I am with Trump and his minions. Paying for oppo research by an American firm isn't illegal though. Accepting it as a quid pro quo from the Russian government for changing American foreign policy is (as the Trumps did), however.

Of course, you're missed the CENTRAL issues with your post above. Let me help you.

Sure opposition research is "legal". However, for that opposition research to be treated as basis for far flung investigations into supposed "collusion" between the Trump campaign by Congress, the FBI, and a Special Counsel is at best farcical, and at worst its own form of collusion. Over a year of investigations of one sort or another continue, yet the "evidence" is little more than dissipating smoke (with much of that smoke created by the Swamp).

Its irrelevant to me who started paying for this and who finished paying for it. This was the product of "the Swamp": the Washington DC insiders whose livelihood depends on access to government money. These individuals may be labeled as Republicans, Democrats, etc., but their party ID is far less relevant than the community of interests that they share in keeping the status quo intact.

The third and final issue is that you, and everyone else who so deeply invested themselves in the "Russian collusion angle" and felt "robbed" by the election outcome might need to really come to grips with the following:

- The Dems ran a crap candidate and that was the primary reason for Clinton's election loss.

- If there was any election tampering, it occurred within the Democratic party nomination process.

- The Clintons, once again, are demonstrated to be absolute strangers to to concept of truth, particularly when it might interfere with access to power and money.

- WaPo and NYT have much to answer for here.