Its Official: Clinton Campaign Tied to Russian "Dossier"

[whell]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

Whell, do you have any angst that the Trump dossier research was first STARTED and Funded by Republican candidate campaigns, and then was picked up by the Clinton campaign after he secured the Rep. nomination?

http://www.politicalchat.org/showpos...2&postcount=11

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Perhaps Trump should have thought of that before taking actions that appeared to many to be obstruction of justice.

A report from a guy who was the Russia Desk Chief for MI6 (who also was instrumental in investigating Putin's murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London as well as FIFA's corrupton) detailing shady/illegal dealings and possible Russian compromising of Trump is something that simply must be investigated. Morever, the Special Counsel did not result from the dossier. It resulted from perceived obstruction of justice. In fact, Comey thoroughly briefed Trump on the dossier long before the Special Counsel was appointed due to his comments about having deliberately obstructing justice.

The actions are obstruction of justice if you happen to be on the left.

And yes, the briefing you referenced demonstrates that Comey took the content of the document seriously, and was treating it as "intel" rather than political opposition research. So Comey was snookered by it, and one is left to wonder what actions he took based on it. FISA warrant requests? Investigations? Who knows?

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Two words, money laundering. That's where this is going. Everything else is a smoke screen and why the special counsel is moving forward. Will Paul Manafort flip at some stage?

+1
This has been my thought.


Ah, the good old days.

[whell]

Originally Posted by CarlV

+1
This has been my thought.


Ah, the good old days.

Or, and probably more likely, they're investigating the Podesta Group, who Manafort had business dealings with.

https://www.salon.com/2017/10/23/rob...-tony-podesta/

[whell]

Podesta thinks that all of this stinks as well:

https://youtu.be/MX59wwTP6u4

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

The actions are obstruction of justice if you happen to be on the left.

And yes, the briefing you referenced demonstrates that Comey took the content of the document seriously, and was treating it as "intel" rather than political opposition research. So Comey was snookered by it, and one is left to wonder what actions he took based on it. FISA warrant requests? Investigations? Who knows?

Comey and Mueller are both Republicans and Rosenstein was appointed by Trump and they all seem to think that it is worthy of investigation for obstruction of justice.

If the FBI had credible evidence that Trump had been compromised by the Russians, his campaign director had worked previously for Russian interests and had laundered millions of their money, and his National Security Advisor (in waiting) was a foreign agent, are they supposed to ignore it? Most patriotic Americans are uncomfortable with the possibility of having a Russian stooge or stooges in the White House. I'm puzzled why you're not. Aren't you interested in knowing the truth about what the Russians did and to what degree, if any, that Trump's campaign was involved? It's profoundly unpatriotic not to want to know the truth IMO.

[bobabode]

So, Hillary conspired with the Russians to lose the election? (rolls eyes)

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by bobabode

So, Hillary conspired with the Russians to lose the election? (rolls eyes)

While not using any of the dossier material in her campaign? Makes perfect sense (to lemmings like Whell).

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

While not using any of the material in her campaign. Makes perfect sense (to lemmings like Whell).

Heh. I think the poor kid is losing it over the fact that the bloated Pumpkin Fecker can't get anything significant through his GOP controlled congress.

[bobabode]

WASHINGTON — The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website funded by a major Republican donor, was the first to hire the firm that conducted opposition research on Donald J. Trump — including a salacious dossier describing ties between Mr. Trump and the Russian government — website representatives told the House Intelligence Committee on Friday.
According to people briefed on the conversation, the website hired the firm, Fusion GPS, in October 2015 to unearth damaging information about several Republican presidential candidates, including Mr. Trump. But The Free Beacon told the firm to stop doing research on Mr. Trump in May 2016, as Mr. Trump was clinching the Republican nomination.
In April 2016, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee also retained Fusion GPS to research any possible connections between Mr. Trump, his businesses, his campaign team and Russia. Working for them, Fusion GPS retained a respected former British spy named Christopher Steele.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/u...nger.html?_r=0