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“The Americans are very impressionable people, and they see what they want to see,”
Why we need to teach critical literacy.
The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.
Not “attempted to interfere”; “interfered”
Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts, the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.
Isn’t this a definition of collusion?
the Office cannot rule out the possibility that the unavailable information would shed additional light on (or cast in a new light) the events described in the report.
Meaning more shoes might drop
Appointment Order ¶ (b). Section 600.4 affords the Special Counsel “the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, the Special Counsel’s investigation, such as perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and intimidation of witnesses.”
Would 45 have been charged with this via Twitter?
Special Counsel had been authorized since his appointment to investigate allegations that three Trump campaign officials—Carter Page, Paul Manafort, and George Papadopoulos—“committed a crime or crimes by colluding with Russian government officials with respect to the Russian government’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.”
Sealed indictment?
the memorandum described an FBI investigation opened before the Special Counsel’s appointment into “allegations that [then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions] made false statements to the United States Senate[,]” and confirmed the Special Counsel’s authority to investigate that matter.
Why he had to recuse, and could still be in trouble
directions to IRA operators [+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +] “Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clintonl and the rest (except Sanders and Trump – we support them).”
Do we yet know why they supported Sanders?
The Office understands that the FBI, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the states have separately investigated that activity.
And what have they found?
Two days later, Trump Jr. publicly tweeted the wlsearch.tk link.
How is this not collusion?
Stone asked if the amounts in question totaled millions of dollars but was told it was closer to hundreds of thousands. Stone refused the offer, stating that Trump would not pay for opposition research.
How did he know that?
asked by Anton Kobyakov, a Russian presidential aide involved with the Roscongress Foundation, to see if Trump could speak at the Forum.385 Foresman first emailed Graff on March 31, 2016, following a phone introduction brokered through Trump business associate Mark Burnett (who produced the television show The Apprentice).
Mark Burnett: how deeply was he involved?
Papadopoulos wrote to senior policy advisor Stephen Miller that “[t]he Russian government has an open invitation by Putin for Mr. Trump to meet him when he is ready,” and that “[t]he advantage of being in London is that these governments tend to speak a bit more openly in ‘neutral’ cities.”
Awareness of campaign official’s intent to conspire with a foreign government; how is Stephen Miller still in the Whitehouse?
Page believed he and Baranov discussed Rosneft president Igor Sechin, and he thought Baranov might have mentioned the possibility of a sale of a stake in Rosneft in passing.574
“in passing...” right
