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From CNN:
Two Republican members of the House of Representatives tell CNN that they expect at least 140 of their GOP colleagues in the House to vote against counting the electoral votes on January 6 when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/electoral-college-house-republicans/index.html
Treasonous fascist scum.
StClone
(11,686 posts)They should be removed from it. Rs do not believe in the US and actively seek to derail and destroy it. Does that make too much sense you Thumpkin Lurkers?
Kid Berwyn
(14,921 posts)I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
Cha
(297,378 posts)ASSHOLES.. We're waiting
Kid Berwyn
(14,921 posts)President Trump gestures to Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, as he speaks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Alexander Shcherbak/TASS/Getty Images)
I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to The Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.
"I'm not under investigation," he added.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nut-job-james-comey-russia-2017-5
All that we learned from TASS. No US media were informed of the meeting. Whos benefited most from a US in chaos?
Cha
(297,378 posts)This Pisses me Off so much.. & I imagine you & Dems Everywhere.
I can imagine how much it Pisses Off Democratic Leaders who haven't been able to do anything about it .. Except Impeach & then it gets Halted in the Magat senate.. that said.. ".. Let the Voters Decide.. "
Well they fucking Did!
Kid Berwyn
(14,921 posts)James Risen
The Intercept, September 3 2020
Excerpt...
The GRU, a Russian intelligence service, conducted the hacks and then used a false cyber front to transfer data to WikiLeaks, which then published the Clinton-related documents at key moments in the 2016 campaign, according to the report. The U.S. media obligingly wrote stories based on the documents, without aggressively pursuing evidence that the leaks were the product of a Russian cyberattack.
The report states that while the GRU and WikiLeaks were releasing hacked documents, the Trump campaign sought to maximize the impact of those materials to aid Trumps electoral prospects. To do so, the Trump Campaign took actions to obtain advance notice about WikiLeaks releases of Clinton emails; took steps to obtain inside information about the content of releases once WikiLeaks began to publish stolen information; created messaging strategies to promote and share the materials in anticipation of and following their release; and encouraged further theft of information and continued leaks.
One of the most intriguing sections in the report deals with the relationship between Paul Manafort, the onetime Trump campaign chair, and a Russian intelligence officer. Indeed, the Manafort section of the report is a prime example of how the Senate investigators brought fresh eyes to a well-known episode in the Trump-Russia case and, unlike Mueller, found new information by examining it as a counterintelligence matter.
In March 2016, longtime international lobbyist Paul Manafort joined the Trump campaign and by May was named the campaigns chair. Manafort offered to work for Trump for free.
Snip...
The Mueller report found that Manafort had shared Trump polling data with Kilimnik, but didnt examine why he had done so. The Senate report says that the intelligence committee obtained some information suggesting Kilimnik may have been connected to the GRUs hack and leak operation targeting the 2016 election. The report adds that this information suggests that a channel for coordination on the GRU hack operation may have existed through Kilimnik. The report adds that in interviews with Muellers prosecution team, Manafort lied consistently about one issue in particular: his interactions with Kilimnik. Manafort decided to face more severe criminal penalties rather than provide complete answers about his interactions with Kilimnik. The Manafort-Kilimnik relationship, the Senate report concludes, represents the single most direct tie between senior Trump campaign officials and the Russian intelligence services.
Continues...
https://theintercept.com/2020/09/03/trump-russia-senate-report-mueller/
PS: Thank you for caring, Amiga! A Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to you and yours!