Partisan Russia Probe Narrative Battle Escalates As Mueller Zooms In On Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




By MARY CLARE JALONICK Published DECEMBER 22, 2017 9:58 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are scrambling in the final days of 2017 to establish their own narratives on multiple Russia investigations and the integrity of the investigators, a partisan messaging battle that has intensified as special counsel Robert Mueller has appeared to focus more intently on President Donald Trump and his inner circle.

Congressional Republicans who have endured almost a year’s worth of speculation and investigations into Trump’s ties to Russia are hoping to move on from that topic in 2018, renewing focus on Democrat Hillary Clinton and stepping up criticism of Mueller. Democrats remain focused on Trump and are pushing to keep congressional investigations on Russia going for months to come.

Typifying the intense partisan rancor surrounding the investigations, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi pressed Speaker Paul Ryan Friday to keep the House probe intact. “Political haste must not cut short valid investigatory threads,” Pelosi asserted in a letter to the Wisconsin Republican. “Key questions about foreign interference in our elections remain, and must be thoroughly investigated,” she wrote.

Ryan appoints members of the intelligence committee, and could pressure the panel to extend the investigation. But he has largely stayed away from discussing it.

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[ffr]

1. We're at DEFCON 2 folks.

tRump pulls a Mueller stunt, it's people in the streets.

[AmericanActivist]

2. I have been thinking about that War Games movie

lately; I need to rewatch it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Unicorn

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Twerks

[Mr. Ected]

5. Another false equivalence given airtime by the media

So tired of them conflating truth and fiction.

[mr_lebowski]

6. Just another bullshit AP 'story' worded to make Dems look like they're doing something bad

And that Trump/GOP are the more reasonable group, innocent victims of the Dem's 'partisan rancor'.

Fuck you, AP.

[FakeNoose]

7. How come Al Franken didn't get the investigation he requested?

Why are they wasting time on this? I'm sure Hillary can handle these weasels, but what a waste.

[kwassa]

8. No, the partisinship is on the Republican side, not the truthful side.

The Republicans are trying to develop another Big Lie, like the email leaks and Benghazi all-the-time, or Obama's birth certificate, completely devoid of any facts at all. Repeat the lie enough times to make some people believe it is true.