The Senate Intelligence Committee's report really is damning

[Zorro]

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

Sen. Mark R. Warner (Va.), ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, appeared on television Sunday to discuss the fifth and final volume the committee has published on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election on behalf of Donald Trump. Keep in mind that this volume was approved 14 to 1 by the committee, including the chairman who oversaw most of the investigation, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.). Republicans can publicly spin all they like, but the facts are there, nearly unanimously confirmed. The report is replete with damning details of contacts between the Trump campaign (including Roger Stone on the WikiLeaks hack and email dump) and Russian operatives.

Warner explained on “Meet the Press” that there were “unprecedented contacts between Russians and folks on the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign officials welcomed that help.” He added, “Maybe one of the most stunning was the level of detail of the then-campaign manager, Paul Manafort, sharing very specific campaign information with a Russian agent.” Warner said, “We’ll never know what the Russians did with that information. But think about that. A campaign manager sharing with a known Russian agent during the middle of a campaign.” That is quite simply collusion.

The suggestion by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) that no collusion occurred and that the committee report actually proves this (!!) ignores the connection between Manafort and Russian intelligence officer Konstantin Kilimnik, the 2016 meeting at Trump Tower among campaign officials and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya (who had much closer ties to Russian intelligence than previously was known), Roger Stone’s connection to WikiLeaks, and Trump’s open invitation to Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Trump left the door wide open to foreign influence in U.S. elections. Only the sycophants and dregs are left in the Trump administration. Warner pointed to the departures of respected, independent figures including Daniel Coats as director of national intelligence, acting director of national intelligence Joe Maguire and “both their deputies, to Michael Atkinson.” He added, “Trump intel officials who all told the truth about the Russian ongoing investigation ... were all fired because this president and this White House doesn’t want to hear the truth.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/24/senate-intelligence-committees-report-really-is-damning/

[Botany]

1. "unprecedented contacts between Russians and folks on the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign ....

.... officials welcomed that help.”

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Roger Stone’s connection to WikiLeaks, and Trump’s open invitation to Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s emails.

I want those mother fuckers prosecuted. Selling out America to our enemies.

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He added, “Trump intel officials who all told the truth about the Russian ongoing investigation ... were all fired because this president and this White House doesn’t want to hear the truth.”

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Every time Trump said fake news, hoax, and or witch hunt about the Trump/Russia connections he was lying.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. Fucking throw them all in jail

Forever. No home arrest or fancy prison..

[demosincebirth]

3. It won't dent Trump's knuckle draggers skulls.

They could care less.

[JudyM]

4. The Washington Times' headline was "No Collusion!" Rethugs are trying to manufacture reality.

That’s the only domestic manufacturing they actually support.