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In reply to the discussion: Why did they let him be installed? [View all]calimary
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Toward the end.
Clapper is also critical of Republican congressional leaders for refusing to sign a bipartisan statement condemning Russian meddling in 2016.
"House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said they would not support a bipartisan statement that might hurt their nominee for president," Clapper writes in an excerpt of the book published by NPR. "I was disappointed but not surprised. It seemed they had decided by then that they didn't care who their nominee was, how he got elected or what effects having a foreign power influence our election would have on the nation, as long as they won."
A spokeswoman for Ryan and McConnell denied Clapper's claims, and in a stament to Newsweek said Mr. Clapper has his facts wrong. What was discussed with the White House staff in September was a letter to the states warning against attacks during the election, which was quickly drafted and sent on September 28th."
https://www.newsweek.com/evidence-russia-tipped-election-trump-staggering-says-former-us-intel-chief-940086
WHEN did they send such a letter? And to WHOM? Who received it? Any reaction? Did they say something - ANYTHING? Was there ANY coverage? ANYTHING in the news? I don't remember hearing a single thing about this back then. Is anybody in a position to receive such a letter back then still in that position? Could they confirm this? Produce the letter? If not, what happened to such a letter? Who has it now? And why hasn't this leaked? I'll quote one of Mike Pence's favorite responses: "This is the first I've heard of it." But in my case, it's the truth.
And other questions come up, now, about this purported letter sent to the states about the fucking Russians messing with our election: This letter - who wrote it? Who distributed it? How was it "sent" to the states? Assuming there was such a letter sent to the states, were the recipients told to keep it quiet? Told by whom? And why were they told to keep it quiet - if indeed there was such a letter distributed to the states? Any reasons given for not making this public? What were those reasons? Who gave the order to tell the states to keep this quiet? And why?