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As we know it was John McCain & Lindsey Graham that brought the attention to the forefront of the Russians hacking into the election. McCain states that there are a lot more shoes that will be dropped on this, regarding the continual communication with Trump campaign aids with the Russian Ambassador and Russian intelligence agents throughout the campaign.
So where are we so far:
CLEVELAND during the RNC Convention: July 2016 Trump advisers admit to meeting with Russian ambassador (after Jeff Sessions was accused of lying under oath to congress.)
More Trump advisers disclose meeting with Russia's ambassador - CNNPolitics.comAnother national security adviser to the Trump campaign, J.D. Gordon, also disclosed Thursday that he had met with Kislyak, this time during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. That meeting was first reported by USA Today. Gordon had advocated for language in the GOP platform that the Ukrainians not be armed in their battle against pro-Russian separatists, an effort was ultimately successful. But Gordon says he was simply advocating what Trump himself had expressed -- that he did not wish to see major war break out over the situation in Ukraine.
We know that the Trump administration (5 times) denied any contact with Russians during the campaign season.
Analysis | 5 times Donald Trump’s team denied contact with Russia
Jeff Sessions accused of lying under oath during his confirmation hearing. According to a source it's not unusual for member on the armed service committee to meet with Foreign ambassadors, but none of the other 13 on this committee had met with the Russian ambassador, only Sessions did twice during the campaign season. Sessions also filled out a questionaire prior to the confirmation hearing and stated that he had no contact with any Russians and signed it. Sessions then recuses himself from the Russian investigation.
Sessions recuses himself from Russia investigations - CNNPolitics.com
Jeff Sessions spoke twice with Russian envoy during presidential campaign: Department of JusticeWhen he was asked in his confirmation hearing what he would do if there was evidence anyone associated with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign had communicated with the Russians, Sessions replied that he wasn’t aware of any such “activities,” and added, “I did not have communications with the Russians.” A questionnaire he filled out for the committee also asked whether he had had contact with the Russians, to which Sessions, according to the Post, wrote, “No.”
General Flynn also lied to the FBI. Stating he did not have a conversation with the Russian Ambassador regarding the new sanctions that Obama was imposing on Russia for hacking into the election. Obviously the conversation was wiretapped. Flynn gone.Over this weekend we learned that General Flynn was also a paid lobbyist for
Turkey businessman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/world/europe/turkey-flynn-erdogan-gulen.html?_r=0
Flynn reportedly lied to FBI about sanctions talk with Russian envoy
We know that the Russian phone lines were wiretapped, and out comes this information.
We know that Obama ordered this investigation to be done BEFORE he left office, and that he had "preserved intelligence."
The New York Times, citing former American officials, reported that these officials were concerned that the information they were gaining on the Russian meddling in the election and the possible campaign contact could be compromised with the new administration, and they wanted to set up any future investigation with the information.Obama administration reportedly raced to preserve intelligence on possible contact between Russians and Trump associatesAccording to The Times, after Obama asked for an investigation into Russian tampering into the elections, officials found some "damning" evidence.
Then we have Lindsey Graham making this remark over Trump's weekend tweet that Obama had wiretapped the Trump Tower.
Lindsey Graham offers two ways Trump Tower wiretapping could be bigger than Watergate"If it is true, it would be the biggest political scandal since Watergate," Graham said. He added that if the Obama administration was able to obtain a warrant lawfully to investigate Trump's ties to Russia, then that would be the biggest scandal since Watergate."
The walls are slowly closing in on Trump. He probably fired Preet to divert attention away from his wiretapping lie about Obama. His diversions are no longer effective.
Yeah, this is moving along faster than Watergate did, so I am a little surprised by it. I think it's because Senate and House Republicans are finding it hard to defend with their constituents, and they have been being pummeled over it at these town hall meetings. Finally people chanting "release those returns."
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