In a desperate strategy for defending misdeeds and crimes committed by President Donald Trump, the President has used his standby defense of declaring the Constitutional process of impeachment for wrongdoing and misdeeds by a President as a "Hoax" the same way he did about Russian interference and meddling in the election that made him President. According to Trump and his supporters, American intelligence and law enforcement are part of a huge "Deep State" plot and "Hoax". Nevermind all the overwhelming evidence of Russian interference and meddling.
Claims of an impeachment process taking place are ridiculous claims simply because the impeachment process is factually taking place. No hoax. "Hoax" is simply a trigger word meant for deflecting away from reality.
...and still no Russian connection
Nonsense. Lots of evidence exists for Russian connections. Hey, if you want to ignore American intelligence agencies and the Mueller report, you have the right to do so, but that is the only way for you to call Russian interference and meddling a hoax.
I guess the Mueller report that stated there was no collusion is a lie then?
Where did the Mueller report say that- specifically?
'Not a witch hunt': Mueller defends Russia probe from Trump's attacks
āThe president was not exculpated for the acts that he allegedly committed,ā Mueller told the House Judiciary Committee, adding that Trump could theoretically be indicted after he leaves office. He added, āWe did not address ācollusion,ā which is not a legal term. Rather, we focused on whether the evidence was sufficient to charge any member of the campaign with taking part in a criminal conspiracy. It was not.ā
What did the report note?
1.
Trump was receptive to a Campaign national security adviserās (George Papadopoulos) pursuit of a back channel to Putin.
2. Kremlin operatives provided the Campaign a
preview of the Russian plan to distribute stolen emails.
3. The Trump Campaign chairman and deputy chairman (Paul Manafort and Rick Gates) knowingly shared internal polling data and information on
battleground states with a Russian spy; and the Campaign chairman worked with the Russian spy on a pro-Russia āpeaceā plan for Ukraine.
4. The Trump Campaign chairman
periodically shared internal polling data with the Russian spy
with the expectation it would be shared with Putin-linked oligarch, Oleg
Deripaska.
5. Trump Campaign chairman Manafort expected Trumpās winning the presidency would mean Deripaska would want to use Manafort to advance Deripaskaās interests in the United States and elsewhere.
6. Trump Tower meeting: (1) On receiving an email offering derogatory information on Clinton coming from a Russian government official, Donald Trump Jr. āappears to have accepted that offer;ā (2) members of the Campaign discussed the Trump Tower meeting beforehand; (3) Donald Trump Jr. told the Russians during the meeting that Trump could revisit the issue of the Magnitsky Act if elected.
7. A Trump Campaign official told the Special Counsel he āfelt obliged to objectā to a GOP Platform change on Ukraine because it contradicted Trumpās wishes; however, the investigation did not establish that Gordon was directed by Trump.
8. Russian military hackers may have followed Trumpās July 27, 2016 public statement āRussia if youāre listening ā¦ā within hours by targeting Clintonās personal office
for the first time.
9.
Trump requested campaign affiliates to get Clintonās emails, which resulted in an individual apparently acting in coordination with the Campaign claiming to have successfully contacted Russian hackers.
10. The Trump Campaignāand Trump personallyāappeared to have
advanced knowledge of future WikiLeaks releases.
11. The Trump Campaign coordinated campaign-related public communications based on future WikiLeaks releases.
12. Michael Cohen, on behalf of the Trump Organization, brokered a secret deal for a Trump Tower Moscow project directly involving Putinās inner circle, at least until June 2016.
13. During the presidential transition, Jared Kushner and Eric Prince engaged in secret back channel communications with Russian agents. (1) Kushner suggested to the Russian Ambassador that they use a secure communication line from within the Russian Embassy to speak with Russian Generals; and (2) Prince and Kushnerās friend Rick Gerson conducted secret back channel meetings with a Putin agent to develop a plan for U.S.-Russian relations.
14. During the presidential transition, in coordination with other members of the Transition Team, Michael Flynn spoke with the Russian Ambassador to prevent a tit for tat Russian response to the Obama administrationās imposition of sanctions for election interference; the Russians agreed not to retaliate saying they wanted a good relationship with the incoming administration.