Nixon's two year investigation disagrees.
Flynn is prepared to testify Trump directed him to make contact with Russians
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Nixon's two year investigation disagrees.
Didn't read the thread, so my apology if this has already been brought up.
What the Russians wanted, besides the convenience of laundering through Trumps various enterprises, was a lifting of the sanctions -- clearly a win-win situation for Russian oligarchs and for Trump.. Barring that, they could settle for planting the seeds of discord in U.S. politics and damaging U.S. relationships with its allies. If they could get everything, it would be a win win win for Putin and a tie for Trump -- they are not interested in helping Trump. They will help him so long as it suits their purpose. They just want to use him. They could still get something worthwhile, from their point of view, even if Congress blocked lifting of the sanctions. They haven't in any effective way, because Trump is refusing to see that they are implemented, though they are still technically in place. (The latest development is that Trump, in October,sent his own suggestions for sanctions to Congress. ) The Russians have an ace in the hole: Enough information to blackmail Trump, and Trump's continued need for Russian financing, as U.S. banks have turned him down as a bad risk after his numerous bankruptcies and legal entanglements. They are not going to blackmail Trump, but instead just scare the daylights out of him. That is undoubtedly why Trump sent Flynn to negotiate and probably promise a lifting of the sanctions, which Trump would be powerless to implement had the Congress any backbone. (As strange as this sounds, it is entirely possible that Trump didn't realize that he could not constitutionally lift the sanctions without the Congress going along. The President conducts foreign policy without much interference from Congress, however in this instance Congress enacted the sanctions in the form of statutory law.) Flynn promised something that constitutionally Trump, by himself, can't deliver (lifting of sanctions) but extra constitutionally he can, and is. This fits well within the broader definitions of treason, for which Trump , not Flynn, could technically be executed. He won't be. Nevertheless it would be a yuge understatement bigly to assume Trump is home free on this. We are living one of the most bizarre episodes in all of U.S. history.
What the Russians wanted, besides the convenience of laundering through Trumps various enterprises, was a lifting of the sanctions -- clearly a win-win situation for Russian oligarchs and for Trump.. Barring that, they could settle for planting the seeds of discord in U.S. politics and damaging U.S. relationships with its allies. If they could get everything, it would be a win win win for Putin and a tie for Trump -- they are not interested in helping Trump. They will help him so long as it suits their purpose. They just want to use him. They could still get something worthwhile, from their point of view, even if Congress blocked lifting of the sanctions. They haven't in any effective way, because Trump is refusing to see that they are implemented, though they are still technically in place. (The latest development is that Trump, in October,sent his own suggestions for sanctions to Congress. ) The Russians have an ace in the hole: Enough information to blackmail Trump, and Trump's continued need for Russian financing, as U.S. banks have turned him down as a bad risk after his numerous bankruptcies and legal entanglements. They are not going to blackmail Trump, but instead just scare the daylights out of him. That is undoubtedly why Trump sent Flynn to negotiate and probably promise a lifting of the sanctions, which Trump would be powerless to implement had the Congress any backbone. (As strange as this sounds, it is entirely possible that Trump didn't realize that he could not constitutionally lift the sanctions without the Congress going along. The President conducts foreign policy without much interference from Congress, however in this instance Congress enacted the sanctions in the form of statutory law.) Flynn promised something that constitutionally Trump, by himself, can't deliver (lifting of sanctions) but extra constitutionally he can, and is. This fits well within the broader definitions of treason, for which Trump , not Flynn, could technically be executed. He won't be. Nevertheless it would be a yuge understatement bigly to assume Trump is home free on this. We are living one of the most bizarre episodes in all of U.S. history.
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I assume you meant "...right now I don't have any evidence either."
So Trump colluded with the Russians in the summer of 2016 by directing Flynn to contact them in Dec 2016.
After colluding with the Russians, the Russians set up fake FB accounts claiming that Trump was illegitimate and most these ads were run AFTER the election.
This collusion story makes a lot of sense.
After colluding with the Russians, the Russians set up fake FB accounts claiming that Trump was illegitimate and most these ads were run AFTER the election.
This collusion story makes a lot of sense.
The Christmas gift that keeps on giving:
http://thehill.com/policy/national-...rump-transition-official-who-ordered-flynn-to
http://thehill.com/policy/national-...rump-transition-official-who-ordered-flynn-to
All meaningless. Zero evidence of collusion during the campaign. Nothing here except leftists doing what they do best. Speculate, make wild eyed assumptions, and rant on endlessly about the pending doom.