Discussion: READ: Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein's Prepared Remarks On Indictments

You can try to be nonpartisan over this, but I’m not. The GOP are willing accomplices.

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I want to caution you that people who speculate about federal investigations usually do not know all of the relevant facts.

(But I sure as hell do, said Mr. Rosenstein, sotto voce)

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just saying

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Nah, they were hacked too. They are being blackmailed.

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“We do not try cases on television OR IN CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS.”

Shots fired! I repeat, shots fired!

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I briefed President Trump about these allegations earlier this week. The President is fully aware of today’s actions by the Department.

So said Rosie, knowing full well Donnycakes can’t hear anything but loathsome groveling praise. Technically, he was “informed”. Practically, he heard nothing, saw nothing, and responded with nothing.

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“So long as we are united in our commitment to the values enshrined in the Constitution,”
Ah! The ‘money phrase’. This will help to establish that one of the two political parties that we Americans permit ourselves is truly off the rails.

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Perhaps so. But their over-the-top defense of the whole thing indicates to me that a) their individual crimes and scandals would be enough to topple government by the GOP, b) their collective crimes and scandals would be enough to topple the entire GOP structure, and c) they are taking advantage of the time left before this comes out to gut the Constitution, corrupt the Supreme Court, and turn policymaking over to the people who are going to profit the most from this chaos.

And that’s thinking as an American.

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Some of them, maybe.

But Rs have been attacking the US (#PartyOverCountry) since Nixon, laundered Rubles into Congressional campaigns, utilized CA, etc so yes, willing accomplices.

Cc @ralph_vonholst

To be fair, Donnie was obviously telling the truth - there was no collusion. It was a conspiracy all along! :smirk:

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The blame for election interference belongs to the criminals who committed election interference.

A direct rebuttal to Trump’s “we’re all to blame for worsening relations with Russia” comment?