old salt wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 3:26 am
a fan wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:37 am
old salt wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:15 am
\Whether or not Russia interfered in the election was not at issue. The question was whether there was sufficient evidence of Trump campaign complicity in that interference to justify launching Crossfire Hurricane. The results of the Mueller investigation found no such complicity.
Durham dug deeper & investigated how & why Crossfire Hurricane was launched.
That certainly explains 8 felony convictions for Manafort. Nothing says "we shouldn't have investigated this guy" than two hands worth of felony convictions.
Especially when the convictions were for bank fraud and tax issues stemming from money he earned from Vladimir Putin for doing his work.
I don't care what you think. Or Mueller. Or any Republican you can dredge up.
I'm OVERJOYED they got Manafort away from our government. Trump fired him because of the FBI's work. Grateful.
Manafort was caught getting election intel from a Russian. You, naturally, are hilariously telling us that that's fine, too.
That has nothing to do with supposed collusion with Russia by the Trump campaign.
That is not what Manafort was charged with or convicted for.
It has EVERYTHING to do with the investigation. They targeted four people in Crossfire. Four. Read the Durham report.
Three of the Four are now convicted felons for work they did with Russians, or LYING about their work with Russians.
Papadapolous: On October 5, 2017, Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to making false statements to FBI agents relating to contacts he had with agents of the Russian government while working for the Trump campaign
Carter Page: no felonies, but......""The investigation did not establish that Page coordinated with the Russian government in its efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election." However, with incomplete "evidence or testimony about who Page may have met or communicated with in Moscow", "Page's activities in Russia – as described in his emails with the [Trump campaign] – were not fully explained.
Manafort: 8 felony convictions surrounding his work for Putin, lying about the work, and hiding the money he got from Putin.
General Flynn: felony conviction for perjury in his discussions with Russians.
So ......3 out of 4 were felony convictions, and every conviction dealt with Russians. Mueller and Durham was STILL confused by Carter Pages stories.
This means that the FBI was correct in investigating these freaking felons and their Russian involvements......who wasted EVERYONE'S TIME by lying any time a Russian was involved.... sending the FBI on a wild goose chase.
I'm OVERJOYED they investigated these a88holes, and got them all the F away from my government. You've given your opinion. This one is mine.
Your opinion is ridiculous, and wholly partisan. You' act like it's a coincidence that you're upset over investigations into R that led to felony convictions...yet think investigations into Hillary and Hunter are perfectly acceptable.
You're even trying to tell me that it's perfectly acceptable and normal for the CIA to hand a President campaign strategy intel.
It's just beneath you. If you were upset about the CIA doing that to Hillary and said "See? This is the Deep State....weaponizing US intel for political purposes".....I'd 100% respect your opinion
But you can't even PRETEND to care about how the CIA and FBI have handled Hillary and Hunter. Because in your mind, they have it coming, while anyone with a R by their name doesn't have it coming. And felony convictions aren't proof that investigations were warranted. It's just silly, OS.