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@mattyglesias
The FBI kept an open counterintelligence probe of the GOP nominee secret at McConnells behest while the Director twice violated DOJ guidelines to hit Clintons campaign.
Everyone saw that happen and the people pretending to believe otherwise dont deserve the time of day.
You can mount a plausible defense of each of the Bureaus choices in isolation.
You can mount a less plausible defense of the consistency between them.
But theres no plane of reality in which they were out to stop Trump. If they had been, hed have been stopped!
Never forget, the conclusion of the Clinton email probe was that she had been ...
... extremely careless.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/960194008319488002.html
Link to tweet
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/mitch-mcconnell-russia-obama-joe-biden-359531
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Hillary Clinton or Members of the Clinton Campaign have not gone to Federal Courts to seek resolve of their personal info as well as Federal Campaign Rules being violated.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)that the reason they haven't sought justice in this case is the ever present Clinton Derangement Syndrome and associated viral backlash. Not to mention just wanting some peace and distance from these sick mofos. Hillary probably just wants her life back.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)There were Lawsuits filed in D.C. with a couple of Campaign Staffers who's info was hacked by the Russian Hackers. They had their Bank Accounts drained,one fellow had his Mortgage Canceled,another ended up living with his parents as the result of his info being used by someone.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)I didn't know that. I'm curious, was that info taken in the DNC hack? Banking and mortgage details? Yikes.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)the DNC database, and then was sucked up into the hack? Either these persons put out personal information that they should not have (as a result got sucked up by the hackers). Seems extreme, but perhaps also goes to show be very careful about posting anything personal online, period.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)if your were a donor or Employee,chances were,your vitals were picked up by the Hackers. People used their Credit Cards or Debit Cards to make contributions ,and this material was swept up by the Hackers. And later sold .
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Bank Accounts were canceled in the Mortgage Case. And because of the Hacked info being used,the fellow defaulted on his loans because he had lost access to his Direct Deposit Payroll as well as his Savings and his Credit Cards were canceled as well.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)and this poor fellow didn't do anything!! How horrible!
kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)is now teamed up with the Russians and Putin. I'll bet if you did a poll, Putin would come out waaay ahead of Hillary amongst the RW and probably even Republicans.
kpete
(72,018 posts)& SO Much more
I am impatient, not worried.
kp
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)Obama and Comey - THEY had choices
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Cha
(297,680 posts)happy now?
certainot
(9,090 posts)mjvpi
(1,389 posts)It was politically untenable for anyone other than the Republicans to bring this forward. They put party and power ahead of country.
FakeNoose
(32,767 posts)Hold tight Democrats! We're so close now.
CrispyQ
(36,518 posts)What's with the word further? What else had the dems done that made it appear that they were delegitimizing the process? Cuz I don't recall anything like that. I recall the non-stop Bengazi/email/Foundation hysteria. I recall a SCOTUS nominee being deliberately stalled by the repubs for political purposes. What I don't recall is the dems being accused of delegitimizing the process. And even if McConnell threatened to go that route, who the fuck cares? At what point are the dems going to tell the repubs to go pound sand? Ever? How much of a fucking majority do we have to get for them before they grow a fucking spine & deal with the GOP in kind?
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)An outgrowth of Putin's party in Russia