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BY JASON EASLEY at Politicus USA
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/11/adam-schiff-just-linked-the-access-hollywood-tape-and-trumps-russia-collusion.html
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Schiff said, My reaction is a couple of things. First I think theyre doing their job and if there is any issue with an execution of a warrant, the president knows you go to court and you dont fire the prosecutors. That is an on obstruction of justice. But I think there are possibilities that you outlined. This could be about whether or not Michael Cohen was suppressing that tape much like trying to pay hush money for the other people, stormy Daniels among others to keep their stories out of the press during the presidents campaign and whether that was a violation of the campaign finance laws, not to report it. That is one possibility. Also possible that they are looking at whether the trump campaign and Michael Cohen had any role in the timing of the Wikileaks dump of the Russia stolen Podesta e-mails. I tend to think it is more likely the former because this was referred to the southern district of New York and that indicates it had more to do with the issue of Stormy Daniels and campaign finance law violations than it did on the issue of potential collusion. But it could be a culmination of both.
Rep. Schiff is right. It could be both. While investigating the timeline of the release of the Access Hollywood tape and the leak of the stolen emails, Muellers team could have come across criminal activity related to Michael Cohens payoffs and efforts to silence women. It doesnt necessarily have to be one or the other. It can be both.
Trump worst nightmare would be if all his scandals merged into one big timeline of corruption, and with the return of the Access Hollywood tape Trumps biggest fears are closer to coming true.
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dameatball
(7,398 posts)Props, dameatball, props.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)one one THOUSANDTH of his scandals and lies, what it would do to Hillary, Barack, any democrat!
NOTHING on Obama, NOTHING, 8 years. NOTHING on Hillary, NOTHING, how many years?
SO MUCH on rump we cant keep track.
This level of hypocrisy gives me heartburn.
applegrove
(118,658 posts)yonder
(9,666 posts)and the right effin flipped out. go figure
applegrove
(118,658 posts)yardwork
(61,608 posts)Remember how Debbie Wasserman-Shultz was ripped apart for, um, preferring Hillary, something something pizza email, something....
Imagine if the CFO of the DNC - responsible for all the money! - had this happen to them.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)yardwork
(61,608 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)A democrat who did this would have to buy a spaceship from Space X, fly to Mars, take with him 200 Navy Seals, and would STILL not be safe from deplorables.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)RNC? Crickets.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Unless he offered campaign money or he was involved in threatening something illegal if they did run it. On the other hand, as Schiff said, if it was about Wikileaks, it probably wouldn't have been referred. Maybe there is something else we don't even know about with that tape?
wishstar
(5,269 posts)fierywoman
(7,683 posts)BadGimp
(4,015 posts)It was leaked intentionally by Trump's Camp.
It had the effect of wiping the Obama admins announcement of Russian interference and hacking of the election AND the news of the Wikileaks release of the DNC hacked emails, OFF THE MEDIA RADAR.
Net: it was a win for Trump.