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dajoki

(10,678 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 11:35 AM Apr 2018

Jill Stein refuses to turn over campaign documents

Green Party’s Jill Stein refuses to turn over campaign documents to Senate intel committee
Tom Boggioni
26 Apr 2018 at 08:40 ET
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/green-partys-jill-stein-refuses-turn-campaign-documents-senate-intel-committee/

Attorneys for Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein are submitting a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee stating she will not supply it with all of the information they have requested about the 2016 campaign, calling the request “overbroad.”

According to The Intercept, which received a copy of the letter to be delivered on Thursday, Stein is refusing to turn over everything they have asked for as it related to their probe into Russian activities in the 2016 election.

In the letter addressed to committee chair Richard Burr, R-N.C., and ranking member Mark Warner, D-Va., the attorneys say the campaign will agree to turn over some documents, but raised constitutional objections over the request.

Stein has been under scrutiny over her visit to Russia where she was photographed sitting at dinner prior to the election with Russian President Vladimir Putin and former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn who is currently being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller.

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Where they are drawing the line is a request for communications and emails from the “campaign’s policy discussions regarding Russia” during the same time frame.

https://theintercept.com/2018/04/26/russia-jill-stein-senate-intelligence/

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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
3. I'm not surprised. Secrecy and refusing to turn over documents is a common theme...
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 11:44 AM
Apr 2018

... among that crowd (if you know what I mean.)

elocs

(22,588 posts)
6. Here in Wisconsin, Stein's vote total closely matched Trump's popular vote victory margin.
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 11:54 AM
Apr 2018

I bet she will be back again in 2020, picking off more votes from the Left. Will we ever learn?

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
7. Why does she want to hide her Russian communications?
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:03 PM
Apr 2018

Seems she was up to something. Follow the money?

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
8. Don't be overly quick to trust this Republican controlled committee
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:10 PM
Apr 2018

Remember it was Grassley and Graham on that committee who referred Steele to the Justice Department for possible prosecution over his dossier. They may in fact be over reaching in the amount of campaign records that they are asking for. Or they may not. I would like to hear from Democrats on this Committee before forming an opinion on this request.

Demsrule86

(68,607 posts)
11. Jill Stein is a despicable disgusting excuse for humanity who elected Trump with a little help
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:22 PM
Apr 2018

from the Russians in my opinion.

Demsrule86

(68,607 posts)
15. I know that it might not be true...the Russian thing; although, this does look suspicious.
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:40 PM
Apr 2018

She did help Trump though...sorry for the outburst...just don't like her.

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