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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI have uncovered 'evidence of treason' among alt-right websites, says George W Bush's ethics lawye
The man who served as former president George W Bush's most senior ethics lawyer has suggested that the FBI is "uncovering evidence of treason" by far right US news websites over their links with Russia.
Richard Painter tweeted a link to an article suggesting that the Bureau was looking into news outlets like Breitbart News, InfoWars and the Kremlin-backed RT News and Sputnik News, to see whether they worked with Russian-backed operatives to disseminate stories favouring Donald Trump during the presidential election. at times when his campaign appeared to be struggling.
Sources told US publisher, McClatchy that online "bots" had created created millions of social media posts linking to articles on the sites, some of which were completely false, while other contained a mixture of fact and fiction.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fbi-treason-donald-trump-russia-us-election-alt-right-websites-george-w-bush-ethics-lawyer-a7644966.html%3Famp
Moostache
(9,897 posts)PLEASE???
That traitorous son-of-a-bitch is due for state execution and I will gladly be the one to administer justice in his case.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)Can I at least put the noose on him?
Moostache
(9,897 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)He's just so completely off-the-charts hideous. Don't think I could handle him more so.
But by all means, proceed.
matt819
(10,749 posts)It would raise millions.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Lochloosa
(16,069 posts)I'll buy a new camera for that.
Initech
(100,104 posts)gordianot
(15,245 posts)Who teaches ethics now days, character appears not to cover the subject.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)the GOpee needs to pack up its traitors and move to freaking Siberia where this kind of anti-American shit is welcome
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)orangecrush
(19,624 posts)Would be interesting.
Wonder if someone there is sweating?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Current through Pub. L. 114-38. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)
US Code
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)be! He would sellout his mother for the chance of making a few bucks.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)None dare call it treason yet...but they will.
Trump, Bannon and the moles in reich wing media should flee to mother Russia while they can!
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)Remember during the comey/rogers questioning a few days ago? The Dems (don't remember exactly who, maybe Schiff) kept asking comey/rogers if Russia was our adversary and there was specific mention of classifying the Russian hacking as a form of "warfare." I so desperately want to see these scum on trial and convicted of treason.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)is considered an act of war.
If a US citizen aids a foreign government in an act of war against the USA, they are guilty of treason.
Period.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)BTW, can I use the pic in your sig line for personal use?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I just borrowed it off the internets myself.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)orangecrush
(19,624 posts)The Trump espionage network is being rolled up as we speak.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Heads are gonna roll!
PRETZEL
(3,245 posts)here in Philly.
I knew something had to be afoot. At every instance (and I mean every other word) all the host kept saying "you mean that Anti-Trump, Alt Right Breitbart News".
jalan48
(13,888 posts)the Republican primary. It was if they were promoting him. Had they focused on his numerous lies (Obama birth certificate) and past actions (bankruptcies, Trump University, etc.) he would have disappeared early on.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)orangecrush
(19,624 posts)Appreciate the post!
Raster
(20,998 posts)...breitbart* and the other alt-reich* scum!
colorado_ufo
(5,737 posts)Inside and outside.
mnhtnbb
(31,405 posts)This strategy has showed up in the plot.
Amazing that they unfolded the show last week and it was spot on what had occurred during the election, not to mention Tim Roth as a MUCH less slovenly Bannon.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Everyone involved in Republican campaign once they got down to trump and Republicans good buddy Manafort popped up.
Every Republican Aide, wife, girlfriend they sent to meet-up with each others Aides, friends, girlfriends to pass information needs a deposition.
And HURRY up before Putins government throws all witnesses out some window or kills off more people.
orangecrush
(19,624 posts)From the looks of it.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)2 months is WAY to long. A witnesses was thrown off a building yesterday in Moscow.
It is a mess.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)people who took down DU on election day!
orangecrush
(19,624 posts)What I was thinking.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)maybe we ought to bring back the guillotine?
Or what about drawing and quartering?
Raster
(20,998 posts)orangecrush
(19,624 posts)Putting them away and completely discrediting them, is good enough for me.
Most of all, revealing their true vile nature to those who voted for them might keep this from happening again.
Assuming any of them have any common sense.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)MFM008
(19,820 posts)It's going to be a purge.
orangecrush
(19,624 posts)They will be purged and flushed.