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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:31 PM Jun 2017

House Russia investigators want to bring in the Trump campaign's digital director (Brad Parscal)

House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump's campaign, as the congressional and federal probes dig into any possible connections between the Trump digital operation and Russian operatives, congressional sources said this week.

The House Russia investigation is planning to send an invite to Parscale soon, as they begin scheduling witnesses over the summer, sources said. The Senate intelligence committee is also interested in how Russian bots were able to target political messages in specific districts in critical swing states, although it is not clear if Parscale will be called before the Senate panel as well.

The news from the House comes as federal investigators have dug into Jared Kushner's role overseeing Trump's data operation -- although he has not been identified as a target of the probe. Kushner is expected to talk soon with Senate investigators about the campaign's data operation.

Parscale played a critical role behind the scenes on the Trump campaign, directing online spending and voter targeting with the use of a highly sophisticated data bank built by the Republican National Committee. Parscale, was running the Trump Organization's digital operation in early 2015, when he was hired onto the Trump campaign -- months before Trump officially announced his bid.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/russia-investigators-trump-digital-director/index.html?sr=twpol061617russia-investigators-trump-digital-director0726PMVODtopLink&linkId=38786552

Brad Fuckin' Parscal... Go get him!

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House Russia investigators want to bring in the Trump campaign's digital director (Brad Parscal) (Original Post) MelissaB Jun 2017 OP

House inviting Brad Parscale, Senate probing how Russian bots targeted certain districts in swing MelissaB Jun 2017 #1

It is fun to watch, knowing there was MASSIVE collusion, it will be fun watching them Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #2

Let the squirming begin malaise Jun 2017 #3

This SHOULD be the biggest political news of the day. But it isn't. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2017 #4

Smells like collusion Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #5

PS Claude and Louise have been all over this for a while. Check this tweet from April MelissaB Jun 2017 #6

Finally, somebody is looking at Trump's "Internet Rasputin" dalton99a Jun 2017 #7

What's Brad's prison name going to be? TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #8

Bubba's boy-bitch. Raster Jun 2017 #10

This guy was Russian trained, I'll bet HopeAgain Jun 2017 #9

Man, things are happening quicker than I had previously thought they would. Fuckin' A! BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #11

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)

1. House inviting Brad Parscale, Senate probing how Russian bots targeted certain districts in swing

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:33 PM

Jun 2017

states

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

2. It is fun to watch, knowing there was MASSIVE collusion, it will be fun watching them

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:34 PM

Jun 2017

undercover it.

malaise

(269,054 posts)

3. Let the squirming begin

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:36 PM

Jun 2017

Off to the greatest page - they stole the elections - they will be exposed

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)

4. This SHOULD be the biggest political news of the day. But it isn't.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:39 PM

Jun 2017

Bannon is under investigation by Mueller. Obstruction. This according to Claude Taylor, who also stated that Bannon's been physically threatening WH staff. That, in itself, if true, can be framed as Obstruction. We'll see.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

5. Smells like collusion

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:42 PM

Jun 2017

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)

6. PS Claude and Louise have been all over this for a while. Check this tweet from April

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:42 PM

Jun 2017

How did the FBI interviews go, Brad? Are they offering a deal? I'd take it if I were you.

Link to tweet

dalton99a

(81,516 posts)

7. Finally, somebody is looking at Trump's "Internet Rasputin"

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:45 PM

Jun 2017

Bloomberg reported on this guy just before the election:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-27/inside-the-trump-bunker-with-12-days-to-go
Inside the Trump Bunker, With Days to Go
Win or lose, the Republican candidate and his inner circle have built a direct marketing operation that could power a TV network—or finish off the GOP.
by Joshua Green and Sasha Issenberg

On Oct. 19, as the third and final presidential debate gets going in Las Vegas, Donald Trump’s Facebook and Twitter feeds are being manned by Brad Parscale, a San Antonio marketing entrepreneur, whose buzz cut and long narrow beard make him look like a mixed martial arts fighter. His Trump tie has been paired with a dark Zegna suit. A lapel pin issued by the Secret Service signals his status. He’s equipped with a dashboard of 400 prewritten Trump tweets. “Command center,” he says, nodding at his laptop.

Parscale is one of the few within Trump’s crew entrusted to tweet on his behalf. He’s sitting at a long table in a double-wide trailer behind the debate arena, cheek to jowl with his fellow Trump staffers and Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee. The charged atmosphere and rows of technicians staring raptly at giant TVs and computer screens call to mind NASA on launch day. On the wall, a poster of Julian Assange reads: “Dear Hillary, I miss reading your classified emails.”

10:02 p.m.: Trump, onstage, criticizes Hillary Clinton for accepting foreign money. “Fire it off!” Parscale barks. Instantly, a new Trump tweet appears: “Crooked @HillaryClinton’s foundation is a CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. Time to #DrainTheSwamp!”

10:04 p.m.: Trump blames Clinton for $6 billion that went missing during her tenure at the State Department (actually a bookkeeping error). “Hit that hard,” shouts Jason Miller, Trump’s senior communications adviser. Parscale already has: “Crooked’s top aides were MIRED in massive conflicts of interest at the State Dept. WE MUST #DrainTheSwamp.”