Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

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Indeed, but all I'd point out is that the only allegation of Russian interference to really stick with regards to the US election is the email hacks on the DNC and the Clinton Campaign, and the subsequent publication of what they were actually saying and doing. If a news agency had done that, with the effect that it had, they would probably have won awards.
Quite probably, even if the info had come from say Fox who clearly had an agenda on who they wanted elected or if a similar bombshell vs Trump had come from the liberal media. But as Amercians we wish to preserve the right to mess up our elections all to ourselves, we don't want/need foreign interference who are doing it for their own ends. We might be self destructive but it is perfectly reasonable to not want to hand over that power to someone else.

That is an argument that is being made, but it doesn't really stand up to scrutiny. If a foreign country has had its intel leaked, do you think they are more upset that Trump told Russia or that the Post told the world?
I would imagine in the short term that specific country is more bothered by the Post story than that individual leak of info by Trump. But in the long term and for future collaboration that country, and other allies, are far more upset that Trump apparently feels free to tell anything to anyone.
 
Anybody here talking about Scott Rich yet?

https://www.usnews.com/news/nationa...mer-was-in-contact-with-wikileaks-reports-say

Somebody killed him. I wonder who. I wonder why.

http://www.businessinsider.com/seth-rich-family-right-wing-media-report-wikileaks-2017-5
Asked about the attention the new report received from right-leaning outlets, Brad Bauman, a representative for the Rich family, said the family condemned the attempt to politicize Rich's death.

"It's sad but unsurprising that a group of media outlets who have repeatedly lied to the American people would try and manipulate the legacy of a murder victim in order to forward their own political agenda," Bauman told Business Insider. "I think there is a special place in hell for people like that."

Rich's family said Wheeler's assertions were "unsubstantiated claims" and that they saw "no facts, we have seen no evidence, we have been approached with no emails and only learned about this when contacted by the press.""Even if tomorrow an email was found, it is not a high enough bar of evidence to prove any interactions as emails can be altered, and we've seen that those interested in pushing conspiracies will stop at nothing to do so," the family said in a statement.

The family's statement continued:

"We are a family who is committed to facts, not fake evidence that surfaces every few months to fill the void and distract law enforcement and the general public from finding Seth's murderers. The services of the private investigator who spoke to press was offered to the Rich family and paid for by a third party, and contractually was barred from speaking to press or anyone outside of law enforcement or the family unless explicitly authorized by the family."
 


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Saw an article which said there is nothing legally wrong with what he did.
There isn't. The whole thing just shows how careless and unsuitable he is.
He was allowed to have the meeting
He was allowed to bar US press from the meeting
He was allowed to let Russian press to take photos without knowing where they'd end up
He was allowed to share top level security information gathered by an ally with a non ally
He was allowed to send his staffers out with a made up spin story
He was allowed to contradict his staffers on social media.
Should he have done any of this, probably not but hey ho, just another day.
 
There isn't. The whole thing just shows how careless and unsuitable he is.
He was allowed to have the meeting
He was allowed to bar US press from the meeting
He was allowed to let Russian press to take photos without knowing where they'd end up
He was allowed to share top level security information gathered by an ally with a non ally
He was allowed to send his staffers out with a made up spin story
He was allowed to contradict his staffers on social media.
Should he have done any of this, probably not but hey ho, just another day.


Yeah, read somewhere the president is also apparently allowed to pardon himself.

I think once we are over this nightmare, we need to close some loops holes, including the exclusion of the presidency from conflict of interest laws.
 
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