Tag Archives: Russian Interference in the 2016 Elections

Thursday Open Thread | Trump slams AG Jeff Sessions in NYT Interview

Posted on July 20, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

President Donald Trump said he never would have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general had he known he’d recuse himself from the Russia investigation, and warned that special counsel Robert Mueller would cross a red line if he expanded the … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | ‘A timeline of treason’: Keith Olbermann connect the dots

Posted on July 19, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Raw Story Longtime broadcaster Keith Olbermann’s latest episode of “The Resistance” put recent revelations about Trump campaign collusion with the Russians into chronological order, revealing a “timeline of treason” during the 2016 presidential campaign. “The sheer volume of information in … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Trump had a second undisclosed meeting with Putin at the G20

Posted on July 18, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin a second time during the G-20 summit earlier this month, a White House official confirmed to NBC News Tuesday. Trump spoke to Putin at the end of a couples-only … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | Reince Priebus was at Trump Tower for Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting

Posted on July 18, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Palmer Report With each passing day, the number of people who attended Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian government representatives grows. First it was four. Then it was six. Now it’s eight, with the eighth and final person being identified … Continue reading →

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Secret Service rejects claim it vetted Trump Jr. Russia meeting

Posted on July 16, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president’s son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign. Donald Trump Jr. has acknowledged … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: A Former Soviet counter-intelligence officer attended meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer

Posted on July 14, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

WASHINGTON — The Russian lawyer who met with the Trump team after a promise of compromising material on Hillary Clinton was accompanied by a Russian-American lobbyist — a former Soviet counterintelligence officer who is suspected by some U.S. officials of … Continue reading →

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Mike Pence spokesman refuses to answer whether he met with Russians

Posted on July 13, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

In the past days, Mike Pence has gone out of his way to make clear that Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with the Russian government to try to rig the election took place before he joined the Donald Trump ticket. It’s … Continue reading →

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Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer who promised damaging info on Clinton

Posted on July 9, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential campaign, after being promised damaging information about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, The New York Times reported on Sunday. President Trump’s son attended the … Continue reading →

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Maddow receives fake NSA Docs in attempt to discredit Russia reporting

Posted on July 6, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Rachel Maddow dropped a bombshell on Thursday, reporting that her show received what appeared to be a forged NSA document implicating somebody in Donald Trump’s campaign in colluding with the Russians during last year’s presidential election. Maddow explained that the … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Specific Instructions for Active Measures Against the United States During the 2016 Presidential Election

Posted on June 23, 2017 by rikyrah

From The Washington Post:     The intelligence captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump. EXCERPT: Early last August, an … Continue reading →

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