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Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:01 PM Dec 2016

Podesta says Clinton campaign backs effort to get Electoral College voters Russian hacking intel

Gabriel Debenedetti ?@gdebenedetti 5m5 minutes ago
BREAKING: @johnpodesta says Clinton campaign backs effort to get Electoral College voters intel briefing on Russian interference

full Podesta statement;




Kyle Cheney ?@kyledcheney 3h3 hours ago
10 Electoral College members - including Nancy Pelosi's daughter - demand intel briefing before Dec. 19 vote.

from Politico:

In a letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, the electors — nine Democrats and one Republican — argue that they require the information ahead of Dec. 19, when the Electoral College is set to meet and select the next president.

“The Electors require to know from the intelligence community whether there are ongoing investigations into ties between Donald Trump, his campaign or associates, and Russian government interference in the election, the scope of those investigations, how far those investigations may have reached, and who was involved in those investigations,” they wrote. “We further require a briefing on all investigative findings, as these matters directly impact the core factors in our deliberations of whether Mr. Trump is fit to serve as President of the United States.”

The letter is signed by electors from five states and the District of Columbia. In addition to Christine Pelosi — a California elector — it includes a signature from one former members of Congress: New Hampshire’s Carol Shea-Porter.

Shea-Porter’s three other New Hampshire colleagues — Terie Norelli, Bev Hollingsworth and Dudley Dudley — also signed the letter. D.C. Councilwoman Anita Bonds, former Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell and Maryland activist Courtney Watson round out the nine Democratic signatories. Colorado Democratic elector Micheal Baca, leader of an effort to turn the Electoral College against Trump, is also on the list. Texas' Chris Suprun, an emergency responder who has been a vocal critic of Trump, is the only Republican elector to sign on.

“Yes, we the Electors should have temporary security clearance to perform our constitutional duty in reviewing the facts regarding outside interference in the US election and the intelligence agencies should declassify as much data as possible while protecting sources and methods so that the American people can learn the truth about our election,” said Pelosi.

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Podesta says Clinton campaign backs effort to get Electoral College voters Russian hacking intel (Original Post) bigtree Dec 2016 OP
Good, the fuckers can't say "we didn't know" uponit7771 Dec 2016 #1
they know bigtree Dec 2016 #2
Crickets and Skeleton's. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #3
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