****NEWS ALERT**** Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Washington (CNN)The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.

This is partly what FBI Director James Comey was referring to when he made a bombshell announcement Monday before Congress that the FBI is investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, according to one source.
The FBI is now reviewing that information, which includes human intelligence, travel, business and phone records and accounts of in-person meetings, according to those U.S. officials. The information is raising the suspicions of FBI counterintelligence investigators that the coordination may have taken place, though officials cautioned that the information was not conclusive and that the investigation is ongoing.
In his statement on Monday Comey said the FBI began looking into possible coordination between Trump campaign associates and suspected Russian operatives because the bureau had gathered "a credible allegation of wrongdoing or reasonable basis to believe an American may be acting as an agent of a foreign power."
The White House did not comment and the FBI declined to comment.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer maintained Monday after Comey's testimony that there was no evidence to suggest any collusion took place.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/us-officials-info-suggests-trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians/index.html?adkey=bn

[CountAllVotes]

1. They are infested with a pack of spies

Good job! Now throw these bums out NOW & convict them for being the spies/traitors that they are!

They are foiled alas!

Impeach tRump/Pence and the whole rat pack of thieves that go with them!

[Plucketeer]

27. Let's oust EVERY ONE OF THEM

who even bears a whiff of involvement or even bystander benefit!

[lies]

2. The Revenge of the FBI n/t

[CountAllVotes]

4. Condeming the CIA did not help

They were fairly warned and yes, we have been down this road before and we know where it inevitably leads!

[H2O Man]

3. Yep.

recommended

[dalton99a]

5. Kick.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. It's hard (not) to believe that at least one of his cronies encouraged the Russians to hurt Hillary

[dalton99a]

9. The plot had to involve multiple players

It's a proven gang management technique - spreading the responsibility around to make everyone share the guilt and force them to keep their mouths shut - just like the SS death squads and the Mafia

[CountAllVotes]

10. They are likely planting more moles as I type

I wonder how Ivanka tRump fits into this?????????

[volstork]

16. I shudder to think, especially

considering the fact that she vacations with putin's girlfriend. I imagine there might be more sordid tapes from some other Russian bedrooms...

[CountAllVotes]

25. These fools do not see it

It is right there, right in front of them and yes, they choose to ignore it.

I am not ignoring it.

These people do not wish America well!

Impeach tRump!!

and tell Ivanka to find another job selling handbags somewhere!

[volstork]

33. This time next year,

she won't be selling ANYthing. Her brand will be completely washed up, as will the entire trump "empire," such as it is. Frankly, I think it is and has all been a tackily-gilded Potemkin Village for some time.

[NewRedDawn]

37. Selling her soiled panties on ebay.

Little entitled princess.

[gibraltar72]

34. CarefulI got flamed on kos for

indicating Ivanka might be a spy. I believe more and more she and Jared do not have a reason to be in WH they are too friendly with Russian oligarchs.

[pangaia]

28. Ryan..

[wiggs]

6. So what have the Gang of 8 been thinking about since learning this a couple of weeks ago? nt

[dumbcat]

8. I have to kinda wonder,

why is the "possibly" in there?

Washington (CNN)The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.

If the FBI has the "information", most likely transcripts, why is it "possibly"? They should know what was said and if there was coordination or not.

Why are they bothering to weasel word if they have the info? Something still smells fishy here. Why don't they just come out with it?

[procon]

11. What did Trump know, and when did he know it?

None of this happened without Trump's approval. He might not have the intellectual chops to have masterminded the operation, but he agreed to participate in the Russian collusion scheme to win the presidency by any means.

[elmac]

19. there isn't one thing that went on without tRump knowing about it

he will probably pull a Reagan or Christie and claim he didn't but in this day of info tech its hard to cover your tracks, unless you have enough power or money.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. It is possible that he was so stupid he didn't recognize the gravity of what he was doing.

This is the moron who publicly uttered "I love wikileaks" and and publicly asked them to release more dirt on Hillary. I still am flummoxed that a man of his limited intellect could amass any kind of fortune. I have been in the company of rich people and they don't carry themselves anything like Trump.

[Blue_Roses]

29. I agree

While I don't think he may have known exactly what was going on, since he doesn't exactly get his info from honest, reliable sources, I do think he does know something about the money deals and the spoils that were promised if he delivered. (so to speak)

But, I agree. His "limited intellect" makes it hard to see how he could pull this off with any kind of success.

[NewRedDawn]

32. Mob bosses were not brain surgeons

But they were criminal cunning & depraved. That is this fuck Donato Trumpanazi Capo Vladamir Putin God Father.

[mcar]

12. The floodgates have opened

[Worktodo]

13. This is getting awkward

Spicer maintained there was "no evidence". That doesn't sound like a firm denial.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. It's about time for Spicey to have a "family emergency"

or some other matter needing his attention. I sincerely doubt his career can be saved though.

Nighty night; Baghdad Bob.

[volstork]

17. Don't worry:

Melissa McCarthy is prepared to step in. She's a better spicer than spicer is!

[Warren DeMontague]

24. He also tried to make it sound like Paul Manafort was just some random dude who happened to

wander onstage once at a Trump rally

[Worktodo]

31. Manafort was campaign chairman

and Spicer said he played "a very limited role". That's a lot of chutzpah.

[Warren DeMontague]

35. Exactly.

[BadgerMom]

15. KICK!

[Dopers_Greed]

18. Anyone want to start a "Treason Bracket"?

We can start taking bets on which Repugs do time and for how long.

[bora13]

20. my puppy

says queue wag the dog in 4...3...2...

[TalenaGor]

22. when can we stop saying "may have" and "suggests"

[Warren DeMontague]

23. NANANANANAANNA FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS OBAMA WIRE TAPP NANANANANANANA

I CANT HEAR YOUUUUUUUU

[ryan_cats]

26. Yeah.

Oh yeah.

Words were said, lets move on...

Although I do not see him being capable even if he thought it was politically expedient to issue a mea culpa.

Who is going under the bus?

[wiggs]

30. Of course he did. Because the worst of it is that the Russians own him. The election is one

thing, but on top of that he's got Russian oligarchs and mobsters holding the strings since the early 90s.

I hope all the investigations don't stop with collusion and communication during the election wrt campaign underlings and the wikileaks and bots stuff. That's really bad, hopefully enough to petition SCOTUS for a do-over. But a much deeper, much longer, much more dangerous angle is 30 years of money laundering, payoffs, compromat, incestuous financial deals with shell companies, Russian LLC's, mysterious mobster private planes mirroring Air Force One, etc.. You can't get rid of these nefarious, dark relationships by throwing some zealous campaign figures under the bus.

He is them and they are him. Trump and the Russians are inseparable. There are trillions on the line...and Trumps entire fortune, puny compared to Putin, is in the balance too. Not to mention Nato, Russian imperialism, world war III.

Desperation, disgrace, financial ruin, historic scandal, world instability,

[triron]

36. "may"? I would say "likely"

[spanone]

38. i want to hear trump doing his art of the deal bullshit with putin on the other end

wonder how his acolytes would take that?

[cilla4progress]

39. This is what Maxine Waters

was talking about a couple weeks back when he jaw practically hit the floor.

Schiff looking like the cat that swallowed the canary; Nunes looking like the canary.

[Bayard]

40. This doesn't make sense

If Comey knew all of this, and there was already an investigation going on, why did he throw the Hillary Email thing out there right before the election?

[oasis]

41. Could it be Comey wants Pence to be his president?

Sabbotage Hillary while knowing Trump will go down sooner or later with the Russia connections.

[triron]

44. Or maybe he hated Hillary so much that

he was willing to do anything in his power to stop her, regardless.

[briv1016]

42. So this is going to be the point in history where Donald fired Comey.

[Gothmog]

43. This is a major development