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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReport: Trump gave $10 million in Russian money to Jason Chaffetz when he leaked FBI letter
Now that Jason Chaffetz has announced he wont seek reelection to Congress and has revealed that he may resign early to take a job in the private sector (link), its given credence to last weeks report that Russia has been blackmailing Chaffetz and the FBI knows about it. Thats also bolstered by last nights report that a former Chaffetz staffer has confirmed the FBI investigation. But now comes another report which if true helps explain much of what took place during the 2016 presidential election.
The latest report comes from Lisa Garner from the site Reason and Justice, who claims that the Jason Chaffetz campaign took $10mil donation from Trump the same day he leaked Comey letter (link), a claim which Daily Kos is presenting as plausible (link). This may initially sound absurd, and we cant yet find the claim corroborated elsewhere, but it does fit with some of the other details coming from more proven sources. For instance the former Chaffetz staffer asserts that the FBI is investigating him for campaign finance fraud (link). And last weeks report asserted that the fraud in question involved Russia (link). Put those together and you have Chaffetz being busted by the FBI for illegally taking Russian money.
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http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/10-million-chaffetz-trump-russia/2392/
They are looking for more corroboration. Boy would this explain a lot.
malaise
(267,847 posts)For such corrupt ideologues, they really are fucking stupid. Must have learned from Denny Hastert.
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Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)get a taste of sex and their brain dissolves in their big heads and moves down to the small head. Taste of Big Money does the same thingy to ReThugs!
malaise
(267,847 posts)I'm hoping that tRump will have the opportunity to room with Hastert real soon. Denny might want to take the top bunk, though.
malaise
(267,847 posts)Isn't Denny out of prison yet?
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randome
(34,845 posts)But...the story does sound plausible, doesn't it? It fits a few pieces together. This jigsaw puzzle is starting to take on recognizable shapes.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
malaise
(267,847 posts)United Airlines?
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)And defended them at every turn
Demsrule86
(68,355 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)These days it has become ever more apparent there is no such thing as completely unbiased reporting. The days of trusted news professionals like Walter Cronkite are long gone.
We live in a era where the media figures are celebrities. As we saw with O'Reilly, the ratings and the advertisement dollars mean far more than anything else. That means to me that the motives of every "news" organization are to always be questioned and taken into account.
Maybe I was a naive child and person but it didn't seem to be that way years ago before cable news and 24-hour news.
randome
(34,845 posts)There must be a formula we can come up with that others can follow to have more trust in what gets printed. Something like trust nothing unless it can be corroborated by at least two sources that represent the opposing viewpoint.
In other words, don't trust a right-wing source unless it's supported by at least two left-wing sources, and vice-versa. But that would require us to label every outlet left or right-wing. In the case of the PalmerReport, which doesn't seem to have a solid foundation in either direction, it needs to be supported by 1 left-wing source AND 1 right-wing source.
Or something like that. I just think it's important to come up with something that might give the rabid followers of Trumpism cause to reflect.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
dgibby
(9,474 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)The question is, who else took Russian money in that treasonous Republican contingent in Congress?
Mitch McConnell? Paul Ryan? Devin Nunes? Rand Paul?
Start with the folks that stonewalled the most. Continue with the cretins whose policy shifts regarding Russian protectionism indicate a pay-off.
How far will this lead? Who are the traitors in our midst?
If this investigation is allowed to proceed without disruption - a VERY big if - what will be left of the Republican Party?
global1
(25,170 posts)there are - 'no traitors'.
Too much unaccounted for money is out there and at stake. People are being bought off and other people are being put into place to sweep all this under the rug. We are being swindled people. We should be used to it by now.
therefore, none dare call it treason.
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)Is that none of us can put ANYTHING past this corrupt cabal and the "win, regardless of consequences or methods", Republican Party.
Maybe Palmerreport is a left wing, or other motivated crank--or maybe he is really connected..How the hell do we know?
Read for the catharsis provided, but don't pin ones hopes on it, I guess.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)They are that far gone you can't put anything past them.
Itchinjim
(3,083 posts)Pffft.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Then people go out and spout this stuff as the proven truth and suddenly we are looking like the Republicans.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)We are finding more and more info dismissed as nothing to be true.
I don't believe it yet but boy is it possible.
Jason runnin from something.
Even the National Enquirer has had a true story or two.
TeamPooka
(24,156 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,498 posts)to launch a House Oversight Committee investigation into the Rusian connection to the 2016 Election. That the possibility that he could have been bought off.
I also find it interesting that Jason Chaffetz so eloquently opined that after the 2005 Access Hollywood tape came out, that he could not support, let alone vote for, Donald Trump. Perhaps he looked his daughter in the eyes and told her what he did anyway. I call that being a Hypocrite.
Or that the conscience of Jason Chaffetz finally caught up with him? Mormon guilt? The phone lines are open.
George II
(67,782 posts)Flynn
Page
Manafort
Stone
Nunes
Even Jared Kushner!
And now we add Chaffetz to fray.
Have I forgotten anyone?
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Fatemah2774
(245 posts)I have not heard from him...maybe...
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)What if ALL of these perps are prosecuted without immunity, BECAUSE the Russian hackers that we've arrested are singing like bluejays?
I'm hoping that this is the case. I don't want any of these traitors to walk because they're turncoat turncoats.
progressoid
(49,827 posts)GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)If there is any scandal around Chaffetz it would have been exposed long ago and that goes for female trouble too.
He's quitting because he has ambitions for higher office.. either governor or Senator or even President.
He's an egotistical right wing nut.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)None of them have panned out
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,285 posts)After their breathless "scoops" on PA, WI, and MI, it's embarrassing that anyone takes them seriously here. Palmer stands for bullshit until proven otherwise.
PDittie
(8,322 posts)A little over three weeks ago. Heard anything about this since?
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,281 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)This article is based on a tweet and a Daily Kos post.
nycbos
(6,033 posts)ananda
(28,783 posts)Chaffetz is a dirty traitor!
And so is 45 of course!
kentuck
(110,950 posts)In my opinion.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)its a waste of effort
Softail1
(56 posts)please stop with these....until there is something SOLID!...last week DU was filled with " this time we got him" stories that went nowhere....tired of false hopes. Demoralizing is what it is.....
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)http://www.jensalittleloopy.com/palmer-report-not-credible-source/
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/palmer-report/
The Palmer Report Is Not News And Its An Insult To The Left
http://modernliberals.com/the-palmer-report-is-not-news-and-its-an-insult-to-the-left/
Snopes archive:
http://www.snopes.com/tag/palmer-report/
Palmer Report is Not a Credible Source of Information
https://gulliverswift.newsvine.com/_news/2017/03/16/37112048-palmer-report-is-not-a-credible-source-of-information