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EricMaundry

(1,619 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 05:35 PM Jul 2016

FBI Has No F***S Left For Trump, Goes After Him In Campaign Game Changer

Donald Trump has been getting away with lots of things as of late, including igniting a storm of hateful and racist rhetoric across the country not seen since the 1950’s. However, that in itself is not a crime. Appearing to be obsessed with becoming president, Trump is someone who will say or do anything to attain the highest position in the land. And he’s just attracted the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The FBI is looking into how thousands of Democratic National Committee emails were hacked and the focus is on Trump and his agitators. Here is the full statement from AP:

“The FBI said Monday it is investigating how thousands of Democratic National Committee emails were hacked, a breach that Hillary Clinton’s campaign maintains was committed by Russia to benefit Donald Trump. A statement from the FBI confirmed that it is ‘investigating a cyber intrusion involving the DNC,’ adding that ‘a compromise of this nature is something we take very seriously.'”

The Clinton campaign believes that Trump received assistance from Russia, whose president Vladimir Putin, appears to support Trump because of Trump’s disdain for NATO. Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook said:

“We need to be concerned Trump and his allies made changes to the platform to make it more pro-Russian, and we saw him talking about how NATO shouldn’t intervene [in Russian disputes]. So I think when you put it all together, it’s a disturbing picture.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-hacked-emails-of-dnc-oppo-researcher-point-to-russians-and-wider-penetration-154121061.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

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FBI Has No F***S Left For Trump, Goes After Him In Campaign Game Changer (Original Post) EricMaundry Jul 2016 OP
The FBI warned the DNC a YEAR ago that this was possible and be careful. yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #1
it would be totally unlike DWS to be asleep at the wheel! geek tragedy Jul 2016 #2
What a shit show she is RonniePudding Jul 2016 #5
THIS tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #3
Systematic campaign finance violations The Second Stone Jul 2016 #4
"Lock him up! Lock him up!" AwakeAtLast Jul 2016 #6
It is always a good idea for the FBI to investigate a candidate during an election. AngryAmish Jul 2016 #7
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. The FBI warned the DNC a YEAR ago that this was possible and be careful.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 06:23 PM
Jul 2016

I wonder what the DNC did to address this????? That means the Russians have had a YEAR's worth of e-mails.

 

RonniePudding

(889 posts)
5. What a shit show she is
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 06:32 PM
Jul 2016

This is a great lesson on why it's a good idea for the party head to have one job -- running the fucking party.

House Reps spend most of their time working on the next election. I'm not sure someone who is competent could handle it either.

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)
3. THIS
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 06:25 PM
Jul 2016

This was my beef with DWS. She knew this happened and did nothing about it. When it was reported a couple of months ago, she should have sat both candidates down and talked about what was in them, etc. If she would have done this, everyone could have been prepared.

 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
4. Systematic campaign finance violations
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 06:29 PM
Jul 2016

would be a good start. Guy is probably crossed the RICO threshold.

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