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Quite the bombshell.
From The New York Times:
In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.
The inquiry carried explosive implications. Counterintelligence investigators had to consider whether the president’s own actions constituted a possible threat to national security. Agents also sought to determine whether Mr. Trump was knowingly working for Russia or had unwittingly fallen under Moscow’s influence.
The investigation the F.B.I. opened into Mr. Trump also had a criminal aspect, which has long been publicly known: whether his firing of Mr. Comey constituted obstruction of justice.
I'm also going to make a point to include this from the Times report:
No evidence has emerged publicly that Mr. Trump was secretly in contact with or took direction from Russian government officials. An F.B.I. spokeswoman and a spokesman for the special counsel’s office both declined to comment.
Clearly, I don't have the evidence that the FBI has gathered but we do know that Trump frequently praised Russian President Putin, taking his word over that of the US intelligence community regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election.
That alone that should give pause to any American.
The Donald's short little fingers flew across his iPhone's keyboard this morning in a Twitter rage complete with 'the Failing New York Times,' 'Lyin James Comey,' 'Crooked Hillary,' and a boast of being 'FAR tougher on Russia than Obama.'
Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a total sleaze!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
...Funny thing about James Comey. Everybody wanted him fired, Republican and Democrat alike. After the rigged & botched Crooked Hillary investigation, where she was interviewed on July 4th Weekend, not recorded or sworn in, and where she said she didn’t know anything (a lie),....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
....the FBI was in complete turmoil (see N.Y. Post) because of Comey’s poor leadership and the way he handled the Clinton mess (not to mention his usurpation of powers from the Justice Department). My firing of James Comey was a great day for America. He was a Crooked Cop......— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
.....who is being totally protected by his best friend, Bob Mueller, & the 13 Angry Democrats - leaking machines who have NO interest in going after the Real Collusion (and much more) by Crooked Hillary Clinton, her Campaign, and the Democratic National Committee. Just Watch!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
I have been FAR tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President. At the same time, & as I have often said, getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. I fully expect that someday we will have good relations with Russia again!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
Lyin’ James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter S and his lover, agent Lisa Page, & more, all disgraced and/or fired and caught in the act. These are just some of the losers that tried to do a number on your President. Part of the Witch Hunt. Remember the “insurance policy?” This is it!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
The Twitterverse has their own thoughts on the historic news:
Just keep saying this to yourself.— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 12, 2019
The FBI has enough evidence to open an investigation into whether the President of the United States was a Russian asset.
We are in Grisham novel.
Um. This is not actually a denial https://t.co/yzvgyQLINN— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 12, 2019
Why hasn’t the White house and and Trump jut come out and said he is not an agent of Putin? Simple denial.— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) January 12, 2019
In WH statement and 5 huffy tweets all that is expressed is outrage anger.
Not denial of the claims of the story.
You bowed to Putin, praised him throughout the campaign — as you secretly pursued Tower Moscow -- and believed him over American intelligence in Helsinki.— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) January 12, 2019
You appear to be completely owned by him — this tweet shows it too.We now know why FBI was rightly very concerned.
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” — FDR— James Comey (@Comey) January 12, 2019
We were warned. pic.twitter.com/O5dbiCJ5Ap— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 12, 2019
Nothing says I'm confident of my innocence like 9 panicky tweets before 9:45am.— Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) January 12, 2019
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