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12 Agents, Butina, and Helsinki

17 Tuesday Jul 2018

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12, 2016, agents, channels, clinton, Collusion, Conspiracy, defraud, democratic national convention, denial, DNC, Election, hacked, hacking, helsinki, hillary, Impeachment, mariia butina, Meeting, nra, Putin, russia, russian meddling, secret, tweet, unfitness

Good news! The Russian scandal now officially can be sung to the tune of the Twelve Days of Christmas: 12 Russian agents, Butina’s russian channel, election interference, PUTIN “STRONG AND POWERFUL!”  Which is good, because everything else is not sounding quite so festive.

The indictments of 12 Russian agents, for the hacking of the Democratic National Convention and the Clinton Presidential Campaign, and the filing of charges against Mariia Butina, a Russian woman who allegedly tried to broker secret meetings between President Putin and President Trump, further confirm  what the intelligence community already knew: that Russia interfered with the 2016 federal elections. As if that wasn’t frightening enough, our President doesn’t seem to mind. After meeting with Putin in Helsinki and asking him about the Russian meddling, Trump could only comment about the strength of Putin’s denial. Needless to say, Americans are feeling a bit miffed. But where does this leave us in the impeachment debate?

There are two arguments to be made here. The first and, most obvious, is that all this adds to potential charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. The more certain we are that Russia interfered with the election, the stronger the case for collusion becomes. Of course to establish collusion, it would have to be shown that there was some agreement between Trump and Russia. To that point it helps that there are ties between the indicted Russians and members of Trump’s campaign. In addition, though Trump’s ongoing support of Putin is not direct evidence of conspiracy, it does have a suggestive quality and could indicate a more nefarious relationship between the two.

One may also consider Trump’s reaction as an example of his unfitness. It can be argued that a failure to reprimand the leader of a country which has taken action to defraud the United States is a failure of one of the most basic duties of the President: that of the Chief Diplomat. This can be added to the list of the President’s other shortcomings; however it is unclear how long a list is required to lead to removal.

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Mueller and Starr Compared

06 Friday Apr 2018

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affair, clinton, Collusion, counsel, daniels, Impeachment, independent, ken, lewinsky, Mueller, robert, russia, special, Starr, stormy

This article, from TIME, compares the methods of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to those of former Independent Counsel Ken Starr. Starr was charged with investigating the Clinton-Whitewater real estate scandal, and released a report which eventually lead to President Clinton’s impeachment. Notably, however, the report was not centered around Whitewater, but rather the lie Clinton told to cover up his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Unlike Starr, TIME notes, Mueller is remaining focused on his task — the investigation of Russian collusion.

It would be easy for Mueller to become distracted with all the stories of Trump’s sordid acts floating around; such as those surrounding Stormy Daniels. But those of us in the audience should be glad that Mueller has remained focused. Though nailing Trump with some ignoble deed may be enough to lower his public esteem and get him impeached, we should want more. We should want the whole truth.

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FBI Investigation “Tainted” — A Message for the New Year

26 Tuesday Dec 2017

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clinton, Collusion, Conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the united states, dossier, hillary, Politics, russia, russian official

Trump is now claiming that the dossier, which summarized the investigation of the Trump campaign’s connection to Russian Officials, has tainted the ongoing FBI investigation. The dossier was published by a private firm, hired by the Democratic National Convention and the Clinton Campaign. It appears Trump has taken the offensive, claiming that the dossier is unsubstantiated, and has corrupted the ongoing FBI investigation. Such claims could be indicative of a troubled administration, and may just set the tone for the new year. One can find the text of the dossier itself here.

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