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posted by martyb on Sunday January 13 2019, @05:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the Why-Not-Just-Say-No? dept.

The Washington Post reports FBI’s investigation of Trump included a counterintelligence inquiry:

The FBI investigation into President Trump that was opened almost immediately after he fired then-Director James B. Comey also included a counterintelligence component to determine if the president was seeking to help Russia, and if so, why, according to people familiar with the matter.

The decision by then-acting FBI director Andrew McCabe to open an investigation of a sitting president was a momentous step, but it came after Trump had cited the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election in his decision to fire Comey, these people said.

The counterintelligence component of the Trump investigation was first reported by the New York Times.

Late Saturday night, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro asked Trump in an interview if he is or ever was working for Russia. Trump responded, "I think it’s the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked." Referring to the New York Times story, he went on, "I think it’s the most insulting article I’ve ever had written."

See also The Guardian.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @09:06PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @09:06PM (#786012)

    He has to play a most dangerous balancing act in trying to run the country the way he feels is right, while all the established interests are aligned against him. From the "fourth estate", who have abandoned any semblance of news reporting, and now subsist on unfounded opinion pieces for prolefeed, to the security apparatus à la Jim "Am I moving against Hillary? Or Trump?" Comey or Peter "We'll prevent that!" Sztrok.

    Looking back, I think Obama may have had reformatory intentions of his own, but he capitulated quickly to the System.
    If we value our democracy, we need to start thinking for ourselves again, rather than taking anything all these people say on faith, just because we happen to be in the same "tribe".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @11:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @11:56AM (#786413)

    Either cash out, like I am, or start looking at the surgical strikes necessary to carve out the cancer. There is so much cancer and so many senescent citizens that I do not believe it can truly be saved anymore.