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FBI Had Opened an Investigation into Trump Ties to Russia

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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Original Submission

• Re:enough Re:enough (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @09:14PM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @09:14PM (#786016)

  If Democrats think rekindling the cold war and the threat of atomic winter is a rational response to some ineffectual Facebook ads or the standard practice of trying to dig up dirt on an opponent, they're the most dangerous entity in existence.

  The Democrats are just carrying water for the media. They are profoundly aware that the media is very resourceful at being kingmakers. Look at how well they anointed Ocasio-Cortez despite the obvious shortcomings in her logic, comprehension and abilities. Every time I hear her on TV, I wonder if she was chosen with a "special" election. Personally, I think the media is so anti-Trump simply because they are still angry that Trump made them all look so thoroughly foolish on Election Day. It is all about the butthurt.

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• Re:enough Re:enough (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @01:06AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @01:06AM (#786165)

  I think it runs the other way -- I think the media kowtows to the Dems. Nothing else could explain the tsunami of negativity toward Trump who has basically done what all the other recent presidents have done.

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  • Re:enough (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @06:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @06:15AM (#786311)

    Well, Trump is (as a person) an asshole who takes every opportunity to insult others and stick a finger into their eye.

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  • Re:enough (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @10:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @10:49PM (#786676)

    I think it runs the other way -- I think the media kowtows to the Dems.

    Naah. I had it right. The Democrats have shifted their position too many times to line up with whatever the media is crowing about at the time for it to be the other way around. Which is it today? MeToo? Border wall? Separating families? Comey is Satan? Comey is the Savior? Avenatti for President 2020? Democrats are masters of Twister (TM).

    Nothing else could explain the tsunami of negativity toward Trump who has basically done what all the other recent presidents have done.

    They're still hurting for looking like such clueless idiots on Election Night. Pride goeth before a fall. And they fell hard.

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