This is as pathetic as it gets. OH! The irony! Lets see who has the balls.
.... How did that Russian collusion narrative turn out?
Everyone is colluding with Russia,
except Trump. The Podesta Group, Hillary Clinton, the DNC, Obamas FBI. Colluding with the Russians to try to dig up dirt against your political opponent to influence an election is bad right? Really bad. When Trump jr met with that Russia lawyer, it was really bad right? It was TREASON! I mean lets get other peoples quotes to show how serious it was:
"Rick Tyler, a former top aide to the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas, said he would have called the FBI if approached by a foreign agent from an adversarial nation like Russia.
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Michael Steel, a former top aide to the presidential campaign of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said the presence of a campaign manager at such a meeting would be unusual.
“Aside from the candidate himself, the campaign manager’s time is among the most valuable resources for any campaign,” he told HuffPost. “So, yes, it would be very odd for the campaign manager to appear at a meeting with a more-or-less random foreigner claiming they’re peddling [opposition research.]”
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Here’s George W. Bush’s ethics lawyer Richard Painter, cutting right to the chase:
"This is treason. He must have known that the only way Russia would get such information was by spying."
Its just.... its TREASON!
So in an attempt to gather incriminating material against Hillary Clinton, Trumpel jr. was willing to give away the US to Russia.
What's the sentence in the US for high treason?
I mean come on, only a deliberately and willfully ignorant partisan would look at this and think its justifiable to obtain damaging info on your political opponent from RUSSIA!
Only a deliberately- and willfully-ignorant partisan would look at this and think it's justifiable, or that it in any way has a counterpart on the Democrat side. Because as Rep. Eric Swalwell (House Intelligence Committee) said:
"...to receive damaging information from a representative of a foreign adversary -- that's a betrayal of our country... this is not like somebody who walks in and says 'I work in politics and I've got some information on your opponent.' This is somebody who is from Russia, where very often Russian nationals are connected to the Russian Intelligence Services, especially around politics, and so the fact that this wasn't passed along to the FBI or the Department of State also very much concerns me."
It's incredible to think that there are still people who reflexively support this, and who continue to characterize "collusion" as "no big deal, the other side did it too, and Obama! Hillary! Podesta! Emails!" It's not "merely" collusion. This is aiding, abetting, and participating in espionage against these United States, in pursuit of political power (and self-enrichment).
Lets keep going! Is it treason, a crime?!?!
Today, Politico asked the question:
"What Is Collusion? Is It Even a Crime?"
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/12/what-is-collusion-215366
They asked many legal experts their opinions on the criminality of what happened. Some possibilities (emphases mine):
"For example, if Donald Trump Jr. sought “dirt” on Hillary Clinton from the Russians, he might be charged with conspiring to violate the election laws of the United States, which prohibit foreign nationals from contributing any “thing of value” to an electoral campaign." - Paul Rosenzweig, former deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security.
"Collusion is the descriptive word the news media has settled on to cover many potential illegal actions by the Trump campaign, which could range from aiding and abetting (18 USC 2) to conspiracy per se (18 USC 371) to conspiring to violate several potentially applicable laws like: 18 USC 1030—fraud and related activity in connection with computers; 18 USC 1343—wire fraud; or 52 USC 30121—contributions and donations by foreign nationals. Also, 18 USC 2381—for, contrary to a widespread belief that there must be a declared war, the Justice Department as recently as 2006 indicted for “aid and comfort” to our enemies, the form of collusion better known as treason." - John Dean, former White House Counsel to Richard Nixon
"There is also a crime called “misprision of felony” that means you know that a felony has been committed and you actively work to conceal the crime.... It would also be a crime for someone to offer to act in an official capacity, by repealing a law or discontinuing sanctions against Russia, in exchange for something of value." - Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor
The forgotten man Tim Kaine on Trump Jr meeting - "we're now beyond obstruction of justice.... potential treason."
MSNBC - "the president himself is bordering on treason because all of them have sought out damaging information about Hillary clinton from the russians"
CNN - "...evidence of willingness to collude."
Debbie washerman shultz or whatever her damn name is - "...someone who is in the top tier of the trump campaign... colluded."
But now that Hillary, DNC have been caught red handed..... its no longer treason or none of that. Not a damn peep. Matter a fact, Keith Olberman or whatever the fuck his name is, who people here love quoting his crap, now says that Trump is the one who needs to shut up about Russia!!
BE HUMBLE! SIT DOWN! TAKE THIS LOSS!
And we need to keep repeating this: Russia tried to fuck with our election.