Russia is interfering in the election to help Trump

I bet he does nothing to stop it. Russia should be thrilled by how much Trump has done to help them. Sad!

U.S. Intelligence: GOP Is Accepting Russian Help for Trump https://t.co/v0h2Wt0OLg
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) August 8, 2020

We are all suffering from scandal fatigue, but this scandal cannot be ignored: Trump does not want the intelligence community to expose Russian attacks because he is their beneficiary.

In @PostOpinions: https://t.co/IeK0PFnJrR
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) August 8, 2020

Lets' be 100% clear – there is one nation that has BOTH the capability and intention to significantly disrupt the 2020 American election.

It's not Iran. It's not North Korea. It's not China.

It's Russia.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 7, 2020

Breaking News: Russia continues to meddle in the election to aid President Trump, using a range of measures to denigrate Joe Biden, intelligence officials said. https://t.co/4wJeLUMkjY
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 7, 2020

Maybe they know that Russia wants to help Trump and they are comfortable with that. Remember, they didn't want campaigns to be required to report foreign assistance. https://t.co/QfT662HF3Q
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 7, 2020

This is huge.

▶️The US says Russia is actively trying to hurt Biden. They are doing this because Biden was tough on Russia as VP.

▶️The US says Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach is part of this effort. He has worked with Giuliani to smear Biden.https://t.co/f5amdoZ9wr pic.twitter.com/b6pHc99auM
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) August 7, 2020

As DNI formally cites the Biden tapes leaked by Derkach as part of a Russian effort, it's worth remembering that Giuliani met with Derkach in December and hosted him on his podcast in February. Derkach “doesn’t seem pro-Russian to me," he told @jdawsey1 https://t.co/jGBRJjMSnA
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) August 7, 2020

Pelosi/Schiff on DNI statement on election security praises IC for providing new info about Russian efforts to damage Biden but adds: "Unfortunately, today’s statement still treats three actors of differing intent and capability as equal threats to our democratic elections."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 7, 2020

“What makes Evanina’s statement today so significant is that it makes clear that the passing of information, real or otherwise, from various Ukrainian figures to various Trump allies is part of a Russian-directed scheme to help Trump win.” https://t.co/jJx6vUm3Un
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 7, 2020

China and Iran are saying mean things about Trump.

Russia is funneling dirt on Biden to Republicans, who are eagerly exploiting it.

Not the same thing. https://t.co/U1hGh7dIZf
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) August 7, 2020

The nation's top counterintelligence official came out and said that Rudy Giuliani's ally and the Kremlin are playing on the same team.https://t.co/3uOWZKnYGh
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) August 7, 2020

“The softening of Key Judgment 2”—that Russia wanted Trump to win in 2020—“signified a sobering new development of the Trump era: the intel community’s willingness to change what it would otherwise say straightforwardly so as not to upset the president.” https://t.co/DkF7TfwB8k
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 8, 2020

.@maddow: "What's happening in 2020, this is now the Republican led US Senate accepting and acting on, effectively laundering and promoting dirt that the US intelligence community now publicly says is a Russian operation to mess with our election."https://t.co/i6jPwnuGMy
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 8, 2020

Trump won’t stand up to Putin

Once again. Trump takes Putin’s side by not asking about the bounties. Does Putin have something on Trump? It sure seems like it. Withdrawing troops from Germany also helps Russia. We need a president who works for America, not Putin. Sad!

37 times Trump was soft on Russia | Analysis https://t.co/U95uEzdltn pic.twitter.com/8bHdSUMp3O
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 29, 2020

Among the many stunners in this interview, Trump claims not to know that Russia is arming the Taliban. https://t.co/u6WRnxE92Z
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) July 29, 2020

I assume Trump is lying

If you need another reason to vote against Trump and his enablers, this is it: We can’t afford to have a Putin puppet in the Oval Office.@PostOpinions https://t.co/uenesPnUJ5
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) July 29, 2020

Trump suggests that he did not believe the US intelligence on the Russian bounties https://t.co/tiu8TgafUl
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 29, 2020

This is deeply disturbing. Beyond admitting he never raised Russian bounties intel to Putin in at least 8 conversations, asked about Russia arming the Taliban, Trump says “Well, we supplied weapons when they were fighting Russia, too”. A Russian talking pt https://t.co/6yZkyPMyXo
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 29, 2020

Trump probably gets Russian talking points in his calls with Putin.

President Trump appeared to excuse Russia providing weapons to the Taliban, which raises so many questions about his dealings with Russia. https://t.co/NeEN1c0hod
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 30, 2020

Trump apparently said nothing to Putin about bounties

He would have told us if he did.

President Trump was asked whether he brought up alleged Russian bounties on U.S. troops in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump won't say, falsely claiming he doesn't discuss his calls with foreign leaders.https://t.co/RGlc3VowJF
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) July 27, 2020

Trump won't say if he's confronted Putin over Russia's reported bounties on US troops https://t.co/Xq1HG8WL9B via @businessinsider
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) July 27, 2020

In the past 31 days, Donald Trump has called #BlackLivesMatter a symbol of hate.

He's sent unidentified federal agents to police Portland streets against peaceful protesters.

But he has NOT publicly called out Putin for reportedly offering bounties for American troops abroad.
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) July 27, 2020

Trump was wrong to commute Stone’s sentence

It won’t affect his poll numbers.

If you hate him like I do, you expected this.

If you support him, you think Stone should not have been charged.

Except for Romney, Republicans have not objected to it. Cowards.

On Roger Stone, worth recalling this from unredacted Mueller report.

Trump's public statements "support inference that president intended to communicate message that witnesses could be rewarded for refusing to provide testimony adverse to the President"https://t.co/cdwyRzpXwK pic.twitter.com/VKvvb1S6QV
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 11, 2020

"This is what corruption looks like," says Elie Honig, a former DOJ prosecutor about President Trump commuting the 40-month prison sentence of his friend Roger Stone. "It's hard to think of a more perfect example of self-dealing than that." https://t.co/S5zvEy5hEP pic.twitter.com/5XEsC3gcdL
— CNN (@CNN) July 11, 2020

This statement again attacks the jury foreperson. The judge found zero evidence she acted improperly. In fact, a juror chosen by Stone’s team to testify said the foreperson urged them to take more time to consider a charge on which most had already decided Stone was guilty. https://t.co/xJ4bLOBGoZ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 11, 2020

I'm annotating the White House's extremely Trumpian statement about the Stone commutation. https://t.co/VMi9nFpuMG
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 11, 2020

Debunking 12 lies and falsehoods from the White House's statement on Roger Stone's commutation https://t.co/RTmilcllc1 pic.twitter.com/vBghvTXHMh
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 11, 2020

The Special Counsel regulations are intended to insulate an independent prosecutor from the President and his political appointees. But if Trump and Barr can simply undo the work of the Special Counsel, the regs don’t work.

Congress must pass a new independent counsel statute.
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) July 11, 2020

Do not forget the jurors who served honorably in this case and were attacked by the President. They sacrificed months of their lives and dealt with death threats. And now the President has undone their work, making a mockery of our lgl system. https://t.co/gE1Prn3IJ1
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) July 11, 2020

Think about the message that Trump is sending to Russia, other foreign countries and anyone in Trump's circle who might help them interfere in / attack our election.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) July 11, 2020

Stone is Trump's 36th pardon/commutation, a record low number, by far, for the modern presidency. An unusually high number of these (31/36 by my count), like Stone's, were based on a personal or political connection. Both are forms of abuse of an undoubted presidential power.
— Jack Goldsmith (@jacklgoldsmith) July 11, 2020

In @QuinnipiacPoll last Sept, 56% of Americans said they believe Trump considers himself above the law. 59% of indies & 57% of college+ whites agreed. Would a candidate who thought he had any chance of reaching any swing voters do what Trump just did for #STONE? https://t.co/apgliHZeZr
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 11, 2020

Any coverage of the Stone commutation must make clear-this didn’t happen just because Stone is a “friend” of Trump’s. It happened because Stone clearly could have implicated Trump & didn’t & has made very clear that he wasn’t doing so in order to get this benefit. https://t.co/eIIc4ouQzR
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) July 11, 2020

Trump commuting Stone in exchange for Stone not rolling on Trump is of course a quid pro quo. Is it politically incorrect in these circumstances to remind people, maybe in a whisper, that the Constitution defines “Bribery” as a “high Crime,” automatically an impeachable offense?
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 11, 2020

.@JeffreyToobin on Trump freeing Stone: “This is the most corrupt and cronyistic act in perhaps all of recent history. Nixon at the height of Watergate never pardoned or commuted the sentences of any of the people involved in Watergate. He thought he could never get away with it”
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 11, 2020

I covered the Roger Stone trial gavel to gavel. It wasn’t a complicated case. It always felt larger than Roger Stone. It was about the rule of law and the importance of truth and why that matters. https://t.co/tnunPrvOtG
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) July 11, 2020

Facts:

— The Trump campaign tried to coordinate with Wikileaks through Roger Stone;

— A jury convicted Stone of lying to Congress to protect the President;

— The President now commutes Stone's sentence, sparing him from prison.

Corruption and abuse of power.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) July 11, 2020

If you're curious what Stone did, here you go. https://t.co/PfACj1RBNR
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 11, 2020

Paul Manafort–convicted, not in jail. Roger Stone-convicted, term commuted. Mike Flynn-confessed, not in prison. Donald Trump-serial felon, traitor, not even tried.
Attorney General Barr-actively obstructing justice on the President's behalf. We have no justice system in the US.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) July 11, 2020

Trump's statement commuting Stone literally includes a mention of how Stone "is also well known for his outspoken support for President Donald J. Trump." It also includes a mention of the debunked theory that CNN was tipped off about Stone's arrest.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 11, 2020

There will be talk that Trump commuting Roger Stone's sentence will "thrill his base." But if so, that can only mean that Trump's base is thrilled by him using his power to exonerate his criminal accomplices. If that's what the claim is supposed to be, let's state it clearly.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 11, 2020

A “mistake”? A mistake is like when I turn left when I meant to turn right. This is utter corrupt lawlessness. These people should be ashamed as they sit silently by while their leader tries to torch the rule of law to protect himself. https://t.co/DRMcSycPuS
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) July 11, 2020

Trump pushed CIA to give intelligence to Russia

Trump supports Russia over and over. Why?

Trump pushed the CIA to give intelligence to the Kremlin, while taking no action against Russia arming the Taliban. https://t.co/heS0kdMtiY
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 8, 2020

Trump tries to discredit intelligence instead of holding Russia accountable

He is helping Putin, not the US. He said he wasn’t briefed but he at least got written material. Sad!

Trump remains silent on Putin despite uproar over alleged Russian bounty payments https://t.co/7Celdq0Yp2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020

Anyone who persists in thinking that Trump is crazy or unable to control himself might recall that on one issue he has never misspoken: Putin. Not one criticism, ever. https://t.co/xZ8ZGXnaY7
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) July 1, 2020

How could it be that nobody told Trump about the alleged Russian bounties?

The idea that Trump's briefer, a career government bureaucrat, decided to keep him out of the loop isn't credible, say current and former officials.https://t.co/Pmbt1Xuj9F
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2020

‘Like yelling squirrel': White House goes after media over Russia bounty story https://t.co/DfvfpGuMHT
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) July 4, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: An analytics shop overseen by Trump's DNI, John Ratcliffe has taken another look at the intel supporting the CIA's assessment that Russia paid bounties for killings of US soldiers in Afghanistan, producing a memo that seeks to highlight doubts. https://t.co/4NFRjVkeDH
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) July 3, 2020

Trump would do anything for Putin. No wonder he’s ignoring the Russian bounties, writes Michael @McFaul https://t.co/wQEeOukoKH
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 3, 2020

After all the ways they’ve debased themselves, what’s a little treason thrown into the mix?

Senate Republicans defend Trump’s response on Russian bounties https://t.co/biulQlmNwM
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 1, 2020

Donald Trump now says he doesn’t believe our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia is paying bounties to Taliban who kill U.S. troops. Why not? Because . . . wait for it:

Because Putin TOLD him Russia isn’t doing that. Shades of Helsinki. Can this really be happening?
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 2, 2020

Another confirmation of this story https://t.co/8l7ofl9n2f
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 2, 2020

BREAKING: The New York Times has identified an Afghan contractor, Rahmatullah Azizi, who delivered Russian cash from the GRU to the Taliban to target American troops. https://t.co/ZXEZqT6Rua
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) July 2, 2020

White House does not plan any immediate response over intelligence reports on Russian bounties targeting U.S. troops https://t.co/GbJuaNXuOx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2020

So in other words, they'll do the exact same thing they've been doing for months: nothing. https://t.co/R9LAjgrKz2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 1, 2020

So the story has gone from the president didn't know anything about this, to there is an ongoing "investigation," to not all intel agencies agree, to it's a made up hoax. Got it. https://t.co/38dWiFZois
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) July 1, 2020

Analysis: Trump suggests Russia’s denials may trump U.S. intelligence — again https://t.co/lPRtIDaeQ3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020

New: The WH is zeroing in on Trump’s intel briefer as the reason why Trump wasn’t told orally about Russia bounty intel (despite it being in PDB). Former officials, though, say “using the excuse that the briefer didn't tell him is just that: an excuse.” https://t.co/c8laP9J3jc
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 1, 2020

Analysis: The only people dismissing the Russia bounties intel: The Taliban, Russia and Trump https://t.co/hbWx8PitRX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020

Trump's not only denying that he was told, he's denying Russia paid bounties to kill American soldiers. Trump is siding with Putin against the American soldiers Putin wants to murder. And the Trump death cult will go right along with him. They don't mind sacrificing our soldiers. https://t.co/9rzGTN9tsN
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 1, 2020

This is as blunt a statement as I've ever seen a retired general officer make. https://t.co/4STayYaC5w
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 1, 2020

Opinion | Why Does Trump Put Russia First? – The New York Times https://t.co/kX7BwX6Hvz
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) July 1, 2020

"What you're hearing from the White House podium is not attacks on Russia but attacks on the media," @JDiamond1 says on @TheLeadCNN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 30, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Data intercepts showed GRU-to-Taliban $ transfers & a key intermediary fled to Russia, bolstering earlier detainee accounts about a Russian bounty op. Trump WH omitted in its briefing to GOP lawmakers as it downplayed intel as murky/contested. https://t.co/bmMd4V7Fjt
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) June 30, 2020

Further cooperation with Russia, particularly on counterterrorism, "was a nonstop request" by the Trump admin to CIA & broader IC, said @Mpolymer, a former agency official who retired in 2019. "The effort as had always been the case was futile." https://t.co/eN4B93y02G
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 30, 2020

Beginning of trail was intercept of bank data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account. 2 officials confirm Trump was briefed. In a different time, we'd be talking impeachment.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 30, 2020

Anyone claiming these things about the PDB is either profoundly ignorant or is knowingly lying to you.

The core PDB, even for presidents who *did* read it voraciously, rarely even reached 20 pages.

And for 55 years, *every* POTUS (possibly excepting of Nixon) has read it. https://t.co/eSKFz0y8Rj
— David Priess (@DavidPriess) June 30, 2020

Republicans once again face questions about why Trump isn’t tougher on Russia https://t.co/wcoLupj0Mt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 30, 2020

He has devoted extensive time to denying that he shuffled weakly down a ramp.

He has devoted extensive concern to whether he should call Joe Biden “Sleepy” or “Creepy.”

He has devoted *zero* effort to expressing concern that Russia paid to have American service members killed. https://t.co/bFoS5yCND5
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 30, 2020

Earlier today, the White House claimed that this was new intelligence that they were still investigating. https://t.co/TNLuif98y0
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 30, 2020

Per AP, Bolton briefed Trump in March 2019 about the Russian bounties.
In assessing whether the bounties resulted in killings, officials are focused in particular on an attack on an American convoy that occurred in April 2019. https://t.co/do4e58hsij
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 30, 2020

More on the Russian bounty story

The White House has denied that Trump and Pence were briefed but I think that’s just another lie. If it’s true, that shows a real failure in Trump’s intelligence structure. Notice that Trump has not denied the substance of the story – Russia paid for deaths of American soldiers. Its appalling that he spoke at West Point while he is allowing Russia to pay for our soldiers to get killed.

Also notice that Trump has done nothing about it. He is Putin’s puppet. I wish we knew why. Sad!

Analysis: Here are the events that preceded the intelligence community's conclusion about the bounties, and what Trump has said about Russia since then https://t.co/T0LtaoGKhI
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 29, 2020

long pattern

as Mueller reported, Russia helped, Trump campaign welcomed it and didn’t report to FBI

Mueller didn’t exonerate Trump

he laid out extensive evidence of obstruction of justice

partisans’ refusal to accept/acknowledge those facts don’t make them any less true https://t.co/IXMnzPEL6o
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 28, 2020

This is a fascinating statement by @realDonaldTrump. No one is saying Russians attacked US troops. The multiple press reports state Russia paid bounties for militants to kill US troops. Did @POTUS intentionally misdescribe what Russia did in order to deny it?#SundayThoughts https://t.co/cMSDs5Y0O8
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 28, 2020

Stop it. Trump was briefed. He may not have paid attention to it or read the PDB he was given but he was briefed. He did nothing while Putin put a bounty on our American Troops. Note, this White House has not denied the underlying intelligence. #putinspet https://t.co/sr98scobkx
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) June 28, 2020

New: @barbarastarrcnn reports there were some efforts at protecting US forces in Afghanistan because of the intelligence re Russian bounties.

If the threat was serious enough to increase force protection, why wouldn’t the president be briefed?
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 28, 2020

Trump denies being briefed by US Intel that Russian intelligence officers with GRU recently offered money to Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there.

Of note: zero condemnation for Putin, Russia, GRU below.

Will US respond? https://t.co/QH8aJ2h1j9
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 28, 2020

This x1000 https://t.co/VPKhAsPAvC
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 28, 2020

The president is pushing to invite Russia back into the G8. It was expelled for annexing Crimea. It still controls Crimea. https://t.co/pkMeKxLOCn
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 28, 2020

Hi. It’s the President’s Daily Brief guy.

Let’s look at the logic and the implications of the claim that neither Trump nor Pence were briefed on the intelligence assessment that Russia offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill US/coalition troops in Afghanistan.

1/10 https://t.co/Laafqaocg3
— David Priess (@DavidPriess) June 28, 2020

"Not briefed on the exactly the stuff that the NYT says was briefed" means

The NYT said the waiter offered vanilla ice cream

"We did not say that vanilla ice cream was available."

Was any ice cream on the menu you offered?

"no comment"

Did the president eat it?

"no comment" https://t.co/9VTGv95unh
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 28, 2020

1. This asserts a *briefing* never occurred.

-But was the information known to the President and VP? Anyone in DC knows the difference between these two things.

2. Who *did* know?

3. I see no reason to take DNI's word on anything. https://t.co/gCsELHKM9U
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 28, 2020

Yep on all of this. There’s also the credibility problem — having denied so many things later confirmed, often by POTUS himself. (Including one involving McEnany less than a week ago on testing.) https://t.co/CvhjMBPXTi
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) June 28, 2020

The explanation is either irresponsibility or a lie. Neither is good. https://t.co/3vC3xdJTpr
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 28, 2020

I don't get how this isn't at the top of every news website, on the front page of every newspaper, and the lead of every news broadcast. https://t.co/xjTWZlHfEn
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) June 27, 2020

.@PressSec says neither Trump nor Pence were briefed on US intelligence that a Russian intelligence unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces.
But she doesn't deny the validity of the US intel itself, as first reported by the NYT pic.twitter.com/E0Ju499Gcs
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) June 27, 2020

Yesterday the @nytimes reported, and Wash Post & WSJ confirmed, the explosive story that (1) Russia paid bounties for militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan & (2)@realDonaldTrump knew but did nothing.

I note @POTUS has not denied the allegations. He’s focused on TV ratings. https://t.co/es3SSak7sg
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 27, 2020

What’s coming next: “We have put bounties on people’s heads too. The U.S. is not so innocent.”

He’ll NEVER stand up to Putin. https://t.co/gysOTUi37W
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 27, 2020

This strikes me as a very good question. Either he already knew, in which case he’s lying, or his reaction to a story about bounties on American soldiers is a quick 18 . https://t.co/fbGYFiwAHw
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 27, 2020

Watch @JoeNBC's message to #MAGA @realDonaldTrump supporters 👇

"Think about this – you're being told that they notified the British government, but they didn't even tell the President of the United States. Now, I just ask: How stupid do they think you are?"#PutinsGOP pic.twitter.com/HuigJm7mlh
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) June 29, 2020

Trump won’t stop Russia from harming the US

Trump does nothing to stop his pal Putin

Keep in mind that AFTER being briefed on this intelligence, Trump once again pushed to have Russia readmitted into the G8. https://t.co/C8T1fUYWSg
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) June 26, 2020

Stop for one second and read this.

Donald Trump was briefed in MARCH that PUTIN had put a "BOUNTY" on U.S. troops -$$$ for killing US troops – and Trump has done NOTHING for THREE MONTHS about it.

SOLDIERS/VETERANS/MILITARY FAMILIES WHO CHEER AT TRUMP EVENTS…WAKE THE FUCK UP! https://t.co/NLWQzW92GQ
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 26, 2020

A Russian hacking group with ties to Russian intelligence (aptly named Evil Corp) is deploying new ransomware and officials are warning that it could be used to wreak havoc on election infrastructure.https://t.co/UJu1bsMCXm
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) June 26, 2020

Russia reportedly made the proposals during peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban https://t.co/NaXFH7PjPc
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 26, 2020

The most consistent feature of Trump’s foreign policy is an unwillingness to confront Russia. He’s gone back and forth on North Korea, even China, and has had occasional conciliatory words for Iran, but has never wavered on Russia. https://t.co/CRdqRpyXeA
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 26, 2020

Why does Trump suck up to Putin? I assume he owes Russia a lot of money.

Just so I have the white supremacy straight,

a black football player respectfully kneeling is TREASON, but a white President allowing a fucking BOUNTY on US soldiers is PATRIOTIC?
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) June 27, 2020

Trump says Roger Stone won’t go to jail

Trump has no respect for the law.

Clearly this is the reassurance that a nation at the breaking point needed to wake up to this morning: Trump is going to override the criminal justice system to take care of Roger Stone. That should satisfy the throngs chanting no justice, no peace. https://t.co/oo5aMcKul9
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 4, 2020

President Donald Trump promises his longtime political adviser Roger Stone will not serve time in prison https://t.co/TJxbIUJkWP
— POLITICO (@politico) June 4, 2020

Trump strongly hints at pardon of political adviser Roger Stone, saying he should "sleep well at night" https://t.co/wHyqx93xiW
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 4, 2020

Amazingly, Trump tweeted "LAW & ORDER!" literally minutes after corruptly dangling a pardon for Roger Stone. This makes an utter mockery of rule of law. In so doing, Trump neatly confirmed that James Mattis' blistering criticism is 100% right. New piece:https://t.co/ne5I8td1ZN
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 4, 2020

More on Flynn

Judge defends authority to review Michael Flynn's case despite the Department of Justice's request to dismiss it https://t.co/VGS9yPjlQB pic.twitter.com/S5XnxK8CDy
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 2, 2020

Kislyak “played Flynn like a fiddle…For a former head of an intelligence agency Mr. Flynn showed a stunning lack of counterintelligence savvy or sophistication in dealing with an adversary.” https://t.co/w026S4aA6p
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) June 2, 2020

Not a single passage in these transcripts where Flynn says it was wrong for Russia to interfere. Wrong to hack into DNC. Wrong to sow hatred, division on Facebook, etc.

Russia had just attacked the US. Russia was the enemy. And new NSA is fixed on how much we have in common. pic.twitter.com/fSmwFUJk6w
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 29, 2020

Re: Flynn-Kislyak convo

Having now read the transcript & taking it in context of what was happening, it is obvious to me & anyone who has engaged w the Russians that the conversation was NOT in the US interest.

Flynn’s actions were despicable. Under stable why he lied to FBI. https://t.co/fwXBGUd9TA
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) May 29, 2020

With all the news about the Flynn transcripts, remember that at this point the only real issue is this: given what the FBI already knew about Russian efforts to help Trump win, did the calls give them any reason to talk to Flynn? The answer was – and is – clearly yes.
— Randall Eliason (@RDEliason) May 29, 2020

The just-released Flynn-Kislyak transcripts show Trump's incoming national sec. adviser speaking repeatedly to the Russian ambassador, buddying up to him, & NOT ONCE saying anything about Putin's attack on the 2016 election. A stunning betrayal of the USA.https://t.co/ArXBuRqGGd
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 29, 2020

The Flynn transcript shows the incoming Trump administration colluding with Russia against the U.S. government https://t.co/13xIhul7rp
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 29, 2020

These transcripts CONFIRM pretty much everything Mueller accused Flynn of doing, and they DEBUNK much of what Trump has said about Flynn. The transcripts corroborate Flynn's guilty plea and further prove that he lied to the FBI about his Russian calls. https://t.co/amOEtAPrDR
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 29, 2020

Here’s what the Flynn transcripts show:

Gen. Flynn secretly discussed the U.S. response to Russia’s brazen election interference, and lied about it to the FBI and Vice President.

No wonder Trump and his allies are trying to re-write history,

Because the facts are so damning. pic.twitter.com/eNZMFlDSSa
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 29, 2020

And here’s what Flynn said to the FBI. It’s clear beyond any reasonable doubt that he lied, even apart from the fact that he admitted twice in court that he lied. https://t.co/SOJGReP5aR pic.twitter.com/XSuag5x0dQ
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 29, 2020

Also, the 302 shows the agents gave Flynn multiple opportunities to come clean, asking specific questions like whether he discussed reciprocity with Kislyak. Flynn could have said, oh, wait, now I remember. Flynn was determined to lie, and as you say, the nagging question is—why? https://t.co/LU8gNRF6pt
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 29, 2020