Now the FBI is investigating whether Russian money went to the NRA to help Trump in the 2016 election.

We already know that the NRA spent $30 million to support Trump.  Maybe we’ll find out more about where all that money came from.  Sad!

Trump tweeted today that Republicans should take control of the Russia investigation.  Republicans already are in charge of the House and Senate investigations and have increasingly shown they are not serious and intend to protect Trump.   Senators Grassley and Graham referred the author of the dossier, Christopher Steele, for prosecution.  Steele was not involved in contacts between Russia and the Trump campaign.  He was trying to find out what happened.  The referral is just a diversion from the real issue.

What we know so far:

• There were contacts between Russians and the Trump campaign which were not initially revealed by the Trump team.
• Trump, Jr. was willing to collude with Russia to get dirt on Hillary Clinton.  He should have told the FBI instead of meeting with the Russians.
• The initial statement about the meeting was a lie.  Apparently, Trump was involved in writing it.
• We don’t know if collusion occurred – this in an open issue.   Trump lies when he says everyone says there is no collusion.  That’s not true.
• Trump has made efforts to stop the investigations.
• Some Republicans are trying to discredit the Mueller investigation which is the only real shot we have at finding out the truth.

Why are the all of these efforts to stop the investigations if there is nothing to hide?  Why all of the lies and coverups?  I don’t know yet if the Trump campaign was guilty of collusion but I sure think they act like they’re guilty.  Sad!

This article describes a new report that the Trump and the Republicans are doing nothing to prevent future attacks on our elections.

The article states:

The report concludes that the US has no “coherent, comprehensive and coordinated approach to the Kremlin’s malign influence operations, either abroad or at home.”

Trump’s refusal to fully acknowledge Russian meddling in the 2016 election leaves us vulnerable to more interference in future elections.  I strongly recommend this very thorough investigation by the Washington Post.  It documents Trump’s skepticism about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

We don’t know why Trump never says anything bad about Putin when he is critical of many world leaders including our allies.   Trump will attack Democrats and members of his own party.  Yet, he refuses to criticized Putin who has damaged our electoral process.  I think Russia has something on him.  I don’t believe in the pee tape.  I suspect he owes them money.  We need to get to the bottom of this.  Sad!