all signs point to the FBI having substantial info on the Russian connection

[2ndthyme]

usually chatty senators after an intel committee meeting were very silent after an unscheduled briefing by Comey.

Journalists waiting in the halls can usually expect bits of edges on the topic from meeting attendees, seeking some face time in the news but the silence and stoic look on most faces after hearing what Comey had to say,, might say much more than the tips of red meat normally tossed out.

later Rubio posted this tweet, an indication that Rs may be feeling the Russian thing might be more serious than a partisan hunt
https://twitter.com/marcorubio/statu...26071938162688

[TxMusky]

I will pull a FRed, can you or anybody else show that Russia changed one single vote and were there more Russian votes cast for Trump, than Illegal immigrant votes cast for Hilliary?

That Khan dude on that feed needs some serious therapy and a couple of xanax.

[2ndthyme]

I will pull a FRed, can you or anybody else show that Russia changed one single vote and were there more Russian votes cast for Trump, than Illegal immigrant votes cast for Hilliary?

That Khan dude on that feed needs some serious therapy and a couple of xanax.

did I claim they changed a vote or effected the election outcome?, you're so busy running around trying to rewrite what the discussion is, just so you can debate your own self.

[Wannabe]

Mighty defensive, aren't we? It's all Much Ado About Nothing. I do not know if it is right or wrong. Talking to the other side has been going on probably before your very own womanizing alcoholic Ted Kennedy talked to the Russians way back when they were the Evil Empire. You say nothing when your side does it but let a Republican say hi to the other side and the world is coming to an end. Keep going and you will protest,gripe, and complain yourself into extinction.
Bob

[TxMusky]

did I claim they changed a vote or effected the election outcome?, you're so busy running around trying to rewrite what the discussion is, just so you can debate your own self.

SO what then, is all of the fuss about? Obama interfered in the Israeli election by giving money. Every nation on the planet with internet access tries to hack everybody else, the chinese have been hacking military secrets for decades, The Clinton Foundation took all sorts of money from foreign countries while she was SOS..... so really, what is the big deal???

Jeez it's like the liberals just woke up and need something to whine about, this is old news people. Russia has been spying on us since the 40's, as well as every other place on this globe.

[wacojoe]

If Trump or his minions under his direction sought election advantage in any way through under the table dealings with Putin, then he should resign in disgrace or be empeached. The soon-to-be NSC guy talking to Rooskies before he is confirmed is normal and does not count. Lying to the VP and making him look bad though gets Flynn what happened to him. Lying (and lying badly/stupidly moreover) to your bosses is a firing offense.

Waiting for some scintilla of evidence that Trump worked with the Russians during the campaign.

I don't think I'm alone here although rumors, suppositions and allegations are enough for a few. I reserve that threshold of proof for Hillary, Bill & Barack who are presumptively guilty of anything/everything.

[TxMusky]

If Trump or his minions under his direction sought election advantage in any way through under the table dealings with Putin, then he should resign in disgrace or be empeached.

I agree, but on the same note should Hilliary and her campaign be held to the same standard of cheating? DNC chair pushing for her over Bernie in the primaries and then quitting (I am using that quitting liberally) and then her replacement fired from her news job for giving the questions for a debate to her before the debates? Does this mean Hilliary should have excused herself and let Bernie have the run? SHould her husband and the AG be brought up on charges for meeting on the runway during a criminal investigation? How about taking a closer look into George Soros and his money being handed out to help the Dems, and this guy was actually a Nazi in his younger days and turned in Jews. It seems the Dems need to clean out their own barn before pointing any fingers in any other direction.

So much "weirdness" happening during one election and we are worrying about the Russians interfering? I do not recall any of the voters claiming they voted for Hilliary and magically their vote changed to Trump right before their eyes.

[Dave Grubb]

I agree, but on the same note should Hilliary and her campaign be held to the same standard of cheating? DNC chair pushing for her over Bernie in the primaries and then quitting (I am using that quitting liberally) and then her replacement fired from her news job for giving the questions for a debate to her before the debates? Does this mean Hilliary should have excused herself and let Bernie have the run? SHould her husband and the AG be brought up on charges for meeting on the runway during a criminal investigation? How about taking a closer look into George Soros and his money being handed out to help the Dems, and this guy was actually a Nazi in his younger days and turned in Jews. It seems the Dems need to clean out their own barn before pointing any fingers in any other direction.

So much "weirdness" happening during one election and we are worrying about the Russians interfering? I do not recall any of the voters claiming they voted for Hilliary and magically their vote changed to Trump right before their eyes.

Why does Hillary keep coming up----she is done---lost---gone---and we are left with what we got

[wacojoe]

Domestic skullduggery is not in the same ballpark as treasonous plotting with our sworn enemy. Sadly, such was never discovered when Teddy Kennedy attempted it, but I hastened to add, such has not gone very far beyond speculation by political enemies against Trump and a gleam in Lefties' eyes. Should there be anything to it, we should have heard about it now months later when we know the spooks have been monitoring communications all the while and they despise Trump.

[TxMusky]

Why does Hillary keep coming up

In my opinion it is all a smokescreen thrown up to keep Hilliary from being thrown into jail for her treasonous activity. Obama and the loony liberals were great at creating a diversion to direct attention away from what they wanted to hide. It is not something new, Russia, China, N Korea, Israel, Great Briton and every other country on this globe spy on each other. Russia has been spying on us since the 40's and we all know it. Why all of a sudden is this so big of a deal, okay so the claim is they interfered in our election.....show the proof where one single vote was changed that would have made her the winner of the 5 or 6 States that had EC votes that would have changed the results! We already know she got the popular vote, so where is the proof that Russia made her lose?

[wacojoe]

The post above misses out on the worst charges being more than whispered by the disloyal opposition — that Trump actively conspired with Putin to nudge the election. They are content for people to wonder if it could be true. If people do not buy into that one, then getting them to believe Putin tried to sway the election because he and Trump are somehow sympatico is to their benefit too.

[TxMusky]

Well heck, the intel folks were recording stuff, just get the NSA to release all of the recording they made of Trump's personal calls made on his phones. The whole things is just plain stupid and they know it.

[2ndthyme]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politi...ies/index.html

The discussions between the White House and the bureau began with FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on the sidelines of a separate White House meeting the day after the stories were published, according to a US law enforcement official.
The White House initially disputed that account, saying that McCabe called Priebus early that morning and said The New York Times story vastly overstates what the FBI knows about the contacts.
But a White House official later corrected their version of events to confirm what the law enforcement official described.
The same White House official said that Priebus later reached out again to McCabe and to FBI Director James Comey asking for the FBI to at least talk to reporters on background to dispute the stories. A law enforcement official says McCabe didn't discuss aspects of the case but wouldn't say exactly what McCabe told Priebus.
Comey rejected the request for the FBI to comment on the stories, according to sources, because the alleged communications between Trump associates and Russians known to US intelligence are the subject of an ongoing investigation.
The White House did issue its own denial, with Priebus calling The New York Times story "complete garbage."

so if there's nothing to the story, why look for the FBI to dispel it? and the lie over it

[wacojoe]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politi...ies/index.html



so if there's nothing to the story, why look for the FBI to dispel it? and the lie over it

That one's easy...because the FBI is the alleged source for the NYTs story in the first place. What better source to refute the story?

[2ndthyme]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...lks-with-russa

When asked in the hypothetical during his confirmation hearing as Attorney General what he would do if he learned a member of Trump's campaign had communicated with the Russian government over the course of the 2016 campaign, Sessions responded: “I’m not aware of any of those activities ... I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”

But the Washington Post reported Wednesday night that Sessions had spoken to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice during 2016, once in a private conversation.

Officials said Sessions did not consider his conversations with Kislyak relevant to the lawmakers’ questions and did not remember their discussion in detail. And as a senior member of the committee, he regularly met foreign ambassadors, his spokeswoman said. ......

That September conversation between Sessions and Kislyak took place during the same time intelligence officials have said Russia was interfering with the U.S. presidential election through a hacking and influence campaign.