Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Hillary Clinton’s campaign hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Trump. The research firm thenapproached the FBI about THEM funding more research which the FBI initially agreed to do, all this occurring in October 2016, weeks before the election, right about the time James Comey was smothering Hillary’s email investigation.
Now that it’s perfectly acceptable to use the might of government to help the party in power and punish its opponents, the next election should be a lot easier for Republicans to win.
Joe Doakes
It’s sort of like the Strib and the Minnesota Poll…
JD, sHrillary realized they violated Campaign Finance act by doling out that much money, hence the deflection, which 0bumbler was more than happy to help with. But they got caught and are now being investigated for yet another law breaking incident. This whole Russia investigation is like a gift that keeps on giving. Talk about an epic backfire.
This JD post is misleading , it leaves out the fact that Republicans initiated the research: “Prior to that agreement, Fusion GPS’s research into Trump was funded by a still unknown Republican client during the GOP primary.”
Here is a pretty good analysis showing much if it was at least pretty close to the mark. https://www.justsecurity.org/44697/steele-dossier-… Not aware of any of it having been disproven.
I wonder what numbers the Hillary campaign was seeing in October of ’16 that made them think that maybe this election wasn’t as securely in the bag as they thought, and maybe some more dirt is necessary.
Or, it could be just SOP scorched-earth tactics.
No shock that the initial research was launched by an “unnamed” Republican (I’m thinking it’s the one that turned out to be shockingly deciduous). I don’t think the Republicans, though, approached the FBI to fund the research.
Link for emery:
http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/25/top-10-things-to-know-about-dossier/
Does JD know the NY Times carried the story in January?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/tru…
■ In September 2015, a Washington political research firm, Fusion GPS, paid by a wealthy Republican donor who did not like Mr. Trump, began to compile “opposition research” on him — standard practice in politics.
■ Last June, after evidence of Russian hacking of Democratic targets surfaced, Fusion GPS hired a retired British intelligence officer, Christopher Steele, to investigate Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia.
■ After it became clear that Mr. Trump would be the Republican nominee, Democratic clients who supported Hillary Clinton began to pay Fusion GPS for this same opposition research.
The point you are missing, Emery, is that the dossier is tainted. It was compiled by people who wanted to damage Trump, not by independent researchers. This was clear back in January when Fusion GPS was fingered as the outfit that produced it.
The people responsible for putting the US government’s seal of approval on what amounts to rumor and half truths were Democrats and they have names.
In any event, Steele wasn’t hired by Fusion until long after the Republican donor had stopped funding the research.
Woolly, Isn’t that the point of opposition research? Quite frankly, I can wait for the conclusion of Robert Muller’s investigation. Where facts and conclusions combined with evidence will settle most arguments.
Last June, after
evidenceallegations of Russian hacking of Democratic targets surfacedFIFY, Emery. Has the DNC ever consented to the FBI or DOJ examining the allegedly-hacked computers?
Quite frankly, I can wait for the conclusion of Robert Muller’s investigation. Where facts and conclusions combined with evidence will settle most arguments.
I sure hope the investigation yields something of value, Emery. So far, we don’t have a smoking bullet, let alone a smoking gun. It’d be a shame if untold amounts of taxpayer dollars were spent a political fishing expedition…
By the way, Emery, since you didn’t object to the resources of a federal agency, funded by the taxpayers, to even being considered for use to conduct political opposition research, I guess, should Trump run for re-election in 2020 and use federal agencies to dig up dirt on his challenger(s), that you will just dismiss that as “opposition research” as well?
Quite frankly, I can wait for the conclusion of Robert Muller’s investigation.
Yeah, that will be rich, since Mueller was one of those in charge when this was going on, who knows better than he where the skeletons were unearthed and where the money came from (and went). I’m sure he’ll be tireless in rooting out the legal and ethical shortcomings, including his own.
NW, note how eTASS-BFL-SPM deflected entire findings (some by RM) that damage sHrillary, DNC and 0bumbler administration to Republican whataboutism as reported by NYT, one of the most odious of the fake news generators.
The Trump administration has demonstrated that its major failing is incompetence, rather than evil intent (the intent fluctuates from day to day). So I doubt that Trump and his cronies were actually conspiring with the Russians, because that would require a level of organization and planning that we have seen no sign of.
This administration is quickly becoming like those of Berlusconi, spending most of its time and energy protecting itself from the ramifications of its rash and poorly-thought-out actions, and from the dubiously legal actions of its senior members, now and in the past.
And here we go again… Bash, bash, bash based solely on willful blindness fueled by steady diet of fake news. Not a single charge against sTrumpet has been proven, unlike those for the naked emperor and the queen b. Fact, yes FACT, the entirety of dubious legal action were initiated my MSM and DNC (ptr) based on lies, innuendo and avarice, for imaginary (unlike Berlusconi) crimes and misdemeanors is completely ignored in the context. As usual, eTASS-BFL-SPM sinks to using false equivalency and utter willfull ignorance of facts. But hey, we learned to expect that from the troll, so same ol’ same ol’.
Trump has been fantastic on his judicial appointments. His cabinet picks have been ideological conservatives (the failure of several of them to pass political muster notwithstanding). There are an awful lot of conservatives who dislike Trump but will defend him on these grounds.
but will defend him on these grounds.
Let me add “alone”. Never mind all the rollbacks of 0bumbler era unconstitutional regulations and singlehandedly moving to kill 0bumblercare despite refusal by RINO’s to follow through on their campaign promises.
But hey, facts (like the ones on dossier you posted on another thread) never stopped eTASS from verbal diarrhea which he always gets after ingestion of latest fake news and talking points.
The Trump administration has demonstrated that its major failing is incompetence, rather than evil intent (the intent fluctuates from day to day).
Scott Adams appreciates your confirmation.
So I doubt that Trump and his cronies were actually conspiring with the Russians, because that would require a level of organization and planning that we have seen no sign of.
If true, Mueller has no portfolio. He might as well investigate random citizens doing random things as investigate non-existent Trump collusion with Putin.
Yes, but you might also consider that I was wrong about the 2016 election too. /s
I fondly recall Ron Ziegler serving as Tricky Dick’s press secretary and explaining his manifold shifting lies: “That statement is no longer operative.” Hillary and the DNC could use him now.
A quote from Steven Mnuchin in an article regarding Trump tax plan says it all: “This is factual, based upon growth assumptions. The president and I are very, very comfortable with these assumptions,” he said.
Facts, based on assumptions! What a clown
https://www.ft.com/content/a3a50b64-ba94-11e7-9bfb-4a9c83ffa852
Facts, based on assumptions!
Says a person whose “facts” have demonstrably been shown to be based on lies and innuendo. Double the troll, double the clown.