Seth Abramson explains why DNC/Clinton/Steele Dossier research and Trump/Russia collusion

[pnwmom]

were not the same. What the DNC did was LEGAL.

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1/ From the moment he decided to run for POTUS in 2016—November 2012, per his own advisors—Trump told about as many lies about his foreign entanglements as he'd continue to do as president: that is, thousands. Each potentially hid the fact he'd been compromised by foreign powers.

2/ For this reason, and because Trump was widely known to have lived a life of white-collar crime and personal infelicities that could open him up to blackmail, REPUBLICANS decided to conduct aggressive opposition research on him during the GOP primaries.

3/ The right-wing entity that did the opposition research that'd eventually come to the country's notice—involving a company called Fusion GPS—was the WASHINGTON FREE BEACON, which engaged Fusion GPS to conduct such research with funding from a right-wing anti-Trump billionaire.

4/ While REPUBLICANS were paying Fusion GPS to do opposition research—a *lengthy* period from fall 2015 into spring 2016—Fusion GPS turned up evidence involving possible "golden showers" occurring in Russia in 2013, as the right-wing DAILY CALLER reported.

[triron]

1. I just reposted this. Your post is far cleaner. Thanks.

[uponit7771]

2. K&R, the KGOP is conflating a man (Steele) with a country (Russia) claiming they're the same

[pnwmom]

3. And they're conflating an ally who had experience working with US law enforcement

with a foreign enemy that attacked our election.

[Volaris]

4. And they're confusing REPUBLICAN OppoResearch that actually existed,

With Democratic party treason, which motherfucking DIDNT.

[Takket]

5. But her emails...