What? Whoa! CNN tweet: This is the direct evidence.

[Kingofalldems]

Link to tweet

Holy ****!

'The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN'


http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/us-officials-info-suggests-trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians/index.html

[NightWatcher]

1. If it's going to be leaked to don's people, may as well release it and make it public

I hope they nail this fucker to a wall.

[volstork]

10. Man, oh, man

AMEN to that. I'm sick to death of this gaping asshole and all of his toadies!

[dchill]

25. Man, oh, Manafort.

That's more like it, eh?

[volstork]

26. Well played!

I stand corrected!

[Freethinker65]

2. Yep. Doesn't sound like vindication to me

[rzemanfl]

3. K&R n/t

[lastlib]

37. Leads me to think.....The Garland SCOTUS nomination was held up....

because McTurtleAss said it was the last year of the Obama admin.

So THIS may very well be the first *and LAST* year of the tRumPutin presiduncy, so, McTurtle: WHY should we consider tRumPutin's SCOTUS nominee??!?

[Egnever]

43. Which begs the question

Was he part of the conspiracy?

After all they were quite adamant about holding up the nomination despite Clintons persistent lead in the polls. As if they knew a democrat would not be president.

Makes one wonder

[L. Coyote]

58. No Judicial Appointments While Under Criminal Investigation! NONE.

[center]
First, resolve the legitimacy of the election!

[sunonmars]

5. Is this why Nunes was shitting his pants.

[NightWatcher]

6. He had to give a heads up that the shit is en route to the fan.

[WinkyDink]

18. "The Trump Presidency: From Feces to Fan."

[Grammy23]

77. My thoughts exactly.

He got wind of the bad news and he couldn't wait (or risk a phone call) to give tRump and his minions a warning that the dam is about to bust. "Buckle up, Buttercup. You're in for a rough ride." I suspect he ran over there like a ruptured duck because he over reacted, acting like a loyal toadie to give his guy a clue what is happening. The look on his face, the stammering, conflicting answers he gave all seemed to indicate it was a big f**king deal. And not in a good way.

Stayed tuned. Things are going to get real hot and real incriminating real fast. Fingers crossed. Is our night mare over or just beginning??

[Silver Gaia]

8. This is what I was hoping was the case.

Nothing else really made any sense.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Might explain why Roger Stone and Manafort both had offices in russia

Stone is a lot like Trump, egotistical bullshitter whose big mouth might have just landed him in one of the hottest water tanks possible.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. And why Stone has not 1 but 2 lawyers now. . . . nt

[L. Coyote]

59. The White House just hired 24 lawyers.

The FBI has 100 agents on the case, I read somewhere.

Suddenly, Watergate seems like a mere ripple in American history. This is about successfully overthrowing the government, the FBI knew it was ongoing, and they waited until they had the goods on everyone in all probability. We didn't hear about it until they could convict everyone right up to the very top of the conspiracy.

[Kensan]

12. Nunes....

One wonders how he was able to quickly "unmask" the redacted names. Could it be that he was a party to one of those conversations while he was serving the campaign? Might even have recognized his own voice/words. I hope the IC has spread a huge net because there are a lot of rotten fish to scoop up.

[Cracklin Charlie]

32. We're gonna need a bigger boat.

[2naSalit]

34. Exactly!!

On second thought... we already have this one going on...

[WiffenPoof]

45. Totally Funny

Well played, Grasshopper.

[VWolf]

67. .

[wiggs]

14. And why Tru*p looked like he ate a bug at the Merkel presser. Something wrong then. nt

[bettyellen]

79. LOL true!

[Plucketeer]

20. here's to Nunes shitting his trousers

til the seams burst!

[nolabear]

7. As the Stomach Turns

The soap opera that is American politics today works its way toward a climactic close...

[Kingofalldems]

9. Quote from an anonymous intelligence officer:

"He will die in prison."

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[bdamomma]

27. karma

nt

[gibraltar72]

35. Believe Malcom Nance made that statement.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

39. I will do all my chores around the house, I promise, God, if you can make this happen.

Please .....

[AJT]

13. What is new? We've been hearing "may have" for months.

I want to hear "have direct evidence "

[Horse with no Name]

17. I heard Schiff say something to that effect today. n/t

[calimary]

24. Here:

BREAKING: REP. SCHIFF – “I HAVE SEEN MORE THAN CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE”

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/22/1646236/-Breaking-Rep-Schiff-I-have-seen-more-that-circumstantial-evidence


From Adam Schiff's Twitter page:

Adam Schiff Retweeted
Meet the Press?Verified account @MeetThePress 2h2 hours ago
More
.@RepAdamSchiff on Trump/Russia connection: "There is more than circumstantial evidence now...and is very much worthy of investigation."

https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff

[rtracey]

52. i totally agree

[m-lekktor]

76. Thank you. exactly. nt

[luvMIdog]

16. I'll hang onto any rope of hope they throw I need to hope

[zentrum]

19. So---how did

....Comey become such an obedient conduit?

Weirder and weirder.

[karynnj]

57. The lead on this might have been one of the other intelligence agencies

You could question why Comey did not speak of this investigation - and contrast his williness to speak of Clinton's. However, the Clinton issue was known BEFORE there was an FBI investigation. None of the intelligence agencies started that.

What is more suspicious now -- and it was already suspicious -- is that he opted to make public that emails were found on Weiner's laptop. At the time it seems weird, as the most likely reason was that Huma had checked her email there. That would have brought in the SAME email as on other Hume devices. I can understand they would want to check if there was anything new, but a public statement on that was not needed. His argument was that if anything changed from his July statement, he would tell Congress. However, NOTHING had happened yet to change the story.

Now add in that he knew, but couldn't say that Trump WAS under investigation. It makes his putting his finger on the scale look reckless as well as partisan - rather than just partisan. Maybe years from now, he or people near him will explain why he did what he did. This does rule out that he was so straight laced and rigid on following both laws and rules that seeing that these emails were on Weiner's laptop -- where however explainable because of their relationship, that he felt she had so violated rules that he needed to speak out.

[zentrum]

90. Reckless and partisan and

.....scared. I think he was afraid that she would be elected and then the next day they'd find all these emails and he'd be blamed for not speaking up before the election.

He does no inspire confidence of any kind. Bad judgement bungler.

[karynnj]

96. His fear may have been that there would have been a leak that the emials were found BEFORE the

election and that the Republicans would make it a huge scandal involving him covering up and breaking his word that he would say something if anything changed.

You would then have the same story -- emails on Weiner's computer -- with the added argument that Obama's justice department - including the FBI was covering it up.

One reason to fear the Republicans is that they likely would have pulled him before a hearing trying to destroy his reputation. However, if he feared for his reputation -- why did he stay silent on Trump. The only thing I can think of is that President Obama himself spoke of Russia interfering, though he did not go the extra step and spek of Trump involvement. Some Clinton people pointed out that Roger Stone and Guiliani BOTH knew of hacker stuff before it happened.

[L. Coyote]

60. FISA is such a huge deal that Lynch was involved.

Consider who must be involved in a FISA request. There is a secret court overseeing the case, maybe even issuing secret warrants and subpoenas, including one that triggered the White House ordering document retention (and production, I assume).

Comey is working under direct supervision and his ass is on the line. At the same time, this is so secret Clapper was not briefed.

[zentrum]

91. Got it, I think...

FISA makes it top secret and so he could say nothing. But the emails were part of an ongoing FBI investigation which was not at that level and under his purview. Still, he had to know he was risking the election outcome to save his own ass.

He's not a good guy. Endorsed "enhanced interrogation". Was involved in the WhiteWater investigation.

[L. Coyote]

94. Comey did not leak the letter he sent to Congress, Republicans did that and he responded after.

But yes, he is a Republican for sure. He did not have to sent the letter.

[zentrum]

95. Thanks. It's so creepy. nt

[Fantastic Anarchist]

21. This guy should have had a million trials by now.

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Unbelievable that he is still President of the United States when he should be bending over, spreading his cheeks, and coughing in front of a prison guard during a mandatory check for contraband.

"... a credible allegation of wrongdoing or reasonable basis to believe an American may be acting as an agent of a foreign power."

What the fuck else can this asshole do to get arrested?

[MontanaMama]

88. Jeez!

I can't un-read your description of 45 bending over etc...that is now burned into my brain for all eternity.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

93. My apologies but I really want this to happen.

Can you imagine the guard coming home to his wife?

"Hey, honey, how was your day?"

"Well, I got a good look at President Trump's asshole today."

"Oh yeah? How'd that go?"

"Well, I couldn't tell which end was which, so I made him turn around and do it twice."

[MontanaMama]

97. Gah!!!!! Stop it!!!

As painful as it is to picture this, I secretly want it to happen. One person's fantasy is another's nightmare. They mesh somewhere I the middle. 😱

[Fantastic Anarchist]

98. I don't know what's wrong with me.

When it comes to all things Trump, my mind is diabolical.

[MontanaMama]

99. Thank goodness.

We have to laugh or we're doomed.

[samnsara]

22. i want TRUMP to go to jail not only his associates

[liberalhistorian]

23. Holy shit! This whole administration so far has

been like Nixon's term at the speed of light. I can only hope it'll end the same way, except with his ass and those of his Nazi associates in JAIL, something that Nixon unfortunately escaped.

I'm going to show this to the "liberal" friend of mine who pulled a Susan Sarandon in believing that HRC would be "far worse" than Drumpf, who said that it was good that he'd be given a chance because he's "not a politician" and who flat-out refused to believe any of the Russian connections story.

[malaise]

28. Duh!

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What I want to know is if they paid Manafort $US10m, what did they pay the big fish?

[Alwaysna]

36. Big fish pay off

The "big fish" was promised 19.5% of Rosneft, the largest state run oil company in Russia for rolling back sanctions and other things.

[Sedona]

29. NOW is it Fitzmas?

[tallahasseedem]

53. I've been waiting for Fitzmas

for years! I thought it was a fantasy!

[L. Coyote]

62. We are going to need a new name. Maybe a scandal naming contest is in order.

First, we need a really great Constitutional lawyer and scholar for Special Counsel, someone with a very high security clearance.
Maybe Obama isn't busy.

[SledDriver]

82. THIS

[groundloop]

30. Who get's thrown under the bus? - 45* is a master at staying out of trouble by screwing others

[GulfCoast66]

33. This is like watergate

in fast forward. We are not even 90 days in.

I expected the health care thing to pass, but maybe not now. This president has not has no leverage left.

[jmg257]

38. "communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information"

The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.

What the hell does that mean? Seems the same thing we have been talking about for months. trump stooges met with Russians - no shit!

The FBI cannot yet prove that collusion took place, but the information suggesting collusion is now a large focus of the investigation, the officials said.

[Beartracks]

41. Why do we even know THIS much????

Aren't these sorts of investigations best kept secret so the targets remain unaware and don't start destroying evidence, fleeing the country, etc.?

=================

[L. Coyote]

63. Because the investigators have gathered enough evidence to convict, otherwise

we would still not have been told anything. Roger Stone was put on notice to retain documents for a reason, he will be indicted. They wouldn't send him a notice if they didn't have their ducks in a row. Same with the Trump White House, they got served too.

[Ligyron]

55. "suspected", "possibly"

using a lot of qualifiers here.

But, I do hope this turns into something, just to be clear.

Otherwise we are headed into some dark, dark days here in the USA.

This is not he country I was born into back in the middle of the last century.

[jmg257]

56. Thats my take too...but Schiff was pretty clear re:more than circumstantial, so...

[Ligyron]

81. that does sound real promising.

I don't think Schiff is one for exaggeration or unjustified drama.

[lambchopp59]

40. I'm mostly looking forward to the shell shocked look on the faces of the "Lock Her UP" chanters

When Faux Noise actually has to admit to their zombies that they "elected" a fraud.

[lark]

48. Faux doesn't cover news that they don't like.

I saw on here yesterday where someone said Faux hadn't mentioned Comey's bombshell at all. Nothing to see there, repug treachery is invisible to us, says Faux.

[Grizzled Ol Granddad]

42. K&R

I believe that's the term.

[TeamPooka]

44. All say it together: What did the President know? And when did he know it? Over and over and over.

[L. Coyote]

64. What did candidate Trump do and when did he do it?

And what has Trump done as President to obstruct justice? Appointing co-conspirators, for one.

[Kablooie]

46. Nothing to see here. Move along -- move along. ... ... MOVE ALONG, DAMMIT!

[lark]

47. Hang them high.

Their boss right with them.

[lindysalsagal]

49. "an American may be acting as an agent of a foreign power."

No s*&$, sherlock.

[sellitman]

50. What's to prevent Trump from

Pulling a Christie?

He can claim he knew nothing about it.

Kick his whole staff to the curb.

Would you put it past him?

[Kingofalldems]

51. No. He is all about himself.

[bucolic_frolic]

54. They didn't know this last July?

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-putin-no-relationship-226282

Donald Trump invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails on Wednesday, asking one of America’s longstanding geopolitical adversaries to find “the 30,000 emails that are missing” from the personal server she used during her time as secretary of state.

“I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” the Republican nominee said at a news conference in Florida. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

Trump’s comments set off an immediate uproar from the Clinton campaign, which blasted the remarks as a threat to national security.

“This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent,” Hillary for America policy adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement. "That’s not hyperbole, those are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue."Donald Trump invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails on Wednesday, asking one of America’s longstanding geopolitical adversaries to find “the 30,000 emails that are missing” from the personal server she used during her time as secretary of state."

[Kaotic]

61. NOT "direct evidence"

"suspected", "possibly"...old news.

[L. Coyote]

65. Don't expect that to appear in a Tweet or be leaked. Wait for the indictments.

You'll really enjoy reading the indictments, I promise.

[Kaotic]

68. What exactly are you implying?

>>>You'll really enjoy reading the indictments, I promise. <<<

Are you suggesting I support Trump? If so...you have no clue.

[L. Coyote]

69. Your words, not mine.

I think you mean "infer" and not imply. Are you saying you won't enjoy the indictments?

The "implication" of my statement is that I know something about what is coming.

[Kaotic]

70. I'm saying if you think I'm a Trump supporter you are out of your mind.

If you weren't being sarcastic then what's up with the ROFLMAO?

[L. Coyote]

71. Ohh, defensive aren't we.

[Kaotic]

73. Nice comeback...

It just confirms you were being sarcastic and thought I was a Trump supporter based on zero evidence other than my making an observation that conjecture is not evidence or facts. Believe what you want...but if I or anyone else "inferred" that you were a Trump supporter how would you react?

[L. Coyote]

74. This thread is about a really big issue. Maybe that should be the focus of our attention.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TrumpRussia

Link to tweet

Try not to make #TrumpRussia about yourself.

[Kingofalldems]

83. Quite a coincidence, Kaotic, you used the very same term Fox used:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8792255

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/maddow-defends-trump-tax-story-fox-dubs-it-big-nothingburger/

[Kaotic]

84. So what? I bet if you search for "nothingburger" you will find I'm not the only one who used that

term. Most of the posters here said the same thing about RM's tax story... in so many words. So...are you accusing me of being a Trump supporter...why not just come out & say it.

[jmg257]

87. Any notion of what the charges will be?

[Kingofalldems]

72. How is it old news?

[bettyellen]

80. "Indicates" collusion- this means financial records will be pulled

[pangaia]

66. GET RYAN ALSO !! He's as guilty as the rest.

In fact...................

[ffr]

75. McConnell is in on the coverup as well.

This is a republican scandal the size of Mt. Everest. They're all in on it to varying degrees and are complicit with serving their Russian masters as long as they have one last stand in power.

Because it's all about power and greed.

[KPN]

78. ILLEGITIMATE ELECTION!! ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT!!

Can't we for god's sake mount a massive enough national protest when more of this comes out to force that point! This election was fraudulent, a farce and criminal. WE SHOULD DEMAND A DO OVER NATIONALLY! DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE ... and frankly has been at stake increasingly since Watergate.

I know we have no provision for something like this in our Constitution --- but this is also the most powerful point we can make -- THE ELECTION WAS CRIMINALLY AFFECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE GOP CAMPAIGN. NO ONE FROM THAT ELECTION should be allowed to retain their office without going through the process again -- and certainly no one who is implicated in this criminal activity should even be allowed that opportunity. THIS IS NUTS!

Are we -- the vast majority -- going to let them get away with once again STEALING the White House? Neither Pence nor Ryan deserve the chance to be President given what happened in this election!

THere -- I feel better now (not really).

[TEB]

101. You are correct

[janlyn]

85. Just associates of Trump

He could wiggle his way out by throwing those associates to the wolves. I will be much happier when I see direct evidence of Trump involvement!

[jmg257]

86. I'd be thrilled to see direct evidence of anyone's involvment - and the indictments / charges!

[mnmoderatedem]

92. exactly janlyn

all his stooges being praised for their "loyalty". Drumpf will throw them under the bus in a heartbeat to save his own ass. Idiots.

[ismnotwasm]

89. K&R

[TEB]

100. Traitors

It terrifies me to think that these people would do this to us