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DonViejo

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Mon Feb 6, 2017, 09:44 PM Feb 2017

Trump Resistance Plan: It's time to demand a 9/11-style commission on the Russian hacks

MOYERS & COMPANY
06 FEB 2017 AT 18:38 ET

Stay on message. The Trump Resistance Plan focuses on two messages that are central to our democracy: “Russia interfered” and “Presidential corruption matters.” This installment covers the first one: “Russia interfered.”

In a joint interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Jan. 7, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) described the stakes: “What Putin did poses a threat to the very fundamentals of our democracy…”

Sen. Graham emphasized that this is not a partisan issue: “We should get to the bottom of all things Russia when it came to the 2016 election, period. Wherever it leads in whatever form…”
Trump and Russia

Putin engaged successfully in a sophisticated cyberattack on a cherished American right — voting. Among other methods, Russia used WikiLeaks to distribute emails that it had hacked from the Democratic National Committee. The public record is incomplete, but the relatively few known facts paint a disturbing big picture. Roll the tape:

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/trump-resistance-plan-its-time-to-demand-a-911-style-commission-on-the-russian-hacks/

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