donald trump ate his own words and had to cough up an admission that no fact checker could get him to do but bob mueller made him do, which was what was known and wildly reported but now a legal fact that russia did interfere in our elections. the take away i have from reading this indictment is that mueller is telling a story and the story is the russians meddled deeply inside the u.s., that was illegal under federal law, that they had cooperation inside the u.s. how much we don t know. and number four, this is most important going forward, bob mueller is saying very clearly in the legal sub text of the indictment any such cooperation can be a u.s. crime. there has been a debate, saying there is no crime here. the theory of this case, through this indictment, beyond the russians is that there are federal election law violations and other types of fraud and wire fraud and stolen identity violations, to say nothing of the hacking that americans can
made-up story. it s an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. they needed an excuse, so they said russia. and then they said, wait a minute. wait a minute. russia and trump. honestly, it s the thing they did best. they did a rotten job of running but to convince people about this hoax. i have nothing to do with russia, everybody knows it. that was a democrat hoax. the witch hunt continues. it s a democrat hoax that was brought up as an excuse for losing an election that frankly the democrats should have won. today s indictment said the 13 russians engaged in a range of activities, operations included supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate donald j. trump and disparaging hillary clinton. the indictment said the russians communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the trump campaign.
the white house issued a press release falsely claiming that the indictment indicates that there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia and that the outcome of the election was not changed or affected. the press release includes a quoted statement by the president, which was obviously written for the president by staff, and in that staff-written quote, attributed to the president, it condemns the attacks. not the attacks by russia. the president wouldn t dare say something about the attacks by russia. the president s written statement says it s time we stop the outlandish partisan attacks. the president couldn t bring himself to say it s time to stop the outlandish attacks on our democracy. why has donald trump who has always been so concerned with appearing to be the strong man so willing to play the role of
the helpless, weak little boy who s dominated and controlled by vladimir putin. why hasn t donald trump thought up a derogatory nickname for vladimir putin? why does vladimir putin have a hold on donald trump? the president said nothing today about taking appropriate measures about what was revealed in that indictment, the president said nothing about carrying out sanctions against russia because of its interference in our election. any other president would have called for additional measures against russia. but what if russia owns the president of the united states. what if donald trump has been compromised to the point he lives in fear of russia, lives in fear of vladimir putin, lives in fear of what vladimir putin might reveal about him and his history? donald trump brags about being smart, how to handle himself in moscow, and that s why he would
yeahhh! try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. no satellite needed. this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be on the internet. the indictment alleges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the united states and under mine public confidence in democracy, we must not allow them to succeed. joining the discussion amy knight an expert on russian politics and history, the new york times describes her as the west s foremost scholar on the kgb also joining us is malcolm nance, a former intelligence analyst. he wrote a book in the middle of