ithe race for governort. has turned into a scam. gavin newsom s trying to elect a republican who was endorsed by trump. and villaraigosa s being bankrolled by a handful of billionaires. it s everything that s wrong with politics. and none of it is helping struggling families. here s my pledge to you. i ll keep our budget balanced. invest in affordable housing. fight for universal healthcare. and stand up to donald trump. as governor, you can trust me to do what s right- because i always have.
election. that s the timeline. now three points i want to make. first, ask yourself this. when the fbi was contacted by the representatives of a u.s. ally australia and told that a presidential campaign operative had accurately predicted a hostile government s document drop of stolen e-mails of another presidential campaign, what should the fbi have done? run it down, of course. second, as noted by aaron blake of the washington post, the reason these facts don t make sense as a spygate conspiracy is that if the aim were to ushd mine donald trump s election, then why did all this remain a secret until after the election? consider that one week before the election, the new york times reported on the russian investigation, but the story said that agents had uncovered, quote, no conclusive or direct link between mr. trump and the russian government. if this was a deep state conspiracy to deny trump the
truth. rex tillerson warned that a crisis of epics and integrity ethics and integrity puts america s democracy at risk. apple s ceo tim cook spoke to the larger problem you entered the world at a time of great challenge. our country is deeply divided, and too many americans refuse to hear any opinion that differs from their own. then senator jeff flake, perhaps taking advantage of his lame duck status, broke ranks and made headlines. speaking at harvard law school, he may not have said trump s name, per se, but he definitely called him out. first the good news your national leadership is, well, not good. at all. our presidency has been debased by a figure who seemingly has a bottomless appetite for destruction and division. the president weighed in in a commencement address friday at the naval academy to graduates
secretary clinton and her colleagues had not intended to violate any laws, they were extremely care unless their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. blasting the subject of a criminal probe who is not being indicted highly unusual. then october 28, 11 days before the election and when early voting was well under way across the country, comey revealed to the congress, knowing it would be revealed in the public domain, that he had reopened the hillary investigation because of anthony weiner s laptop. again, highly unusual. why did he do it? it seems that comey, like many, was placing a bit too much stock in the prognostications of nate silver and others believing hillary was about to be elected and not wanting anyone to believe he d kept the matter silent so as to protect his future boss. especially where donald trump was claiming the election was rigged. so by reporting to congress on the reopening of the probe, he
overcompensated. just as he had done months prior with the public dressing down of someone who was not being indicted. then on november 6th, two days before the election, comey informed the congress that the fbi had seen the new e-mails and the bureau had not changed its conclusion that clinton should not face charges. two days later, donald trump was elected. so americans had voted knowing that hillary clinton had been the focus of a federal probe but not realizing that the trump campaign was also being investigated in connection with the russian meddling. that conflicting scenario was brought about by james comey taking politics into consideration. and i say that robert mueller should not make the same mistake. instead, finish the tax expeditiously and release its report whenever his work is concluded, whether it s now or come september, october, november. besides, donald trump s name won t be on the ballot.