Link: Comey debunks wiretapp tweets, confirms Russia/Trump campaign investigation...

Originally Posted by Bama Reb
Well, I haven't exactly studied aerodynamics, but I have stuck my hand out the car window a time or two and moved it around like it was an airplane. I think I understand it just fine.

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My Momma would yell "get your arm back inside the car. Your Uncle Jimmy lost his arm that way when a semi went by and ripped it off.":eek2:

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Take a step back. Consider what we're talking about here:

Manafort was previously paid tens of millions of dollars by a Russian oligarch after proposing a secret, multifaceted campaign to influence U.S. politics and media to "greatly benefit" the interests of the Putin government in the United States.

A few years later, as Manafort had risen to become the campaign chairman of the Republican nominee for president, the Putin government engaged in its own multifaceted campaign to influence U.S. politics and media – seeking to undermine Hillary Clinton and ultimately to promote Donald Trump. The U.S. intelligence assessment on Putin's interference in the 2016 election records that active Russian promotion of Trump began the same month that Manafort took the helm as Trump's campaign manager. "Starting in March 2016," it reads, "Russian Government-linked actors began openly supporting President-elect Trump's candidacy in media aimed at English-speaking audiences."
Perhaps there is an innocent explanation for these raging cross-currents of Russian influence and Republican politics. But listen to top Russia hawks in the U.S. Senate and that seems unlikely. "There are other shoes that will drop," Sen. John McCain told Bloomberg of the Manafort affair. "This is a centipede."

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CharminTide said:

You can't equate the two. Nunes' action yesterday wasn't just political, it was potential obstruction.

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Tide1986 said:

I thought what Nunes was given was already in the possession of intelligence agencies. Not sure how what he did would be obstruction if that is the case.

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Bamaro said:

Obstruction because part of his committees investigation was of Trump and he went to Trump to inform him. Somewhat like a prosecutor going directly to the perp to tell him what he has found.

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seebell said:

Nunes is supposed to share the info with the rest of the committee today. Which he should have done before he told Trump. At this point we know virtually nothing about what Nunes gave to Trump. What it is or where it came from. I eagerly await Nunes sharing this info.

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CharminTide said:

Monday: Comey confirms that Trump and his team are under an active FBI investigation looking into possible collusion with Russia during the campaign.

Wednesday: Chairman Nunes is given intelligence related to surveillance of Trump and his team during the transition. He does not share this information with the investigatory committee, and immediately briefs Trump on the evidence.

Thursday: Chairman Nunes steadfastly refuses to share this intelligence with the the committee that is investigating Trump.

Friday: Chairman Nunes cancels the open Intelligence Committee hearing with Clapper, Brennan and Yates in attempt to choke off public info.

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Tide1986 said:

If it's obstruction, I assume the House will expel or censure him. Interestingly, the evidence given to Trump is pertinent to any investigation of Trump's claims, which might explain why the evidence was made available to Trump. I'm not sure the House investigation has sole ownership of the evidence.

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Jon said:

Nunes needs to be removed ASAP. He is a stooge for Trump and a part of the team being investigated. It is a joke

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CharminTide said:

You can't equate the two. Nunes' action yesterday wasn't just political, it was potential obstruction.

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bama_wayne1 said:

Obstruction of whom? He is changing from open meeting to closed. Is there evidence he has hidden something?

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TideEngineer08 said:

Calling the GOP a clown show at this point is an insult to clowns.

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Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Trump, will be questioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of the panel's investigation into Russia’s interference during the 2016 election.

"Mr. Kushner has volunteered to be interviewed as part of the committee's investigation into the Russian activities surrounding the 2016 election," Sens. Richard Burr (R, N.C.) and Mark Warner (D, Va.), the committee's chairman and vice chairman, told The New York Times in a statement.

According to the Times, the questions for Kushner will focus on two meetings he had with Russian agents in December, prior to his father-in-law's inauguration as president.

The first took place with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, alongside ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, at Trump Tower.

The second was a previously undisclosed meeting between Kushner and Sergey Gorkov, the head of Russia’s state-owned Vnesheconombank, which has been under sanctions since the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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MattinBama said:

That bank also was found guilty of running a spy ring out of New York as well evidently.

Also it's funny how there were all these special undisclosed meetings with Russians but nothing important was ever discussed in them & everything is forgotten in a week's time. I know when I want to talk about what I watched on Netflix last night I get with the Russian Ambassador behind closed doors & we just have ourselves a small talk party.

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bama_wayne1 said:

Obstruction of whom? He is changing from open meeting to closed. Is there evidence he has hidden something?

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