Why The FBI Can't Tell All On Trump/Russia

[G_j]

http://whowhatwhy.org/2017/03/27/fbi-cant-tell-trump-russia/


Reporters: Jonathan Z. Larsen is the former editor of The Village Voice, whose reporting team included the late Wayne Barrett and Robert I. Friedman. These people and the paper produced many of the important early investigative reports on Donald Trump and on the mob. Larsen is now a senior editor and board member of WhoWhatWhy. Russ Baker, a former investigative reporter for The Village Voice, is Editor-in-Chief of WhoWhatWhy. C. Collins is a WhoWhatWhy reporter.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation cannot tell us what we need to know about Donald Trump’s contacts with Russia. Why? Because doing so would jeopardize a long-running, ultra-sensitive operation targeting mobsters tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin — and to Trump.

But the Feds’ stonewalling risks something far more dangerous: Failing to resolve a crisis of trust in America’s president. WhoWhatWhy provides the details of a two-month investigation in this 6,500-word exposé.

The FBI apparently knew, directly or indirectly, based upon available facts, that prior to Election Day, Trump and his campaign had personal and business dealings with certain individuals and entities linked to criminal elements — including reputed Russian gangsters — connected to Putin.

The same facts suggest that the FBI knew or should have known enough prior to the election to justify informing the public about its ongoing investigation of potentially compromising relationships between Trump, Putin, and Russian mobsters — even if it meant losing or exposing a valued informant.

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[KittyWampus]

1. Personally, I understood this from the beginning. That is why using things like taxes and other

illegalities like obstruction of justice will most likely be necessary.

Also, justice many have to come from the state of New York finding a way to get its hooks into this mess.

[mikeysnot]

2. And the jagoff comey has a press conference to let us know the he found more email of Hillary...

and now we have president asshole.

[yurbud]

6. this doesn't exactly exonerate him, but what exactly is more important than letting public know...

we might elect a president who could be blackmailed by not only foreign government but a foreign mafia?

No single drug bust, money laundering, sex trafficking or whatever risk is more potentially dangerous than letting a compromised moron run our country.

[mikeysnot]

7. No 1 to blame

The MEDIA and then the idiots that voted for him...

[Turbineguy]

3. Crisis in trust?

What crisis?

You cannot trust Trump.

Unless you are a supporter, in which case, the tooth fairy will give you 50 cents.

[mrs_p]

4. BTW the going rate for a tooth

At my house is a whole dollar. And, apparently, that's the low end of what the TF gives out (according to my 6yo daughter).

ETA. And agreed.

[G_j]

5. The concept of trust

doesn't even exist in the present context.
RIP