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Bill USA

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Sat Feb 25, 2017, 05:42 PM Feb 2017

Republican lawmaker says special prosecutor should investigate Russian meddling in Trumps election

... you'll NEVER guess who.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/25/top-republican-says-special-prosecutor-should-investigate-russian-meddling-in-trumps-election/?utm_term=.0d8489a45f46



A senior Republican lawmaker on Friday agreed that a special prosecutor should investigate Russia's alleged interference with the 2016 presidential election.



Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) became one of the few Republican representatives to state publicly the need for an independent investigation into Russia's reported election meddling. This comes as Democrats have increasingly pushed for an investigation into President Trump's associates' ties to Russia.

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On Friday, however, Issa seemed to agree with Maher that Sessions should not be involved in an investigation.

“You're right, you cannot have somebody, a friend of mine, Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who was an appointee,” he said. “You're going to need to use the special prosecutor's statute and office.”


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Republican lawmaker says special prosecutor should investigate Russian meddling in Trumps election (Original Post) Bill USA Feb 2017 OP
The 1st & only reasonable thing Issa has ever said Motley13 Feb 2017 #1
Yes, mr. Issa Turbineguy Feb 2017 #2
these guys are just... samnsara Feb 2017 #3
this asshole sees the writing on the wall... dhill926 Feb 2017 #4
It's not just the United States ParanoidFactoid Feb 2017 #5

ParanoidFactoid

(17 posts)
5. It's not just the United States
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 01:58 AM
Feb 2017

The meddling occurred in the Brexit vote, it's occurring in France's presidential election (with France's foreign minister officially warning Russia not to do it). Heinz-Christian Strache of the far right Austrian Freedom Party has signed an explicit agreement with Russia. And Trump.

This is a coordinated military propaganda campaign through social media. And it's working.

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