Some hopeful discussion on the TV. Nicolle Wallace had Chris Krebbs and Frank Figliuzzi on

[Stinky The Clown]

They were discussing Ron Johnson and his links to/cooperation with known Russian operatives like Andrii Derkach.

No punches were pulled. Johnson knew who they were and he still cooperated/worked with them.

[empedocles]

1. The trapping webs keep getting thicker and tighter

[Mike 03]

2. Here's a little background on this

Watchdog Calls on Johnson to Disclose Contacts with Sanctioned Russian Agent
SEP 10, 2020

https://congressionalintegrity.org/watchdog-calls-on-johnson-to-disclose-contacts-with-sanctioned-russian-agent/

Derkach said in interviews they provided information to Johnson’s committee – but Johnson denies it. “According to in-depth reports Telizhenko, along with two Russian-linked operatives, Oleksandr Onyshchenko and Andrii Derkach — have been working as ‘collaborators’ in conjunction with Rudy Giuliani. Collectively, they comprise, “Team Giuliani,” Onyshchenko said in an interview. Onyshchenko and Derkach each said in interviews that they provided information to Sen. Johnson’s committee, but Johnson denies it. But this specific denial is something of a ruse.” [Just Security, 8/11/20]

JOHNSON HAS REPORTEDLY USED INFORMATION PROVIDED TO HIS COMMITTEE BY DERKACH IN HIS INVESTIGATION INTO THE BIDENS

Daily Beast: Derkach has “been supplying documents to Republicans on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is conducting an election-eve investigation into the Bidens.” “That’s the conclusion of the U.S. Treasury Department, which sanctioned on Thursday one of Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian allies for interference in the upcoming U.S. elections. Andriy Derkach worked closely with Giuliani—and with the Trump-friendly cable network, OANN—to push accusations of political misconduct against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Derkach, a member of Kyiv’s parliament and son of a former KGB officer, has also been supplying documents to Republicans on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is conducting an election-eve investigation into the Bidens.” [Daily Beast, 9/10/20]

[gratuitous]

3. They really got blind-sided by Georgia

All this was supposed to stay under wraps and away from Democratic snoops. When the two Georgia Senate races went gloriously, catastrophically sideways for Republicans, there had to be a collective shitting of bricks adequate to build another pyramid.

[Cha]

4. Democratic Investigators!

[Stinky The Clown]

5. I hope you realize . . . . .

. . . . . that "there had to be a collective shitting of bricks adequate to build another pyramid" is now a phrase stolen by a clown. LOL

[gratuitous]

6. :rofl:

And

[BComplex]

7. Democratic "snoops" saved our bacon, and may have just saved our country.

This is russia right in the middle of our lives. Gives me claustrophobia thinking about it. The russians/republiQans were all over us.

[erronis]

9. Expect to see some ru attempts to silence their accomplices

If I were a (r)epuglicon who was paid for by the russians, and if I had some intel they didn't want out there, then I would be worried.

Not sure where a good safe haven would be for those traitors. North Korea? Guantanamo?

[joetheman]

8. I truly believe that many GOP will or should go down on the Trump ship. They were guilty of

conspiring with the enemy. No doubt about what they were doing on those trips to Moscow to meet with Putin and others.
Intel knew all that Mueller was reporting was true yet they refused to do what they should have because they were afraid of the Trump base and part of it themselves.

As more time goes by and Trump influence is marred, more will come out. I believe Lindsey and Nunes are really in deep

[Irish_Dem]

10. Putin was supposed to have put his operatives close to Trump's associates.