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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 07:32 PM Jan 2019

Mueller Draft Report Says Trump 'Helped Putin Destabilize the United States', Watergate Journalist S [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Mueller Draft Report Says Trump 'Helped Putin Destabilize the United States', Watergate Journalist Says

Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein has said that he’s been told that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report will show how President Donald Trump helped Russia “destabilize the United States.”

Bernstein, who is renowned for his coverage of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of former President Richard Nixon, appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday to discuss two bombshell reports released this weekend, one from The New York Times and one from The Washington Post, which revealed new details about whether or not Trump and his aides have colluded with Russia.

The Post reported that Trump has gone to “extraordinary lengths” to conceal direct conversations he has had with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Times article revealed that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into Trump after he fired former bureau director James Comey in 2017, suspecting the president could be working on behalf of Russia. Trump has angrily denied allegations that he worked with Russia and has regularly attacked the media for reporting on the investigation. But Bernstein slammed Trump’s dismissal of the probe.

“This is about the most serious counterintelligence people we have in the U.S. government saying, ‘Oh, my God, the president’s words and actions lead us to conclude that somehow he has become a witting, unwitting, or half-witting pawn, certainly in some regards, to Vladimir Putin,'” Bernstein explained during his appearance on Reliable Sources .

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/mueller-report-trump-helped-putin-destabilize-us-watergate-journalist-1289541

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Rec orangecrush Jan 2019 #1
Seconded... RHMerriman Jan 2019 #4
K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #2
I hear the treason drums beating closer Chickensoup Jan 2019 #3
LOCK HIM UP Blue Owl Jan 2019 #5
I don't know that jail is the punishment to traitors Perseus Jan 2019 #43
He helped plot and aid and destabilize the country he professed to be president of. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #51
Just DO NOT go there, thanks TomVilmer Jan 2019 #63
Really Tom? Why? Bc it doesnt rise to that level? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #68
2016 Democratic Party Platform... TomVilmer Jan 2019 #69
Unless you try to destroy America and 2/3rds of its people bc they don't agree? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #70
Treason? I think public hanging is quite appropriate The Truth Is Here Jan 2019 #71
And THIS shows again... TomVilmer Jan 2019 #72
K&R TeamPooka Jan 2019 #6
With Mitch McConnell's help and without so much as a censure of Individual-1 ffr Jan 2019 #7
Oh you mean Mitch the Len Blavatnik poodle? calimary Jan 2019 #36
Kick and kick again! burrowowl Jan 2019 #8
If this turns out to be correct info DeminPennswoods Jan 2019 #9
I would say, "witting half wit" greenman3610 Jan 2019 #10
Hard to argue with that! True Dough Jan 2019 #59
wait. what? Kurt V. Jan 2019 #11
This.. this.. this woundedkarma Jan 2019 #14
I think Mueller wants to make sure we know about this stuff in case Trump KCDebbie Jan 2019 #26
Methinks Bernstein is projecting UpInArms Jan 2019 #28
Sheesh! Mme. Defarge Jan 2019 #12
Consistent Reporting Roy Rolling Jan 2019 #13
Not sure. Mueller doesn't leak. But Bernstein is one of the most reliable sources in the world. bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #15
I agree. It's a puzzlement. Of course, he is reporting what someone told him. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #19
Bernstein and Woodward Linda Ed Jan 2019 #32
This is different. Bernstein wasn't doing investigative journalism, and didn't verify it... Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #33
Yes and Deep Throat turned out to be the #2 guy at the FBI. Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #49
Rod Rosenstein? Seeing as he's Mueller's boss... he probably would know more than the average ant... Rollo Jan 2019 #50
What she said. bonniebgood Jan 2019 #60
TREASON PatrickforO Jan 2019 #16
No legal mechanism. bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #20
The key question is whether "helping" Putin means intentionally, or just by his actions.... Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #17
Could this be the real reason for the shutdown duforsure Jan 2019 #18
BAD HOMBRE. slumcamper Jan 2019 #21
BAD HOMBRE. slumcamper Jan 2019 #21
Just lock him up bdamomma Jan 2019 #23
well, I prefer due process and Rule of Law followed precisely. nt Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #40
wow wee wow wow... myohmy2 Jan 2019 #24
My new name for Trump is "Martha" Yavin4 Jan 2019 #25
fuggin republican traitors Achilleaze Jan 2019 #27
This seems to good to be true. I'll wait for Mueller. nt Baltimike Jan 2019 #29
And he and his minions haven't blue-wave Jan 2019 #30
"until the PTB decide" FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #66
Kick. N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2019 #31
KR JDC Jan 2019 #34
I think they are messing with tRump and it's funny as hell!!! PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #35
"destabilize the United States." OR Dan Jan 2019 #37
both are true nt Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #42
Wow. Vinca Jan 2019 #38
IMHOP tRump knowingly benld74 Jan 2019 #39
Trump is a #RussianAsset meow2u3 Jan 2019 #41
Fire For Effect. WheelWalker Jan 2019 #44
I'm not sure which is worse: knowingly or unknowingly Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #45
In my mind, I can already hear the chant of "Lock him up!" being repeated by a crowd outside the Whi NotASurfer Jan 2019 #46
Never ever forget: Putin is KGB GusBob Jan 2019 #47
exactly AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #56
And yet, McCain accepted $200k from a Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin in 2016! Texin Jan 2019 #61
Mueller Draft Report??!! Is this a leak? Kablooie Jan 2019 #48
Kick! Cha Jan 2019 #52
Every single action by Trump has been to destabilize America. Doodley Jan 2019 #53
THIS! colorado_ufo Jan 2019 #57
Trump was just one prong of a two-prong attack Apollyonus Jan 2019 #54
Treason, plain and simple. dalton99a Jan 2019 #55
Comfort and Aid to the enemy.... Pachamama Jan 2019 #58
If this is true, Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #62
How did somebody get hold of the Mueller draft report?? NastyRiffraff Jan 2019 #64
"Half-witting pawn" nails it. Hassler Jan 2019 #65
K&R red dog 1 Jan 2019 #67
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