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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Here's what Harry Reid REALLY just wrote about Trump and Putin. (It will make you feel better) [View all]
Last edited Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:22 AM - Edit history (1)
There isn't a word on Harry Reid's letter to James Comey that wasn't written, re-parsed, and rewritten. The fact that it was a letter is also important. There's no context to be taken out of. And the words Harry Reid used are extraordinary. They also prove many realities about the current state of affairs.
Here's the money paragraph:
In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government - a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity. The public has a right to know this information. I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released to the public. There is no danger to American interests from releasing it. And yet, you continue to resist calls to inform the public of this critical information.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harry-reid-james-comey-clinton_us_58166a08e4b0990edc31d618
There are many many specific allegations and definitive statements in this letter.
1) Reid writes that, "In my communications with you..."
This means Reid is declaring that Comey personally told him or wrote to him
2) "You possess explosive information..."
Meaning that he directly has the actual intel, not source, innuendo or belonging to a third party.
3) "coordination between Donald Trump...and the Russian government"
This means Trump--not Manafort-- (and coordination with a hostile government is damn close to treasonous). And the word Reid used is "government" not Russian "interests" or "actors." This means Trump and Putin ("Putin" meaning his government.)
4) "I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released..."
Means that Comey had reason to know that the shoe could drop contra Trump at any moment.
5) "There is no danger to American interests from releasing it."
It's NOT classified! Reid would not have asked Comey to release it if it were classified and he certainly wouldn't be referencing it in an open letter. That would be illegal.
This letter that Reid disclosed is one of the most amazing political documents I have ever seen. The allegations are incredible and don't let the media tell you that they are cryptic. Reid flat out is alleging that he spoke to Comey and Comey related to him that Trump was working with Putin's government. This allegation is specific and intentional on Reid's part. At this point we don't have to speculate or wonder what the allegation is and Reid would NEVER put such an allegation in writing if it were not true and if Reid could not prove it. His lawyers would never let him write it.
So why did Reid write this letter and distribute it? Did he write it to compel Comey to disclose it. No, of course not. This story is juuuuuust about to leak. After the story drops the press will find out that Comey told Reid. The Dems will be pissed that Reid kept it a secret so long. Reid is getting ahead of it and blaming Comey. That letter Reid previoulsy sent Comey months ago? That was a CYA letter as well.
Expect the story of Trump/Putin collaboration to drop soon. Reid is just clearing the field for himself. No other explanation makes sense.
Except....If I'm wrong and it doesn't come out, it's safe to say that the FBI is effectively staging something akin to a coup and the powers that be are going along with it. This information about Trump's Russian ties is real--as is the danger to our Republic.
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Here's what Harry Reid REALLY just wrote about Trump and Putin. (It will make you feel better) [View all]
Fahrenthold451
Oct 2016
OP
Wow! - and thank you for your insightful comments and cross examining skillset
Farmgirl1961
Oct 2016
#2
Yes- this letter of Harry Reid's is extraordinary; perfectly worded, formatted, and arranged.
NBachers
Oct 2016
#10
Dirty Secret--I kinda can't stand lawyers. Try to avoid them after work at all cost
Fahrenthold451
Oct 2016
#14
So the conservative R director of the F.B.I. is withholding intel about Trump's direct Russian ties?
ffr
Oct 2016
#21
This must not be the party of Reagan then. They must be the Communist American Party
ffr
Oct 2016
#27
SRN news on the local station in heavily GOP county that rebuked Michael Moore for his documentary,
Divine Discontent
Oct 2016
#36
This information that Reid discusses makes Comey complicit with whatever it is that Trump is
world wide wally
Oct 2016
#40