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Roger Stone did nothing wrong. Okay.
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Can't even read the title past the paywall.Roger Stone did nothing wrong. Okay.
Fun fact: paywalls don't handle thinks like Scriptsafe very well. You can usually access the article that way.Can't even read the title past the paywall.
Robert Mueller: Roger Stone remains a convicted felon, and rightly so
Robert S. Mueller III served as special counsel for the Justice Department from 2017 to 2019.
The work of the special counsel’s office — its report, indictments, guilty pleas and convictions — should speak for itself. But I feel compelled to respond both to broad claims that our investigation was illegitimate and our motives were improper, and to specific claims that Roger Stone was a victim of our office. The Russia investigation was of paramount importance. Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so.
Russia’s actions were a threat to America’s democracy. It was critical that they be investigated and understood. By late 2016, the FBI had evidence that the Russians had signaled to a Trump campaign adviser that they could assist the campaign through the anonymous release of information damaging to the Democratic candidate. And the FBI knew that the Russians had done just that: Beginning in July 2016, WikiLeaks released emails stolen by Russian military intelligence officers from the Clinton campaign. Other online personas using false names — fronts for Russian military intelligence — also released Clinton campaign emails.
Following FBI Director James B. Comey’s termination in May 2017, the acting attorney general named me as special counsel and directed the special counsel’s office to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The order specified lines of investigation for us to pursue, including any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign. One of our cases involved Stone, an official on the campaign until mid-2015 and a supporter of the campaign throughout 2016. Stone became a central figure in our investigation for two key reasons: He communicated in 2016 with individuals known to us to be Russian intelligence officers, and he claimed advance knowledge of WikiLeaks’ release of emails stolen by those Russian intelligence officers.
We now have a detailed picture of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. The special counsel’s office identified two principal operations directed at our election: hacking and dumping Clinton campaign emails, and an online social media campaign to disparage the Democratic candidate. We also identified numerous links between the Russian government and Trump campaign personnel — Stone among them. We did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government in its activities. The investigation did, however, establish that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome. It also established that the campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.
Uncovering and tracing Russian outreach and interference activities was a complex task. The investigation to understand these activities took two years and substantial effort. Based on our work, eight individuals pleaded guilty or were convicted at trial, and more than two dozen Russian individuals and entities, including senior Russian intelligence officers, were charged with federal crimes.
Congress also investigated and sought information from Stone. A jury later determined he lied repeatedly to members of Congress. He lied about the identity of his intermediary to WikiLeaks. He lied about the existence of written communications with his intermediary. He lied by denying he had communicated with the Trump campaign about the timing of WikiLeaks’ releases. He in fact updated senior campaign officials repeatedly about WikiLeaks. And he tampered with a witness, imploring him to stonewall Congress.
The jury ultimately convicted Stone of obstruction of a congressional investigation, five counts of making false statements to Congress and tampering with a witness. Because his sentence has been commuted, he will not go to prison. But his conviction stands.
Russian efforts to interfere in our political system, and the essential question of whether those efforts involved the Trump campaign, required investigation. In that investigation, it was critical for us (and, before us, the FBI) to obtain full and accurate information. Likewise, it was critical for Congress to obtain accurate information from its witnesses. When a subject lies to investigators, it strikes at the core of the government’s efforts to find the truth and hold wrongdoers accountable. It may ultimately impede those efforts.
We made every decision in Stone’s case, as in all our cases, based solely on the facts and the law and in accordance with the rule of law. The women and men who conducted these investigations and prosecutions acted with the highest integrity. Claims to the contrary are false.
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Lmao. Alright, one more publication for a trash heap, I guess. They even outright say in the fucking article that the Great Seal of America was adopted in goddamned 1782--which predates the National Socialists by a small fuckin' margin--but this is still the Twitter headline they run with. Does logging in to a Twitter account just automatically apply an extra chromosome or something?
Goddammit USA Today. They were my perferred source for takes on things because they usually had a bit of sanity.
This is so ghostwrote that they fucking crossed the streams.Fun fact: paywalls don't handle thinks like Scriptsafe very well. You can usually access the article that way.
And because I consider the WaPo the paper of retards, progressives, and fuckwits, here's the article in it's entirety.
TLDR: Orange Man and Associates Bad.
Well it's a wonder why the media bash on a food company that has one of the least ethical issues as far as food companies is concerned because a lot of the food companies out there are horrible by the way.Has anyone seen the shitstorm surrounding the CEO of the hispanic food brand Goya?
Apparently he did some kind of partnership thing with the White House to produce more foods for those in need or something and provide education for underprivileged anchor babies, and he praised the president for aiding them, but now everyone is calling the guy a race traitor to all hispanics and that he needs to die and have his company shut down for defending an "evil man who locked mexican children in cages unlike daddy Obama" (despite Obama doing the same thing). Now there's idiots all over social media both "latinx" and white demanding the boycott of a company that probably does more for spics than any loud mouthed woke activists online or antifa goons. The CEO has responded that he won't apologize for praising the president for the production of more food.![]()
Goya CEO's praise of Donald Trump sets off a social media frenzy - CNN Video
Goya-ing, Goya-ing, gone. A boycott against Goya for its CEO's comments about President Donald Trump picks up steam. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.edition.cnn.com
The president is doing something these idiots would normally be praising (aiding border jumpers), but that's bad now too.
Bypass Paywall addon has been working well for me lately for most paywall sites I've come across. Sometimes the generic filter gets fucky with other sites and needs to be disabled, though.Can't even read the title past the paywall.
So you have unethical food companies such as Nestle with their galaxy brained views on water and Tyson Foods that is known for their employee abuse and then you have Goya Foods that don't have these issues as far as I know. But hey, Goya Foods is evil because they support Donald Trump now.
Even if Trump loses, there’s no way he’ll resign.
Also, I enjoy that they’re saying that if the election were held today that Trump would lose by a large margin. Stuff like that will only embolden Trump voters more since it will give them the urgency needed to get out and vote. I hope this trend continues. They made the same mistake with Hillary and it looks like they’re making the same mistake with Biden.
They're preparing the country for when they cheat so it won't seem unbelievable. Just like Stacy Abrams with the last minute boxes of ballots, or in Florida where an election office barred the door and prevented cops from coming in to oversee the 2-days-late ongoing count.I'm seriously in awe they continue to believe poorly-sampled polls and internet support proves they have the upper hand...
Gee, maybe listening to fear mongering media day in, day out can cause you to act crazy?!(archive)![]()
r/PublicFreakout - KK-Karens at Trump Rally
73,740 votes and 7,789 comments so far on Redditwww.reddit.com
Didn't know blacks could be Klansmen.
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Don't you see, Drumpf is giving people mental disorders, some rando on Twitter is giving an anecdote, it must be true!
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r/PublicFreakout - KK-Karens at Trump Rally
73,740 votes and 7,789 comments so far on Redditwww.reddit.com
Didn't know blacks could be Klansmen.
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Don't you see, Drumpf is giving people mental disorders, some rando on Twitter is giving an anecdote, it must be true!
The stupidest person I have ever known is a phd biology professor and he's batshit insane to the point he likely should have a thread here himself