Clinton Says McConnell Suppressed Russian Hacking

[factfinder_77]

New Yorker: “When the C.I.A. first told Obama, in August, that the Russians had been meddling in the Presidential race, the agency shared the information with the Gang of Eight—the congressional leadership and the chairs and the ranking members of the intelligence committees. The Administration asked for a bipartisan statement of warning. Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, adamantly refused, muffling for weeks any sense of national alarm.”

Said Clinton: “McConnell, in what I think of as a not only unpatriotic but despicable act of partisan politics, made it clear that if the Obama Administration spoke publicly about what they knew, he would accuse them of partisan politics, of trying to tip the balance toward me… McConnell basically threatened the White House.”

https://politicalwire.com/2017/09/14/clinton-says-mcconnell-suppressed-russian-hacking/

[Justice]

1. Its a fact: McConnell Suppressed Russian Hacking

[Raster]

24. Correction: Comrade McConnell Suppressed Reports of Russian Hacking...

...Credible Reports of Russian Hacking.

[Dustlawyer]

35. The headlines need to read something like, "MCCONNEL SIDES WITH RUSSIA IN HACKING

OUR ELECTION!"

Please insert your own headlines!

[ProudLib72]

2. Yes, but...

The alternative fact is that Obama did not do enough to stop the hacking or alert voters. Ergo, Obama's fault.

[ehrnst]

20. But as we know, damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

The actual fact is that Obama made a decision not to come forward with the information, because it would look as though the White House was trying to tip the election to HRC with propaganda, and she would not be considered a legitimate president.

All polls indicated that she would win by at least 2% (which she did) so they thought that it would be wiser not to risk it.

I have also heard that the FBI was investigating DT for other issues concerning his business, and going public with an investigation on him at all would destroy years of work they had done and weaken the case.

There were very, very good reasons to go either way, but they didn't predict that the focus of the Russians and DT's tech people was to win via the EC.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Shouldn't it be "suppressed news of Russian hacking?"

He did not suppress actual hacking. In fact, his silence condoned it.

[TheFrenchRazor]

9. correct. nt

[BigmanPigman]

4. Would this fall under

Obstruction of Justice or Complicity? Is this a crime and should Mueller investigate?

[Leith]

7. He Probably Already Is

Yertle is guilty of both.

[dem4decades]

18. I would say no to the Obstruction of Justice but it does appear to be

Aiding and abetting an enemy to me. Unless he considers Russian not to be an enemy, then he was just helping a friend.

[LonePirate]

5. Slightly misleading headline from Political Wire. He suppressed the disclosure of Russian hacking.

[Alice11111]

6. This is old news, just validated.

MM is a traitor, liar & scumbag. He knew about much of the illegal goings on. He should be in jail.

I loved Obama, and he was clearly one of our best Presidents, even though he was sandbagged by the Repubs from Day 1. It wasn't just covertly either. They repeatedly announced it.

I still wonder why Obama didn't spill it all, including MM's threat. Yeah, I know, he didn't want to appear to influence the outcome of the election, but instead, he let the Repubs & Russia actually do it.

[OnDoutside]

10. Old news but if MSM had a shred of decency, they'd jump on it. Of course they don't, the cowards.

[Alice11111]

13. True. Many of the stories here, WaPo, etc. are old news,

just re-verified. It is like calling for help and being ignored. You try to do it again, maybe in a slightly different way.

Maybe eventually some of it will catch on, but most of the public is not like the DU people, who want to get to the bottom of it & get the truth out. Most don't know or care about the details, and they are sick & tired of hearing about it.

My partner, who is British, but a US citizen, who voted Hillary, gets livid when the news is on. My mom, used to keep the TV news background most of the time...now, it's on Animal Planet. I lnow people whose therapists have told them to stay away from the news, as it is too time consuming to keep up & they are neglecting other parts of their lives.

I don't know what the solution is. I remember when Obams was Prez and Hillary was SOS, I told a friend that I didn't have to keep up with everything anymore because I trusted they had good judgment & did their best. I never expected perfection.

However, I never expected this disaster of an administration, ever. It isn't so much that Hillary lost, but that Donald Trump is Prez. I would have been fine with Bernie. Hell, I even wish we had Jeb! as Prez. He wouldn't be a national embarrassment, we would still be allies with Mexico, & we probably wouldn't be on the brink of an accidental WWIII.

[OnDoutside]

25. Yes, I don't think people realise how close to the edge, the US is right now. It could still go

either way.

[Alice11111]

36. Very, very close to the end of Rome

[mercuryblues]

8. yes, why yes he did

and his wife got a nice cushy cabinet post for his treason.

[Alice11111]

14. Well put.

[Skittles]

11. Obama should have spilled the beans when Comey talked email bullshit

THAT was partisan politics

[Alice11111]

15. !!!

[deurbano]

16. Shouldn't have appointed a Republican, former Whitewater prosecutor (!) to that position in the

first place. Fatal mistake.

[Skittles]

17. OH

don't even get me started on how he paved the way coming in AND going out

[Alice11111]

37. !!! and there were hundreds of qualified alternatives. His

Intent was good. He was reading & studying Lincoln. He wanted to unite the Union. However, these modern day Repubs, maybe not all, but 80pc, like MM, PR, Trey Gowdy, Jason Chafetz sp?, have no conscience. He had learned, after a few years, which is why it just doesn't make sense that he let MM bully him. I have theories, but nada mas.

[byronius]

12. What's a Senate Leader supposed to do? Not take Russian money? Gawsh!

'Oh, we're all so perfect and lilly white, nobody can betray their country for cash anymore...'

C'mon, people. It's just Business.

[ehrnst]

21. Of course those who don't cooperate with Putin are known to have 'accidents." (nt)

[byronius]

22. Exactly! It's just common sense! Resistance is futile! Be absorbed!

When did we become so --

Well, just as a note of history -- In 1939 the Nazis offered 7 million in gold to US senators and congressmen willing to work to keep America out of the war.

Some 50 sitting senators/congressmen accepted.

All of them were Republicans.

[ehrnst]

33. I'm seeing the same dynamic with Single Payer or Bust among Democrats with

their eye on higher office.

[Alice11111]

38. !!!

[L. Coyote]

19. What is the date of the 2.5 million in Russian money landing in McConnell's pocket?

[byronius]

23. I think 2015, and I think it was a pro-Russian Ukrainian businessman.

Someone fact-check me.

[Honeycombe8]

26. I hope McConnell gets his comeuppance. I wish Obama would've revealed the info, anyway.nt

[trof]

27. And I so wish Obama had said "Fuck you Mitch."

And gone public with it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. Any supporter of the GOP is now, by default, a supporter of Russia taking over

or treason

We are in a world of shit and NK Just launched at Japan with a NITWIT traitor in the WH

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. GOP is full on board with treason, this is clear, America is over

[FreepFryer]

40. "America is Over"? That's a BULLSHIT thing to say. If you believe that, why are u here?

[Lee Adama]

29. McConnell and Ryan both belong in prison for treason.

[Eliot Rosewater]

31. AHH GRASSHOPPER, if only they were dems. It would be so, were they

[Lee Adama]

34. Yes, because IOKIYAR.

[JonLP24]

32. This needs to be shouted with a bullhorn

The media needs to be covering this Russia scandal like CNN was covering the Irma hurricane.

[RandomAccess]

39. Here's a little quid to go with that quo

McConnell linked super PAC took $2.5 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman
Scott Dworkin ? @funder
#TrumpLeaks Docs: Mitch McConnell linked super PAC took $2.5 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman last election cycle #trumprussia
6:58 PM - 21 May 2017

Link to tweet

[haveahart]

41. Reid said the same thing on his way out the Senate. He asked McConnel why he would share the info

he had about Russia with the American people. McConnell ignored the request and suppressed the information all of Congress had. I wonder if he can be accused of obstruction of justice also?

[BadgerMom]

42. McConnell's perfidy ranks with Calhoun and McCarthy

He is a loathsome traitor. The only thing new here is that Clinton is calling him out. Would that any of his peers or members of the cowardly MSM would do likewise.

[jalan48]

43. We're Democrats, we had no control over McConnell and the Republicans.

What we had control over was the actions of those in our own Party (Obama) on this major issue. Why keep focusing blame on others? Let's do the right thing when we have the power to do so.