As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election continues, the Washington Post and other news outlets are now reporting about an FBI raid to obtain documents from one of the possible targets of the probe.
In late July, FBI agents staged a pre-dawn raid on the home of Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for then-candidate Donald Trump.
The raid occurred just after Manafort’s voluntary, private testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee the day before. It’s unclear why the raid took place while Manafort seemed to be complying with all requests from Congress and the Mueller probe for information.
Reports of the raid add a heightened sense of drama that may not reflect what’s happening behind the scenes.
Manafort is a long-time Republican strategist well-known in Washington for his political skills and extensive contacts within both political parties.
On the next page, learn how the news media is trying to add a dramatic element to the Manafort part of the investigation and why it lends credence to the belief of some observers that the Mueller investigation is still in search of a crime that may not exist.
LAST MONTH
THEY DIDN’T RAID KILLARY, OBAMA, COMEY, LYNCH, HOLDER AND THE OBAMA ADMIN?
How about the 20 percent uranium Hillary sold to the Russians
You got that right
Conservative Senator Ted Cruz made that observation after reviewing the results of the 2016 elections and the expectations of the voters.
Cruz, who had the most high profile personality clash with Donald Trump during the Republican primary process nevertheless embraced Trump’s America First agenda and said, “If we’re given the White House and both houses of Congress and we don’t deliver, I think there will be pitchforks and torches in the streets. And I think quite rightly.”
Candidate Trump promised many things – border control, lower taxes, fairer trade relations, a balanced budget, healthcare that puts the people first not the government, safer communities, and – to the extent possible – an end to foreign wars. What, among those promises, should any Republican, nay any American, have a problem with?
After four months without a single legislative achievement, Congressional and Senatorial Republicans – notably John McCain, Paul Ryan and Lindsey Graham – have joined the Democrats in investigating President Trump absent a single shred of evidence that an underlying crime has been committed.
So, what gives?
Well, there was one additional promise that Trump made on his way to the White House that has some Republicans joining with Democrats and quaking in their boots, Trump’s promise to “Drain the Swamp.”
As we reported yesterday, “An F.B.I. agent with ‘intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the Clinton case’ told us that they uncovered evidence of such massive corruption that the agents involved realized that damned near the entire government could be brought down.”
The criminal co-conspirators in both parties realized almost immediately that the new sheriff wasn’t interested in joining them in the swamp so they launched, what can only be characterized as, a coup attempt.
Witch hunt
How is this breaking when it happened 2 weeks ago
Reminder: Before joining Donald Trump’s inner circle, Bannon headed Breitbart News, a far-right media outlet that has promoted conspiracy theories and is a platform for the alt-right movement, which espouses white nationalism.The nastier man behind all of this;
WIth 75% of Americans disapproving of Trump’s leadership (or lack thereof), we have to look to the Republicans in Congress (and Dems) who are not impeaching this oligarch, who thinks he’s playing on The Apprentice.
Tweedlo Terry I’m not sure you know what you are talking about