{"id":32462,"date":"2016-08-31T10:34:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32462"},"modified":"2016-08-31T16:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T23:30:32","slug":"trump-campaign-linked-to-russian-hacking-of-dnc-fbi-asked-to-investigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32462","title":{"rendered":"Trump Campaign Linked To Russian Hacking Of DNC, FBI Asked To Investigate"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days leading up to the Democratic National Convention reports that the party’s computer networks were hacked threatened to derail the entire affair. Stolen emails were timed for release in a deliberate attempt to harm the party’s prospective nominee, Hillary Clinton. It wasn’t long before Russian operatives were identified as the likely perpetrators.<\/p>\n

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The notion that Russians were attempting to interfere with American elections was not especially significant. The KGB has done this sort of thing before. However, their interest in advancing the campaign of Donald Trump ought to have raised red flags. What would motivate them to go to these lengths to get Trump into the White House? And who else would have an incentive to achieve that goal? There’s an obvious answer to the latter question and it may have been revealed in this article in The Hill<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“The ranking members of four House committees have asked the FBI to investigate whether officials from Donald Trump\u2019s campaign had any role in recent cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are legitimate reasons to suspect that the Trump camp is connected to the hacking of Democratic networks. The Democrats, including House Oversight Committee member Elijah Cummings, have genuine concerns that they are asking FBI Directer James Comey to investigate. They want to know whether “connections between Trump campaign officials and Russian interests may have contributed”<\/em> to the cyberattacks. As The Hill article notes:<\/p>\n

“The five-page letter lists a number of press reports detailing an apparent relationship between Trump aides and Russia, including foreign policy adviser Carter Page\u2019s reported dealings with Russian energy firm Gazprom and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort\u2019s ties to a pro-Russian official in Ukraine.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s just the beginning. Trump’s affection for Russian President Vladimir Putin has been well established, along with myriad political and financial connections<\/a><\/strong>. He frequently praises Putin’s leadership. And who can forget Trump’s explicit request<\/a><\/strong> for the Russians to hack into Hillary Clinton’s email? That’s a naked call for foreign adversaries to commit crimes against an American candidate for president.<\/p>\n

In addition, Trump has articulated policies that are favorable to the Russians. Most notably his willingness to abandon the NATO Treaty and allow Putin to annex parts of Ukraine and the Baltic states. What’s more, Trump and his associates are deeply intertwined with Russian financiers who hold significant amounts of his debt. Time Magazine recently reported<\/a><\/strong> that:<\/p>\n

“…as major banks in America stopped lending him money following his many bankruptcies, the Trump organization was forced to seek financing from non-traditional institutions. Several had direct ties to Russian financial interests in ways that have raised eyebrows.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The cumulative affect of these facts make it all the more critical that a full investigation is conducted. The integrity of our elections are stake. Republicans will howl, but this is not the sort of partisan hustle that typifies GOP efforts to slander Democrats.<\/p>\n

\n

How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Republican Congress spent eight years twisting the nation’s legislative branch into a private investigative arm of the GOP. They held dozens of hearings on everything from Benghazi to Planned Parenthood. And in every case the only purpose was to harass Democrats and waste taxpayers’ money. Yet for all their trouble they never proved a single misdeed by the Democrats they sought to defame. By contrast, the abundant and sordid details evident here make the Democrats’ request for an investigation into Trump’s possible role in Russian hacks appropriate and necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the days leading up to the Democratic National Convention reports that the party’s computer networks were hacked threatened to derail the entire affair. Stolen emails were timed for release in a deliberate attempt to harm the party’s prospective nominee, Hillary Clinton. It wasn’t long before Russian operatives were identified as the likely perpetrators. 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