{"id":41787,"date":"2019-06-13T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41787"},"modified":"2019-06-13T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T19:28:51","slug":"collusion-trump-is-committing-treason-in-order-to-resuscitate-his-floundering-2020-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41787","title":{"rendered":"COLLUSION: Trump is Committing Treason in Order to Resuscitate His Floundering 2020 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is impossible to understate the profoundly evil nature of what Donald Trump told George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday. In an extended interview, Trump not only justified his prior collusion with Russia in the 2016 election, he also placed an open call for hostile foreign governments to do the same thing in 2020. It’s an unambiguous attempt to seek assistance from America’s enemies. This is Trump’s reelection campaign strategy.<\/p>\n

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The interview was an astonishing performance by an unabashed traitor to American laws and principles. What follows are a few of the most egregious segments that are profoundly disturbing and utterly inexcusable.<\/p>\n

Stephanopoulos:<\/strong> But should [Don Jr] have gone to the FBI when he got that email?
\nTrump:<\/strong> Okay, let\u2019s put yourself in a position: you\u2019re a congressman, somebody comes up and says, \u201cHey I have information on your opponent.\u201d Do you call the FBI? You don\u2019t– I\u2019ll tell you what. I\u2019ve seen a lot of things over my life. I don\u2019t think in my whole life I\u2019ve ever called the FBI. In my whole life. I don\u2019t–you don\u2019t call the FBI.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Actually, Trump has called the FBI<\/a><\/strong> at least twice according to FOIA documents, but only when it’s to his personal benefit.<\/p>\n

Stephanopoulos:<\/strong> Al Gore got a stolen briefing book. He called the FBI.
\nTrump:<\/strong> Well, that\u2019s different. A stolen briefing book. This isn\u2019t– this is somebody who said, \u201cWe have information on your opponent.\u201d Oh, let me call the FBI. Give me a break, life doesn\u2019t work that way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not different. The information that Trump was seeking (Clinton’s and DNC emails) was also stolen information on his opponent. And calling the FBI is precisely the way it works, even according to Trump’s own FBI director, Christopher Wray. So Trump responded that…<\/p>\n

Trump:<\/strong> The FBI Director is wrong. Because, frankly, it doesn\u2019t happen like that in life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trump:<\/strong> If somebody comes into your office with oppo research– they call it oppo research–with information that might be good or bad or something, but good for you, bad for your opponent, you don\u2019t call the FBI. I would guarantee you that 90 percent, could be 100 percent, of the congressmen or the senators over there, have had meetings–if they didn\u2019t they probably wouldn\u2019t be elected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here Trump is trying to conflate normal opposition research with his collusion with foreign governments, which is illegal. Then he cites some statistics that he’s pulled from his – assumptions and justifies the criminality because, as he says, everybody does it. So therefore it’s okay?<\/p>\n

Stephanopoulos:<\/strong> Your campaign this time around, if foreigners, if Russia, if China, if someone else offers you information on opponents, should they accept it or should they call the FBI?
\nTrump:<\/strong> I think maybe you do both. I think you might want to listen, there\u2019s nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, Norway, \u201cwe have information on your opponent.\u201d Oh, I think I\u2019d want to hear it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Norway? It’s funny how Trump can’t bring himself to mention Russia. But more to the point, what he’s describing here is collusion, plain and simple. He goes on to say that he wouldn’t report it to the FBI because “the FBI doesn\u2019t have enough agents to take care of it.”<\/em> Sure, because there are only 13,412 special agents and 20,420 support professionals.<\/p>\n

Trump may have point. 33,000 FBI agents might not be enough to investigate all of the crimes that he has committed. In this interview he said once that he might alert the FBI to unlawful communications with foreign governments. But he said four times that he wouldn’t. And he said it again in a series of tweets on Thursday morning:<\/p>\n

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….call the FBI about these calls and meetings? How ridiculous! I would never be trusted again. With that being said, my full answer is rarely played by the Fake News Media. They purposely leave out the part that matters.<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n