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Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interference
« on: March 06, 2019, 07:09:37 pm »
Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interference
by Jerry Dunleavy
 | March 06, 2019 09:11 AM



Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are demanding access to Obama administration documents that were used to brief Congress and the Trump and Clinton campaigns about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the top Republican on the committee, and Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, said they want the information as part of their ongoing effort to investigate "the federal government's actions in advance of the 2016 election."

In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the two Republicans said DHS had brief Congress about Russia's efforts to interfere with the election. They said the Obama administration in that briefing "assured Members that it was adequately addressing any attempted interference in the election."

Republicans along with President Trump have charged that the Obama administration downplayed the possibility of Russian interference until Trump won the election, and that the Russia threat has been overblown in order to delegitimize the president.

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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2019, 07:10:32 pm »
It's long past time for the DOJ to investigate, but not holding my breath.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2019, 08:15:41 pm »
The president has access to this information and the authority to declassify it. Yet he has not. How many times that we heard about releasing FISA?
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2019, 10:09:40 pm »
Quote from: edpc on March 06, 2019, 08:15:41 pm
The president has access to this information and the authority to declassify it. Yet he has not. How many times that we heard about releasing FISA?

Everybody wants the issue, and nobody wants to solve it.  This is true for just about anything the government touches.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2019, 10:11:11 pm »
I'm glad they're finally asking questions.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2019, 10:16:24 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on March 06, 2019, 10:09:40 pm
Everybody wants the issue, and nobody wants to solve it.  This is true for just about anything the government touches.


Unquestionably true. That is why, during my lifetime, there has been a continual ‘War On ____.’
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2019, 10:33:54 pm »
Quote from: edpc on March 06, 2019, 08:15:41 pm
The president has access to this information and the authority to declassify it. Yet he has not. How many times that we heard about releasing FISA?

Which he absolutely should do right now IMHO.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2019, 10:39:50 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on March 06, 2019, 10:33:54 pm
Which he absolutely should do right now IMHO.
Yes, he should!  Which begs the question:  Who is he protecting from us?
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2019, 11:03:57 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on March 06, 2019, 10:39:50 pm
Yes, he should!  Which begs the question:  Who is he protecting from us?

An excellent question my friend.  One which I would love to see answered soon.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2019, 11:13:18 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on March 06, 2019, 11:03:57 pm
An excellent question my friend.  One which I would love to see answered soon.

Trump is protecting the Swamp, that he promised to drain. 9999hair out0000
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2019, 11:49:18 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on March 06, 2019, 11:13:18 pm
Trump is protecting the Swamp, that he promised to drain. 9999hair out0000

I'm not so sure that is entirely true.  I personally think some of the people around him are giving him very bad advice on this matter.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2019, 11:53:04 pm »
Shouldn’t this have been done when they controlled the committee?
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2019, 12:17:21 am »
Quote from: Bill Cipher on March 06, 2019, 11:53:04 pm
Shouldn’t this have been done when they controlled the committee?

If they were actually interested in sussing this, yeah.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2019, 12:44:46 am »
Quote from: Bigun on March 06, 2019, 11:49:18 pm
I'm not so sure that is entirely true.  I personally think some of the people around him are giving him very bad advice on this matter.


It’s more likely he’s ignoring some good advice. The stories we’ve heard about his inattentiveness aren’t just mythical. Check out the story Matt Gaetz told about Rick Scott trying to discuss policy and real issues with him. Gaetz seemed to find it amusing. It’s really not.


At times, the two have been able to put their differences aside in the company of the president, with whom they flew on Air Force One to a Tampa rally for DeSantis in July.

While aboard the plane, Gaetz said, Scott was “fumbling through his asks” of the president after opening a large notebook titled “Issues to Discuss with the President on Air Force One” that was filled with maps and engineering drawings of Lake Okeechobee and materials concerning other water-related issues important to Florida.

“The president listens politely for about 30 seconds and then just looks at the governor, looks at me, looks back at the governor and then says, ‘Isn’t Matt Gaetz great on television?’” Gaetz recalled.

Scott closed the notebook.

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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2019, 12:58:06 am »
Quote from: Bigun on March 06, 2019, 11:03:57 pm
An excellent question my friend.  One which I would love to see answered soon.

I keep hearing he's protecting the British and Australian governments. I'm not sure how that would work.
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Re: Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interfer
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2019, 01:24:20 am »
Quote from: skeeter on March 07, 2019, 12:58:06 am
I keep hearing he's protecting the British and Australian governments. I'm not sure how that would work.

Apparently they were doing the spying that our guys couldn't do as members of the Five Eyes.  I think that is true.
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