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The Mueller Probe and the Russian Indictments

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February 2018

Bad news for the MSNBC/ Never Trump crowd, the recently released 37- page indictment of 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities charged with interfering in the 2016 presidential election does not implicate Trump or anyone associated with his campaign. The FBI began the Russian- Trump collusion probe in July 2016, (coincidentally, around the same time that Trump became the official GOP nominee, and just weeks after the FBI received the dubious Christopher Steele dossier), and still zero evidence that anyone involved with Trump worked with the Russians to tilt the campaign in his favor.

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The Grassley/Graham Memo

February 2018

A recently released redacted memorandum, written by Republican Senators Charles Grassley and Lindsay Graham, to the Department of Justice, corroborates and expands on the assertions in the Republican memo, outlining FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) abuse, in the applications to surveil then Trump associate Carter Page, written by Congressman Devin Nunes, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. In the Grassley/Graham memo, the senators make a case for a criminal investigation into Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous Trump dossier.

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The GOP “Nunes” Memo

“The memo” authored by Devin Nunes, the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has finally been released…

February 2018

Salient Revelations from the memo:

According to the memo written by Devin Nunes, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, incredulously in the fall of 2016, the Obama justice department and FBI presented as evidence to the FISA court (The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which consists of federal judges who decide whether or not to grant certain government requests such as monitoring suspected foreign agents or terrorists operating in the United States) the unverified and in parts outright disproven Trump dossier, authored by former British spy Christopher Steele, in their bid to surveil a member of the Trump campaign, Carter Page.

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Russia Probe -So Many Unanswered Questions

January 2018

The investigation into possible Trump -Russia collusion, is by any measure, very aggressive. In addition to the special counsel probe led by Robert Mueller, there are three congressional committees pursuing their own parallel inquiries. There is also no shortage of media coverage reporting on every leak and revelation. This extensive interest in all things involving Russia makes the lack of curiosity, and dearth of answers surrounding certain actions, perplexing.

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Trump’s Accomplishments Vs. Fire & Fury

January 2018

Very early on in the presidential campaign it became evident that Donald Trump was the antithesis of the typical focused- grouped politician. Yet after each tweet or statement deemed not to comport with proper presidential discourse the reaction by many is apoplectic. Trump’s detractors are so vehement in their abhorrence that they have even taken to questioning his mental stability. Shockingly, a Yale University psychiatrist, Bandy Lee, is leading a campaign to convince the country that Trump is dangerous and mentally unfit. Notwithstanding, she has never even met Trump, much less personally examined him. Joe Scarborough, a well-known cable host, on his morning show routinely states that he believes that Trump is suffering from dementia. A democratic lawmaker has even introduced legislation with the mocking name the “Stable Genius Act”, in reference to a tweet by Trump, which would require presidential candidates to submit to the Federal Election Commission a medical certification of health.

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Trump and the Corruption in the FBI

January 2018

Due to the divisive nature of the past presidential campaign, vociferous opposition when Donald Trump won wasn’t that surprising. Even calls for impeachment prior to Trump’s inauguration, although eye -rolling, weren’t surprising. However, the revelations regarding those entrusted to conduct a fair and impartial investigation of possible Trump and Russia collusion are chilling.

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