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Hope they televise this . s cheated on bernie and commited all sorts of crimes behind leryglad this all will come to ligh
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-party-sues-russia-trump-campaign-allegedly-disrupting-152040359.html
By Mark Hosenball and David Alexander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party sued the Russian government, U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and WikiLeaks on Friday, charging that they carried out a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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The party alleges in the federal lawsuit in Manhattan that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and tilt the election to Trump by hacking Democratic Party computers.
The lawsuit alleges that Republican Trump's campaign "gleefully welcomed Russia's help" in the 2016 election and accuses it of being a "racketeering enterprise" that worked in tandem with Moscow.
“During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russia launched an all-out assault on our democracy and it found a willing and active partner in Donald Trump’s campaign," said Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Convention. "This cons uted an act of unprecedented treachery."
Defendants in the suit include three people who have been indicted as a result of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling: former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Manafort associate Rick Gates and former campaign aide George Papadopoulos.
Also named as defendants were Donald Trump Jr., Trump associate Roger Stone and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Trump has repeatedly denied his campaign colluded with Russia and Moscow has denied meddling in the election.
Four U.S. intelligence agencies reported last year that Russia sponsored the hacking of Democratic Party groups and other actions during the 2016 campaign. Part of the effort was to benefit Trump over Clinton, the agencies said.
The DNC blames Russia for breaches of its computer systems in 2015 and the first half of 2016.
Hackers disseminated internal communications of party officials as the Democratic nominating convention began and WikiLeaks released thousands of emails, some of which were embarrassing for the Clinton campaign and were intended to stoke conflicts among the party’s supporters.
Most of the accusations appeared to be based on news reports and publicly available legal do ents and offered little new information about alleged collusion with Moscow.
MIDTERM EFFECT
Democrats are keen to remind voters of the issue of Russia and the 2016 election ahead of November's midterm congressional elections. Early polls show Republicans run some risk of losing control of Congress.
“The suit gives Democrats a useful and perhaps compelling narrative to counter the president’s and Republicans’ mantra of ‘no collusion,'" said Leonard Williams, a political science professor at Manchester University. "From that partisan standpoint, it is exactly what their candidates and spokespeople need."
The Republican National Committee, the Trump campaign, Trump campaign manager Michael Glassner, WikiLeaks, and attorneys for Trump Jr., Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Stone said the lawsuit was based on "a left-wing conspiracy theory." "NO proof or evidence," he wrote in an email to Reuters.
The lawsuit, should it go forward, seems likely to help keep the spotlight on the issue of Russian election interference and possible collusion by the Trump campaign. Both are being investigated by Mueller, whose office declined to comment on the Democratic lawsuit.
Through the process of legal discovery, lawyers for the Democratic Party could force the defendants to produce do ents they say relate to the collusion issue.
The lawsuit "might not have any journalistic, judicial, or political staying power," Williams said.
"Whether it amounts to more than a story to tell remains to be seen. It might lead to additional discovery of events and relationships that we don’t yet know about," he said.
(Reporting by David Alexander; Additional reporting by Ginger Gibson, Lisa Lambert and Warren Strobel; Writing by Alistair Bell; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Bill Trott)
Blah Blah, THE RUSSIANS!!!!
HURTS MY FEELINGS!
Them tears are delicious
Hope they televise this . s cheated on bernie and commited all sorts of crimes behind leryglad this all will come to ligh
makes more sense
than Repugs asking JeBo to indict a list of Dems as criminals. I figure JeBo will do it if some of his more adult, more professional, untainted underlings don't stop him
The irony is that 9 out of 10 readers of that story will think that the Democrats should sue the dfl for the election fraud of the primary.
It will get into a court, where evidence matters, and opens up a new front against a thinly-staffed administration in complete disarray.
Good.
RG more interested in hoping Trump has more rough patches than to hope for smooth sailing for America. Seems pretty typical of partisians like you, bou, Chris, etc......
Also getting into court, the DNC servers, Crowdstrike, Cheryl Mills, Paul Combetta, Brian Pagliano, Heather Samuelson, John Bentel...need I go on? Terrible idea for Democrats
What crimes are you saying each committed, TSA?Also getting into court, the DNC servers, Crowdstrike, Cheryl Mills, Paul Combetta, Brian Pagliano, Heather Samuelson, John Bentel...need I go on? Terrible idea for Democrats
Where did I say they committed crimes Pavlov?
Yup they gonna have to give up the servers to proove they were hacked
This wont work with “intelligence sources said so”
Terrible move wspecially if they have to bring out Waserman s to answer questions
Are you accusing them of anything, TSA?
Yes or no.
Is this from the onion? Its that stupid.
I did not Pavlov. Will they be called to testify? Will their immunity deals still be valid?
Immunity in jeopardy? That implies a crime was committed.
What crimes are you saying they committed?
You are going to have to start answering questions if you'd like to continue the discussion.
Will they be called to testify? Will their immunity deals still be valid?
Trump is a direct, existential threat to the country. The only way to mitigate the damage being done to the country is to paralyze his administration as much as possible.
The war was declared on norms and people that didn't vote for him a while back.
If you don't like us fighting back... I do not care. It needs to happen.
I don't know and I don't know.
Since you're harping on the immunity, what crimes are you saying they committed?
broken. ing.record.
"someone asked me a question that I can't answer."
And TSA's innuendo machine breaks down once more.
lol
I told you I'm not accusing them of anything. You proceed to ask what crimes I'm saying they committed. You're a broken ing record.
So if you're not accusing them of anything, why do you keep bringing them up other than repeating innuendo?
You are in a thread discussing a lawsuit dealing with the DNC hack and the people I am bringing up will more than likely be called on to testify by the defendants.
And?
What are you saying will happen, TSA?
Are you incapable of discussing a topic without demanding a prediction?
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