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Home Front: Politix
Dem Rep Lieu: Russia Indictments ‘Intentionally Done Today,' As ‘Poke in the Eye' to Trump
2018-07-15
[Breitbart] On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s "All In," Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) stated he believes the announcement of the indictment of 12 Russian officers for election hacking was "intentionally done today" as a "poke in the eye" to the president, and the DOJ is "telling the American people and the whole world that Vladimir Putin is not our friend and that Russia is our adversary."

Lieu said, "I want to talk about the timing of this announcement. There is no reason Rod Rosenstein had to do this today. He could have waited two weeks. I think what really was happening is the United States Department of Justice telling the American people and the whole world that Vladimir Putin is not our friend and that Russia is our adversary. This was a complete poke in the eye to the president of the United States, and I think it was intentionally done today, and I think it’s the entire Justice Department trying to send a message, not just to the president, but to the American people."
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  NSA has already got the dog to eat the homework (purging servers of data on US citizens) I wonder if they just sent it to other 5eyes members though.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-07-15 16:40  

#8  Discovery would be big fun

Yep, when the prosecution claims National Security (aka the dog ate my homework) precludes sharing critical info in the trial process.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-07-15 15:17  

#7  #5 ...So Rep. Lieu acknowledges and admits that the DOJ has gone rogue?
The Romans had a quaint custom for situations like this.Do you remember the closing scenes of Spartacus(1960) and the Roman knack for, shall we say, landscaping works?
Posted by: magpie   2018-07-15 14:20  

#6  Remember when the Democrats, and Obama's State Department, were sending/assisting people in Moscow? "Pro Labor" Russian Groups? Groups that coincidentally, Oh! merest coincidence!, all seemed to be anti-Putin during his last election. But that is different ... because Putin!
I am sure Putin was not amused.
Posted by: magpie   2018-07-15 14:14  

#5  ...So Rep. Lieu acknowledges and admits that the DOJ has gone rogue? That they no longer feel bound to follow Administration policy?

Betting that if we were talking about Obama, he'd be screaming for somebody's head.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-07-15 12:03  

#4  They indicted 12 guys from the GRU (Russian military intel) for hacking Hillary's emails? Dude, that's their freaking job! One might as well indict Putin for being President of Russia.

The Russians are famously great chess players, but Putin also has some judo background which suggests an interesting amusement: since the "success" of this indictment depends on the alleged perps *not* showiing up in court, Vlad could pick one of the junior guys as a sacrificial lamb and send him off to America for his day in court. Discovery would be big fun and watching the prosecution once again stall, waffle and backtrack would be off-the-scale hilarious.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-07-15 12:02  

#3  After this stunt by Rosenstein, I predict Pres. Trump fires about half of the DOJ management after the midterms.
This announcement of indictments was an amateur attempt to influence foreign policy. None of those indicted will be seen in court. All politics by DOJ and Mueller. It’s proof the Mueller investigation is politically driven.
Posted by: jvalentour   2018-07-15 11:33  

#2  Democrats don't give a rat's ass about Putin. Trump is the one they fear.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-07-15 11:06  

#1  and he's all for it.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-07-15 09:14  

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