Russia Scandal

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Senate, after Helsinki, eyes swift sanctions in case of more election meddling

By Richard Cowan and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sanctions targeting key Russian economic sectors would kick in swiftly if U.S. authorities determined the Kremlin had meddled again in a U.S. election, under a bill gaining momentum in the Senate on Wednesday. It was uncertain whether such a bill, or any other legislative response, could…

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Rebuking Trump’s embrace of Putin, some lawmakers look to punish Russia

By John Whitesides and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump faced outrage on Tuesday for his failure to hold Russia accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and some U.S. lawmakers threatened action in Congress to punish Moscow and show support for U.S. intelligence agencies. At a joint news conference with…

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Protesters Swarm The White House Calling For Trump’s Impeachment As Soon As He Arrives Back In The US

Protesters rallied outside the White House in Washington Monday evening upon President Trump’s return from his disastrous trip to Helsinki, Finland where he sided with President Putin against the U.S., carrying signs calling Trump a Traitor-in-Chief and calling for his immediate impeachment.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan Fails to Find a Backbone After Trump Betrays the U.S.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) gave proof of the his party’s lack of patriotism and backbone on Monday when following President Trump’s shocking stance siding with Russia during his joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Trump “must appreciate that Russia is not our ally.” “There is no moral equivalence between the United States…

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Ex-Watergate Prosecutor Drops Bomb: Mueller Prepping Indictments For Trump Campaign Officials

Former Watergate Prosecutor Nick Akerman dropped a bomb on Saturday, saying the details in Robert Mueller’s Friday indictment of 12 Russians indicate that the special counsel is preparing similar indictments of Trump campaign officials. Akerman said “there is no way” the Russians would have been able to carry out their aggressive attack on U.S. democracy without…

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U.S. accuses Russian spies of 2016 election hacking, summit looms

By David Shepardson and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal grand jury on Friday charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016, in the most detailed U.S. accusation yet that Moscow meddled in the presidential election to help Republican Donald Trump. The indictment, which alleges a wide-ranging conspiracy involving sophisticated…

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Rachel Maddow Asks One Question That Destroys The Trump-GOP Smear Campaign Against The FBI

With one question on Thursday, Rachel Maddow completely destroyed the Trump-GOP conspiracy theory that the FBI was working in 2016 to hurt Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. If that was the bureau’s intent, Maddow asked, then why didn’t they come forward during the campaign and tell the American people that there was a good possibility the…

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