Joe Cooper
2018-02-14 19:47:58 UTC
While the media is filled with stories and theories about Trumps
interactions or lack thereof with Russia, not enough attention is
being paid to revelations about pro-Hillary Clinton operatives use of
opposition research that ostensibly came from Russia. With the Democrats
unable to govern and lacking much of an affirmative agenda, they want
Russia to be the story. Yet with each passing day, more seems to be
revealed that not only undercuts the absolute faith Democrats have in the
Trump-Russia collusion narrative but also demonstrates just how much they
did and how far they were willing to go to establish an improper or
embarrassing link between Trump and Russia.
There is no better illustration of this than what we now know went on
between Clinton allies Sidney Blumenthal and Jonathan Winer and the
author of the infamous dossier, Christopher Steele. We know that Steele
was paid with Clinton campaign money and that he was passionate about
[Trump] not being president. We know that Winer, an old Washington hand
and former John Kerry staffer was Steeles man at the State Department
and, incredibly, admitted to distributing more than 100 of Steeles
commercial business documents within senior offices at the State
Department. Soon enough, we will know who Steeles clients were that paid
for their views to be disseminated within the Obama administration and
what Russian interests were involved. And by the way, it turns out
Blumenthal, a long-time specialist in the political dark arts, had his
own anti-Trump dossier, authored by political activist Cody Shearer,
which he gave to Winer; Winer passed it to Steele, and Steele passed it
to the FBI. Presto. Keeping someone between the political operatives and
the FBI: Thats how real pros do it in the swamp.
Anyway, you would think this operation would warrant appropriate news
coverage and multiple follow-up questions from the mainstream media. But
instead, it is mostly crickets. Compare the coverage of the Blumenthal-
Steele-Winer troika and their work to influence the FBI and supply anti-
Trump campaign dirt to the media with the coverage of a single meeting
that took place with a Russian lawyer and Trump campaign personnel. Ask
yourself which is most significant: Donald Trump Jr. the hapless,
amateur son of then-candidate Trump having a one-off, stray meeting in
June 2016 with a Russian lawyer who perhaps promised, but did not
deliver, compromising information on Clinton, or Winer, Blumenthal and
foreign national Steele all playing a role in getting campaign dirt
through Steeles and State Department channels into the hands of the FBI?
With all the breathless scrutiny surrounding Trump Jr.s meeting, one
would think there would at least be a modicum of interest in Blumenthal,
Winer and Steele.
The idea that the Democrats were the ones who solicited and utilized
Russian-supplied, damning information about Trump instead of Trump using
Russian-supplied, damning information about Clinton is something that
Trumps opponents cannot process. So, today, when the Democrats and their
allies in the media insist that we need to know what the Russians did to
influence the election and interfere in the democratic process, it is
fair to ask which Russians are they talking about? Are they talking about
the Russians who were solicited by Steele and his Democrat paymasters?
What were the Russians interests and were any of them paying Steele? (A
new story links Steele to Putin ally Oleg Deripaska.) And what about the
sources that Shearer solicited for the anti-Trump dossier he gave to
Blumenthal? It seems that there were a lot more meetings with Russians
and information collected from Russians on behalf of the Clinton campaign
than there ever was on behalf of the Trump campaign.
It may be difficult for Democrats to accept this, but their outrage
towards the president doesnt change the fact that neither he nor his
campaign colluded with the Russians. And it must be difficult knowing
that more evidence or downright admissions keep surfacing pointing to
Democrats facilitating Russian influence in the 2016 campaign. Russian
fingerprints are all over the work of Blumenthal, Winer and Steele.
Exploring their actions must be a priority for the media.
Source: http://wapo.st/2C0UXeh
interactions or lack thereof with Russia, not enough attention is
being paid to revelations about pro-Hillary Clinton operatives use of
opposition research that ostensibly came from Russia. With the Democrats
unable to govern and lacking much of an affirmative agenda, they want
Russia to be the story. Yet with each passing day, more seems to be
revealed that not only undercuts the absolute faith Democrats have in the
Trump-Russia collusion narrative but also demonstrates just how much they
did and how far they were willing to go to establish an improper or
embarrassing link between Trump and Russia.
There is no better illustration of this than what we now know went on
between Clinton allies Sidney Blumenthal and Jonathan Winer and the
author of the infamous dossier, Christopher Steele. We know that Steele
was paid with Clinton campaign money and that he was passionate about
[Trump] not being president. We know that Winer, an old Washington hand
and former John Kerry staffer was Steeles man at the State Department
and, incredibly, admitted to distributing more than 100 of Steeles
commercial business documents within senior offices at the State
Department. Soon enough, we will know who Steeles clients were that paid
for their views to be disseminated within the Obama administration and
what Russian interests were involved. And by the way, it turns out
Blumenthal, a long-time specialist in the political dark arts, had his
own anti-Trump dossier, authored by political activist Cody Shearer,
which he gave to Winer; Winer passed it to Steele, and Steele passed it
to the FBI. Presto. Keeping someone between the political operatives and
the FBI: Thats how real pros do it in the swamp.
Anyway, you would think this operation would warrant appropriate news
coverage and multiple follow-up questions from the mainstream media. But
instead, it is mostly crickets. Compare the coverage of the Blumenthal-
Steele-Winer troika and their work to influence the FBI and supply anti-
Trump campaign dirt to the media with the coverage of a single meeting
that took place with a Russian lawyer and Trump campaign personnel. Ask
yourself which is most significant: Donald Trump Jr. the hapless,
amateur son of then-candidate Trump having a one-off, stray meeting in
June 2016 with a Russian lawyer who perhaps promised, but did not
deliver, compromising information on Clinton, or Winer, Blumenthal and
foreign national Steele all playing a role in getting campaign dirt
through Steeles and State Department channels into the hands of the FBI?
With all the breathless scrutiny surrounding Trump Jr.s meeting, one
would think there would at least be a modicum of interest in Blumenthal,
Winer and Steele.
The idea that the Democrats were the ones who solicited and utilized
Russian-supplied, damning information about Trump instead of Trump using
Russian-supplied, damning information about Clinton is something that
Trumps opponents cannot process. So, today, when the Democrats and their
allies in the media insist that we need to know what the Russians did to
influence the election and interfere in the democratic process, it is
fair to ask which Russians are they talking about? Are they talking about
the Russians who were solicited by Steele and his Democrat paymasters?
What were the Russians interests and were any of them paying Steele? (A
new story links Steele to Putin ally Oleg Deripaska.) And what about the
sources that Shearer solicited for the anti-Trump dossier he gave to
Blumenthal? It seems that there were a lot more meetings with Russians
and information collected from Russians on behalf of the Clinton campaign
than there ever was on behalf of the Trump campaign.
It may be difficult for Democrats to accept this, but their outrage
towards the president doesnt change the fact that neither he nor his
campaign colluded with the Russians. And it must be difficult knowing
that more evidence or downright admissions keep surfacing pointing to
Democrats facilitating Russian influence in the 2016 campaign. Russian
fingerprints are all over the work of Blumenthal, Winer and Steele.
Exploring their actions must be a priority for the media.
Source: http://wapo.st/2C0UXeh
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