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CIA says Russia intervened to help Trump win White House

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CIA says Russia helped Trump win the White House. . . by leaking emails showing the extreme corruption going on in the Clinton campaign and doing the job the media organizations should have been doing all along were they not just puppets for the establishment.

or leaking private communications slanted to look bad, thus creating fake news. But who cares right? As long as they won.

A foreign power potentially interfering with the election of your head of state is a Bad Thing even when that interference works against the establishment, or in the favor of a candidate you support.

Enough of this nonsense. She wasn't doing anything that was in the same stratosphere of the stuff Trump and his team have been for years. To pretend otherwise is like putting 2 scientists with opposing beliefs on climate change on TV and claiming "the debate is still out on climate change".

I don't think rigging the primaries to make Bernie Sanders lose is anywhere in the same stratosphere. Or how about the clinton foundation recieving money from Saudi Arabia and Quatar despite knowing that they were funding ISIL. I could go on. . .

Or is that all written off as "fake news" now because it's inconvenient and silicon valley happens to disapprove of the source.

The democratic party can select their candidate any way they like. There's no question about laws there. Just disgruntled members of the party, but what else is new.

As for a foundation receiving money to benefit children and families by providing programs for health and education - shame on you for comparing that to ISIL. That's just low. Its a petty political stunt - "Look at them, helping the poor! They are just like ISIL!" Fooey.

And I'm sure we could go on and on, with soundbyte journalism and smear tactics, like has been the norm for years. Say something often enough and uncritical people will begin to believe it.

By that same logic, what law did Russia break when they intervened?

Are you aware that HRC destroyed government data AFTER being given a court order not to? How is that not the same stratosphere?

CIA just came out and said that the Washington Post report linking Russian government to Trump election hacking is an outright lie. Looks like The Washington Post is reporting #FakeNews.

Source: http://truepundit.com/cia-washington-post-report-linking-rus...

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