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Originally Posted by Red
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Russian corruption of this administration runs deep into the Republican party. Everyone knew about it and did nothing. Pence did nothing, Trump went out of his way to fire acting Attorney General Yates who brought the issue to his attention in the first place. It was also referred to the House Oversight Committee run by Jason Chaffetz who declined to even start any sort of investigation into the matter.
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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee ripped into Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Monday for ignoring their requests to investigate White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s ties to Russia.
In a letter to Chaffetz, the committee’s Democrats called on him to reconsider his decision to pass on probing whether Flynn had inappropriate contact with Russia. The request comes in the midst of reports that Flynn discussed sanctions imposed by President Obama with the Russian ambassador during the transition and then and then allegedly misled Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations.
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http://thehill.com/policy/national-s...estigate-flynn
If reports coming out of Japan are any indication, Trump also personally encouraged Japan to closer ties with Russia as part of his past meeting pushing Shinzo Abe to open new dialogue with Putin despite knowing all of this. It's goes all the way to the top and well into parts of the GOP.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/201...ialogue-putin/
Consequences? I think there needs to be a lot more scandal and grassroots anger/protests before enough Republicans turn against their party. Lets hope the press continues what they are doing.