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(4,976 posts) Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:30 AM Sep 2017

Grassley asks FBI if Trump was warned of Russian efforts to infiltrate his campaign

Source: USAToday

WASHINGTON Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley released a letter late Thursday to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking if agents ever warned Donald Trump about possible attempts by the Russian government to infiltrate his campaign last year.

Grassley, whose committee is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, said federal agents warned Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., about Russian ties by his former campaign manager when McCain was running for president in 2008. But McCain's office issued a press release shortly before midnight disputing Grassley's assertion.

"If the FBI did provide a defensive briefing or similar warning to the (Trump) campaign, then that would raise important questions about how the Trump campaign responded, Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray. "On the other hand, if the FBI did not alert the campaign, then that would raise serious questions about what factors contributed to its decision and why it appears to have been handled differently in a very similar circumstance involving a previous campaign," Grassley wrote, referring to McCain's campaign.

McCain clearly took offense at being thrust into Grassley's letter to Wray. Grassley asked Wray to respond to the letter by Oct. 4. "Neither Senator McCain nor anyone on his staff recalls receiving such warnings from the intelligence community," said McCain's spokeswoman, Julie Tarallo. "Facts are stubborn things, and the fact is no member of Congress has done more to push back on Russian aggression, human rights abuses, and corruption than Senator John McCain. Any suggestion to the contrary is clearly intended to distract from the serious ongoing investigations into Russias interference in our election system."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/21/senate-judiciary-chairman-asks-fbi-if-trumpever-warned-trump-russian-attempts-infiltrate-his-campaig/691650001/

It' s smokescreen time. Is Grassley that stupid or is he maneuvering for trump/russia? First of all, the FBI shouldn't tell trump he's under investigation until they're ready to make charges. Grassley needs to resign and let someone with a few ethics and some common sense take over - maybe a Democrat because there doesn't seem to be any republicans that are up to the job.

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Grassley asks FBI if Trump was warned of Russian efforts to infiltrate his campaign (Original Post) mdbl Sep 2017 OP

Grassley is a GOP company boy... Raster Sep 2017 #1

Like the five Ds in Dodgeball, Dodge,Duck,Dip,Dive and Dodge............ Old Vet Sep 2017 #9

Scorpion and Frog Cosmocat Sep 2017 #2

i always thought anyone with the name grassley mdbl Sep 2017 #3

Instead, he's selling Kool-aid. N/t woodsprite Sep 2017 #4

SNAP! Raster Sep 2017 #14

It wouldn't have mattered even if the FBI warned Trump. avebury Sep 2017 #5

Just like his voters are incapable of voting appropriately. mdbl Sep 2017 #19

Grassley is pushing the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #6

Absolutely. Dave Starsky Sep 2017 #11

Yep, that's it! He's desperately deflecting, but it's bound to fail n/m machoneman Sep 2017 #13

You'll see more of this. Zoonart Sep 2017 #7

He was warned about Michael Flynn and he didn't give a hoot. milestogo Sep 2017 #8

Perhaps the FBI had evidence that Trump "knew" about Russian interference from the get-go Mr. Ected Sep 2017 #10

That could be a possibility PRETZEL Sep 2017 #12

I wanted to know if Diane Feinstein signed the letter. No, but Grassley sent her a cc.... riversedge Sep 2017 #15

".... and... Turbineguy Sep 2017 #16

Trump has all ways been involved with the Russians. Grassley is desperate and un-American rockfordfile Sep 2017 #17

Has he done so before? janx Sep 2017 #20

Going after McCain? janx Sep 2017 #18

Raster

(20,998 posts)

1. Grassley is a GOP company boy...

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:37 AM

Sep 2017

... he'll do what he is told by the GOP High Command, and right now that is to deflect, detract, obfuscate and dodge... Do anything possible to take the heat off of the GOP. I suspect some of those "mysterious" secret-donor super PAC funds Mitch McConnell seems to be able to pull out of his ass to help his Republipals, may have come from nefarious sources, read: Russia. NO ONE in the GOP wants anyone looking closely at their funding, financing or whom they're having late night dinners with.

Old Vet

(2,001 posts)

9. Like the five Ds in Dodgeball, Dodge,Duck,Dip,Dive and Dodge............

Reply to Raster (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 07:41 AM

Sep 2017

Iam so funny.......

Cosmocat

(14,587 posts)

2. Scorpion and Frog

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:37 AM

Sep 2017

JUST THEIR FUCKING NATURE at this point ...

Their first instinct EVERY TIME when they do something stupid are these mental gymnastics to prove in their insane minds that there is some kind of bias against them.

mdbl

(4,976 posts)

3. i always thought anyone with the name grassley

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:40 AM

Sep 2017

should have a career selling pot - where it's legal of course.

woodsprite

(11,940 posts)

4. Instead, he's selling Kool-aid. N/t

Reply to mdbl (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:58 AM

Sep 2017

Raster

(20,998 posts)

14. SNAP!

Reply to woodsprite (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 11:35 AM

Sep 2017

avebury

(10,953 posts)

5. It wouldn't have mattered even if the FBI warned Trump.

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 07:10 AM

Sep 2017

Trump would have been totally incapable of listening to the warning and acting in an appropriate manner. This is proven by his ignoring President Obama's warning about Flynn.

mdbl

(4,976 posts)

19. Just like his voters are incapable of voting appropriately.

Reply to avebury (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:17 PM

Sep 2017

They were warned since before the primaries - then the primaries put in their faces and they still voted for him. How insane can voters get? I guess that will always be an open ended question since the answer keeps changing.

bucolic_frolic

(43,481 posts)

6. Grassley is pushing the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 07:22 AM

Sep 2017

This is subliminal pushback. What he's saying to dumb voters is "if they didn't tell him, he has no guilt in the matter".

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)

11. Absolutely.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 07:44 AM

Sep 2017

"Mr. Capone, we think that you might have some whiskey runners working for you, specifically _____ and _____. Watch out! We know you wouldn't want to be involved in anything ILLEGAL."

Fucking preposterous.

machoneman

(4,016 posts)

13. Yep, that's it! He's desperately deflecting, but it's bound to fail n/m

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 08:35 AM

Sep 2017

Zoonart

(11,905 posts)

7. You'll see more of this.

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 07:38 AM

Sep 2017

"My dope was an innocent dupe" is all they've got.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)

8. He was warned about Michael Flynn and he didn't give a hoot.

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 07:39 AM

Sep 2017

Mr. Ected

(9,675 posts)

10. Perhaps the FBI had evidence that Trump "knew" about Russian interference from the get-go

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 07:44 AM

Sep 2017

And perhaps Grassley pushing this button will backfire in his face. Like it has for Nunes and his ridiculous personal probe into the matter.

PRETZEL

(3,245 posts)

12. That could be a possibility

Reply to Mr. Ected (Reply #10)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 08:24 AM

Sep 2017

and it wouldn't suprise me that somehow Guilliani found out about the FISA warrants on Manafort and alerted Trump about this.

There is definately a reason Manafort left the campaign so quickly.

riversedge

(70,445 posts)

15. I wanted to know if Diane Feinstein signed the letter. No, but Grassley sent her a cc....

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 01:12 PM

Sep 2017

Grassley is a dangerous snake in the grass since his committee got up and running.

There is a pdf link in this cnn story (I could not find the letter attached to the OP story, so went looking)

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/politics/chuck-grassley-fbi-letter/index.html