3-5-2017 - Watching the Greatest Scandal in US Political History Unfold

Trump, his campaign and his administrations connection to Russia is substantial and warrants a serious investigation. Trump and his administration have been evasive and meddling in efforts toward such an investigation. This on its own merits is very suspicious and disturbing.

Here is what we have to date (though this list is quite long it is not by any means a complete list)

• Trump's pick of Michael Flynn for his national security adviser. Flynn lied about having contact with Russian officials during the election and was seated next to Putin at a Russian State owned television dinner as his guest. Flynn has since resigned.

• Trump's pick for Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, is the majority owner of the Bank of Cyprus which is accused of laundering money for Russian oligarchs, including fertilizer king, Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev. Trump sold Rybolovlev a mansion he paid 40 million for for 95 million. This was far more than the current market value at the time. [source]
• Additionally, while Trump was on the campaign trail, Rybolovlev's plane was at the same airport at the same time the Trump plane was there. Seriously now, nothing suspicious there to check into? 

• Trump's pick of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State. Trump and Tillerson had never met before his nomination. Tillerson has ties to Russian State oil and has been a guest on numerous occasions at Putin's personal residence. [source]

• And, there are recent attempts by the Trump Administration to influence other parts of our Government involved in investigating. Specifically, the Trump Administration attempted to stifle inquiry into his Russia ties by enlisting Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), senior members of the intelligence community and Congress in efforts to counter news stories about Trump associates’ ties to Russia. Both accepted the job and initially told reporters that there was nothing to look into. Please keep this fact in mind when the truth finally comes out. [source]. Reince Priebus asked FBI Director James Comey to publicly dispute media reports that Trump campaign advisers had been frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents. Comey denied the request. [source].

• Then there is Attorney General Jeff Sessions who lied under oath to Congress during his confirmation hearing about having contact while acting as a surrogate for the Trump campaign. He had contact with the Russian Ambassador twice. Sessions only recused himself when the news of these contact became public. Prior to this he claimed there was nothing to require him to recuse himself.

Sessions Lying Under oath

Sessions Denying the Allegations

• Then there is Carter Page whom then candidate Trump claimed to be one of his foreign policy advisers. Page lived in Russia, has ties to their State run oil company and has given many pro Russian anti-US talks in Russia. 

And, from Aug 16th, 2016

• Their are numerous instances of Trump on the campaign trail denying Russian involvement of the DNC hack, He he used the Clinton email leaks in his stump speeches. After watching the following please keep in mind that we now know that during this time the Trump campaign was in contact with Russia.  

[Dec 30, 2016]

It is becoming more likely that the POTUS has or is being blackmailed by the Russian Government. This is from an intelligence report that was released on January 11, 2017. The media reported on the existence of a private intelligence dossier containing unverified allegations of misconduct and ties between then President-elect Donald Trump and the Russian government. The dossier was written by a former British MI6 intelligence agent, Christopher Steele, who went into hiding after the release of the dossier. There are numerous items in this dossier that have already been corroborated by our intelligence community. Here are two items that have not yet been corroborated (excepted from the dossier).

However, there was a 2001 Howard Stern show with Donald Trump and Gossip columnist A.J. Benza. Benza had claimed Trump had wild sex in Russia. Here is an excerpt from that show.

"Trump: I assume A.J.’s clean. I hope he’s clean.
Benza: Meanwhile, he bangs Russian people…
Stern: Russian people?
Trump: Who are you talking about, Russian people, A.J.? I don’t know anything.
Benza: He used to call me when I was a columnist and say, “I was just in Russia, the girls have no morals, you gotta get out there.” [Trump’s] out of his mind."

It should also be noted that Putin was the head of the FSB (Russian equivalent of the CIA) at the time of this show. It is also worth your time to listen to the full exchange on the show with the realization that this guy is now our President.

To date Trump has not had anything negative to say about Putin or Russia. Even when it was becoming clear during our election that Russia was meddling he was on the stump numerous times claiming that it could be China, some other foreign government, or some 400 pound fat guy on his bed. He was also using the Wikileaks to his advantage/ Now if we find out that he was colluding with Russia during the election?

Finally, there is Trump's unwillingness to release his tax returns that would certainly prove or disprove his business connections to Russia.

Government workers and our elected officials and judiciary take the following oaths.

The Congressional Oath of Office 

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

The Oath of Office Taken by Civil Service Employees

“I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

The Oath of Office for Federal Judges

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution, and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

We do not know if we currently have domestic enemies in control of the highest offices and branches of our Federal Government including the POTUS. It is certainly looking like it could be a possibility. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence to warrant an independent non-partisan investigation.

If you are a true blue, died in wool, red blooded American you have got to speak up and demand a non-partisan investigation.

For Further Reading/Study

Trump's Russian/Kremlin Connections (with Citations & Links)


The web of relationships between Team Trump and Russia


Rex Tillerson's Warm Relationship With Putin Chill's Kremlins Critics' Hopes


Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn met with Russian ambassador in December


Trump team issued at least 20 denials of contacts with Russia