NP: Bellingcat

[David Morris]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/russiagate-wasnt-a-hoax/615373/

Russiagate Was Not a Hoax

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmed what the Mueller
report could not.
By Franklin Foer <https://www.theatlantic.com/author/franklin-foer/>
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday, having avoided cable
speculation almost entirely, released the fifth and final volume
<https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf>
of
a report on Russia’s attempt to sway the last election in Donald Trump’s
favor. It finally delivered what Mueller either could not or would not: a
comprehensive presentation of the evidence in the matter of “collusion.”
The report confirms that Russiagate is no hoax. Whether or not the Trump
campaign illegally coordinated with the Kremlin, Trump has no grounds for
proclaiming vindication, much less that he’s the victim of a witch hunt.


On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 3:44 PM Thomas Eckhardt via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> > If you think Russiagate was some kind of "hoax" (like Trump and
> everyone who supports him do), then do you also suspect Biden stole the
> 2020 election?
>
> Why would I? Are you not capable of distinguishing between two different
> statements? Between a statement that has been made, and one that hasn't
> been made?
>
> Actually even the first statement has not been made expressis verbis, so
> here goes: Russiagate was in most of its aspects a pernicious hoax, an
> attempt at a soft coup. The fact that Trump is a right-wing populist, a
> snake-oil salesman and an insufferable ass-clown does not change that fact.
>
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