NP: Bellingcat

[Mark Kohut]

I find it so revealing that Thomas doesn't say that Trump was an
authoritarian demagogue, who clearly wanted a soft or hard coup.  and may
soon enough be
charged with a criminal coup attempt.......which, with our deep rule of
law, despite its tilts---better that one guilty person go free, etc.---- in
the US may be hard to 'prove' legally, but
all who study the facts know.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:09 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >
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>