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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Democratic Party files suit alleging Russia, the Trump campaign, and WikiLeaks conspired to disrupt the 2016 election
2018-04-20

Hey! Guess who is suddenly panicking they may not win congress this election cycle?!!?
[CNBC] The Democratic Party on Friday sued President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the Russian government and the Wikileaks group, claiming a broad conspiracy to help Trump win the 2016 election.

The multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court says that "In the Trump campaign, Russia found a willing and active partner in this effort" to mount "a brazen attack on American Democracy."

The suit says that "preexisting relationships with Russia and Russian oligarchs" with Trump and Trump associates "provided fertile ground for [the] Russia-Trump conspiracy."
Mueller hasn't proved it. What makes you think you can? Oh yeah... judge shopping.
The common purpose of the scheme, according to the Democratic National Committee, was to "bolster Trump and denigrate the Democratic Party nominee," Hillary Clinton, while boosting the candidate of Trump, "whose policies would benefit the Kremlin."
You did that all on your own, sweet cheeks
The named defendants include Trump's son Donald Trump Jr., his son-in-law Jared Kushner, former campaign chief Paul Manafort and campaign official Richard Gates, and Trump ally Roger Stone.

Also named is the Russian Federation, the general state of the Russian armed force, a Russian intelligence services hacker known as Guccifer 2.0., Wikileaks and its leader Julian Assange, and 10 unidentified people.

"No one is above the law," the suit says.
Except Hillary and the Deep State
"In the run-up to the 2016 election, Russia mounted a brazen attack on American Democracy. The opening salvo was an attack on the DNC, carried out on American soil."

"In 2015 and 2016, Russian intelligence services hacked into the DNC's computers, penetrated its phone systems and exfiltrated tens of thousands of documents and emails," the suit says.

"Russia then used this stolen information to advance its own interests: destabilizing the U.S. political environment, denigrating Democratic presidential nominee, and supporting the campaign of Donald J. Trump ... whose policies would benefit the Kremlin," the suit charges.

The suit alleges claims that include conspiracy, computer fraud and abuse, misappropriation of trade secrets, trespass, and other violations of the law.
Posted by:DarthVader

#11  I think discovery will be more than a little one-sided. Presumably Republican donors and volunteers will be deemed part of the conspiracy, and made available for harassment.
Posted by: james   2018-04-20 22:04  

#10  Tom Perez: "DO SOMETHING!!!!"
Posted by: Frank G   2018-04-20 20:37  

#9   Yes, this is definitely the behaviour of a friend of Russia.

You forgot "Occasionally bombing the crap out of the Rooskiis and their minions in Syria", tw.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-04-20 19:07  

#8  Seeing a lot of similarities between Hillary and John McCain.
Posted by: Iblis   2018-04-20 18:24  

#7  Ah, the search for relevance.

Nothing much to cling to these days.
Race and Russia, has to be something there to hang a campaign on. Even if they have to hire someone to make up some crap. Oh wait, they already did that....

The democratic base is so gullible, uneducated and full of rage.

The shear stupidity of their logic, or lack of, is frightening to watch.
Posted by: Wizski   2018-04-20 15:44  

#6  But compared to the nuclear war Hillary would've started, TW?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-04-20 15:33  

#5  while boosting the candidate of Trump, "whose policies would benefit the Kremlin."

Kremlin-benefiting policies like loosening the rules on fracking and signing off on the oil pipeline, both of which keep oil prices considerably lower than the Russian economy needs; supporting cleaning up state voter rolls and installing other vote security measures that make it harder for Russia (as well as the Democratic party machines) to hack the vote; PNGing Russian diplomats and closing consulates, as well as encouraging other nations to do the same; increasing observance of security measures across the executive branch, making it harder for Russia to acquire information electronically... Yes, this is definitely the behaviour of a friend of Russia.

/sarcasm
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-04-20 15:26  

#4  Do the defendants get to do discovery?

That would be rather droll.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-04-20 14:43  

#3  The only reason it is being filed is that the Mueller investigation is apparently running dry. This is a way to keep Russia-Trump in the headlines through the mid-terms.
Posted by: Alistaire Untervehr8459   2018-04-20 14:12  

#2  Makes me think of that scene in 'The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming' when Brian Keith as the local sheriff staring down the Red sub at his local dock, pulls out his ticket book and starts writing.
Posted by: Cesare   2018-04-20 12:59  

#1  
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2018-04-20 12:22  

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