'Most GOP Leaders Have Been Compromised’ by Russia

[Indus]

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/1...-leaders-have-been-compromised-by-russia.html

The author who wrote a Trump biography detailing the relationship between Donald Trump and the Russian mob is now saying that Russia’s financial ties to the United States extend far beyond the president. In fact, he said, Russia’s influence can be seen throughout Washington, especially among Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress.

Craig Unger, author of House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia, published a piece online that goes into more detail about Trump and Putin, and Russian influence in American politics.

He said that one of the biggest surprises that came out when he published his book is how much Trump has been compromised by Russian money “for decades.”


“Trump was first compromised by the Russians in the Eighties back in the days of the Soviet Union and the Cold War,” Unger wrote. “In 1984, my book shows, the Russian Mafia first began to use Trump real estate to launder money and it continued for decades and may have accounted for billions of dollars flowing to Trump.”

In 1998, he added, Trump took out full-page ads in the New York Times and the Washington Post after his first trip to Russia that touted “a foreign policy that was very anti-NATO.”

In the 90’s, Unger wrote, Russians began sending money to Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX), a longtime congressman who later became House Majority Leader. He also suggested that the mafia was sending money to other Republicans as well.


“I believe most of the GOP leadership has been compromised by” Russian money, the author added. “The Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee run by Mitch McConnell got millions from [Soviet-born businessman] Leonard Blavatnik.”

“As for the endgame,” Unger concluded, “I think it is already beginning to unravel.”

Concerning what Vladimir Putin’s goals were in 2016, Unger wrote:

“There’s no question Putin wanted Trump to win [in 2016] and I believe his overarching goal was to reduce American power and strike out against the Western Alliance. It was probably the most successful intelligence operation in recent history–he put a Russian asset in the White House without firing a single shot!”

“And just look, in response to Russia’s attacks against Ukraine this week, what Trump does: He lashes out at NATO! In addition, Trump’s assault on truth, on the media has been enormously effective. All our elections are suspect. I think this has been a spectacular victory for Putin–which is why Mueller’s work and Democratic oversight is so essential.”

Craig Unger is issuing a warning to all Americans. He has made clear that the influence of Russian money in the United States has compromised the very integrity of our democracy. He also has reinforced the importance of the Mueller investigation and of a new Democratically-controlled House.

Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are still trying to sell out our country to foreign interests, and we must now make sure that Mueller is allowed to continue his work, and that justice is done.





What was so far fetched out of reality just 3 years ago seems more and more like conjecture and maybe soon to be proven fact.

 

[blackangst1]

lol

 

[woolfe9998]

I read the thread linked in the OP's article. Unger says a lot of things in that thread, only a tiny fraction of what are mentioned in the article.

I'd first need to read his book to evaluate his evidence.

 

[HomerJS]

lol

I don't find this the least bit funny

 

[cytg111]

Alot of that "thats weird" behavior from Trump in regards to Russia these past 3-4 years has gotten some, oki alot of, oki a HUGE amount of, context these past few days. Trump is knee deep in Russian rubles and he owes Vlad himself personal favors .. its not just money, its past that, its past novichok, its personal favors of the old mob-kinda-favors.
Now take all that context and apply it to all the "thats weird" behaviors from Mitch Nunes and many more. I know what I am thinking!!! And if that is true I hope to god Mueller has them by the balls too. First the president, then the minions before they suspect they are in the crosshairs as well.

 

[shortylickens]

This wont have much effect.
I believe the majority of Donalds voter base is not into reading anything longer than a 280 character tweet. And they only reason they read that much is because twitter upped the character count specifically for The Real Donald.

People like Ann Coulter will cherry pick segments of the book, reword them, and make the author look like a lying psychopath. But a different type of lying psychopath than the one we have in office right now.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I've been saying this for awhile now. We know the Russians were actively targeting American politicians, and seemingly found the GOP to be especially susceptible, before Turmp even announced he was running. I think a good amount of this goes back to the fall of the Soviet Union, when western companies looked at Russia as a new market. That led to the greedy corrupt Capitalists and the greedy corrupt former Communists realizing they were in fact kindred spirits and not mortal enemies like they had thought just the decade prior, and that led to the GOP becoming more corrupt as both of those funneled money into conservative groups, which twisted the GOP to being their representation in American government.

Once the greedy assholes from America saw what they could get away with in Russia, they wanted to get that back in America, and the Russians gave them the blueprint for how.

The thing is, because greedy assholes can't help it, they ended up having issues. That led to the Magnitsky situation. In a way we got lucky as hell over that, as the Russians were very close to getting the law that led to the sanctions on the Soviet Union off the books, which would have freed them for more open corruption in international markets letting them expand and legitimize it more. But because of their idiocy, it ended up leading to new sanctions, which hurt to the point it was putting heat on them at home politically, so they then started pushing the Nationalist angle hard, and pulling all the other shenanigans. Then Turmp gave them a gold plated turd egg by running for President.

I actually think the reason the GOP was freaking out so much about Turmp is they thought he might actually expose the situation (after all he was curbstomping them, calling them corrupt asshole losers and saying how he was an outsider he'd take care the corruption), beating them at their own game, and then when they found out that he was in as deep as they were with Russia, they got behind him in a big way. He suddenly looked like the messiah they had been looking for that would actually get them their corrupt utopia.

 

[cytg111]

...
But because of their idiocy, it ended up leading to new sanctions, which hurt to the point it was putting heat on them at home politically, so they then started pushing the Nationalist angle hard, and pulling all the other shenanigans. Then Turmp gave them a gold plated turd egg by running for President.

I actually think the reason the GOP was freaking out so much about Turmp is they thought he might actually expose the situation (after all he was curbstomping them, calling them corrupt asshole losers and saying how he was an outsider he'd take care the corruption), beating them at their own game, and then when they found out that he was in as deep as they were with Russia, they got behind him in a big way. He suddenly looked like the messiah they had been looking for that would actually get them their corrupt utopia.

Thats the propaganda ticket Putin has been punching at home for a decade, that they(Russia) are fighting off hoardes of fascism on the western front... all while financing alt right wing groups all over Europe and in the US. He must feel like such a puppet master.

 

[Jaskalas]

“I believe most of the GOP leadership has been compromised by” Russian money, the author added. “The Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee run by Mitch McConnell got millions from [Soviet-born businessman] Leonard Blavatnik.”

Why the carefully chosen words? Do we condemn people for their birthplace now?
If they had a substantive incrimination on Leonard Blavatnik being tied to Putin, why wouldn't they have used that reference instead of Soviet-born?

I am hesitant to simply believe these claims. We need a simple list of who, what, and where. The names of Republicans, the money involved, and who gave it to them. Then independent investigations into them.

 

[Commodus]

I don't know about most, but there are certainly some. California's outgoing representative Dana Rohrabacher practically wanted to fellate Putin. The issue to me is more that many Republicans willingly turn a blind eye to things that could compromise national security (like Trump's attacks on intelligence agencies, his obvious pro-Russia stance) just so they can hold on to a cushy Congress job for another few years.

 

[Thebobo]

I believe this as well and there might be some non GOP folks as well. Just look who gets invited to russian oligarch dinners.

 

[skooma]

Hell, they got a bunch of repubs to spend Independence Day in Moscow. Perfectly normal.

A lot of his base thinks trumpo is some master troll not realizing how badly the orange clown is being played the fools by putin on the world stage. Embarrassingly.

mbs and putin were lol'ing at trump with that G20 greeting. Fake as it was, it was also a direct slap at our global loss of prestige.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Sounds like someone is trying to sell his book.

 

[Indus]

Why the carefully chosen words? Do we condemn people for their birthplace now?
If they had a substantive incrimination on Leonard Blavatnik being tied to Putin, why wouldn't they have used that reference instead of Soviet-born?

I am hesitant to simply believe these claims. We need a simple list of who, what, and where. The names of Republicans, the money involved, and who gave it to them. Then independent investigations into them.

Well considering what we know now with the Russians infiltrating the NRA and controlling it with their money.. we can't ignore what we already knew for a long time.. the NRA has controlled Republicans for a long time.. its more of a connect the dots and then legitimately investigating.

Basically the NRA was a fully controlled subsidiary of the Russian government and so were the people they were bribing.. the ones who put a rapist on the Supreme Court that would protect their kompromat POTUS.

 

[Indus]

Sounds like someone is trying to sell his book.

It's amazing.. I used to laugh at something that happened twice in my wife's country feeling we could never sink to that level of a banana republic, namely - The Prime Minister fleeing overseas and now enjoying the good life overseas as a foreign asylum seeker.. seems more plausible and real as something that could happen in my country.. the United States of America.

 

[feralkid]

Sounds like someone is trying to sell his book.

Sounds like you are trolling again.

If you have facts to back up your claim, let's have them.

 

[cytg111]

Sounds like someone is trying to sell his book.

Does you contract say that you must deflect 9 amounts of anti trump media every day or you wont get paid?

 

[Schmide]

All I know is the endgame of all this involves a PP tape.

 

[Perknose]

This author, that web site

I read the thread linked in the OP's article. Unger says a lot of things in that thread, only a tiny fraction of what are mentioned in the article.

I'd first need to read his book to evaluate his evidence.

I with 'ya, wolfeman. The sad thing is that his claims are eminently plausible, if maybe a bridge too

Otoh, that web site, a bit on the fierce partisan side, did yield this video of Trump at the G20, which is hilarious if the interpretation is true.

 

[VRAMdemon]

This author, that web site

I with 'ya, wolfeman. The sad thing is that his claims are eminently plausible, if maybe a bridge too

Otoh, that web site, a bit on the fierce partisan side, did yield this video of Trump at the G20, which is hilarious if the interpretation is true.

Then Trump went to sit alone at the table while the other heads of state mingled and networked. Sitting there patting his arm to comfort himself

https://twitter.com/Guardemocracy/status/1068573873485086721

 

[Greenman]

Sounds like you are trolling again.

If you have facts to back up your claim, let's have them.

The burden of proof is on the accuser.

 

[Indus]

The burden of proof is on the accuser.

It was obvious from the start that Trump colluded with Putin to lift sanctions.

Trump and his ilk aren't even hiding it! They flat out tell you how they're trying to destroy one aspect of of society to benefit Russia and his supporters cheer for him no matter what. It is a god damned cult.

 

[shortylickens]

The burden of proof is on the accuser.

Mueller has been actively stockpiling evidence since the day he started. Its all slowly leaking out but eventually will be a full trial.

And I will laugh like a fuckin gremlin when I see rednecks with mispelled signs outside the US courthouse whining about witch hunts.

 

[Greenman]

Mueller has been actively stockpiling evidence since the day he started. Its all slowly leaking out but eventually will be a full trial.

And I will laugh like a fuckin gremlin when I see rednecks with mispelled signs outside the US courthouse whining about witch hunts.

Could I have Ironic misspelling for three hundred Alex.

 

[Schmide]

It was obvious from the start that Trump colluded with Putin to lift sanctions.

Trump and his ilk aren't even hiding it! They flat out tell you how they're trying to destroy one aspect of of society to benefit Russia and his supporters cheer for him no matter what. It is a god damned cult.

I usually don't miss her. I missed that one. Wow.