"It has been established by the FBI that the Russians successfully hacked the RNC’s emails, possibly exposing weaknesses within the Republican leadership. In fact, it appears that the Russians now possess approximately ten years’ worth of GOP emails, through 2015..."
"...if a syndicate persuades a powerful state to acquiesce or cooperate in its schemes, then it has found the magic password to Aladdin’s cave. For no organized criminal is as successful as the one who enjoys the backing of the state."
"It’s wonderful that the Iron Curtain is gone, but it was a shield for the West. Now we’ve opened the gates, and this is very dangerous for the world. America is getting Russian criminals.../
"...Nobody will have the resources to stop them. You people in the West don’t know our Mafiya yet. You will, you will!" —Boris Urov, former chief investigator of major crimes for the Russian attorney general, circa 1993
"Thus, according to the New York State attorney general’s office, when Trump closed the deal for five apartments with David Bogatin, whether he knew it or not, he had just helped launder money for the Russian Mafia."
"...created a gigantic power vacuum for the Russian Mafia to fill at a time when it had grown to roughly nine thousand criminal gangs with thirty-five thousand members, many of whom, likely including Bogatin, were looking to transfer illicit funds into safe havens in the West."
"over the next four decades similar transactions took place in Trump Tower and other Trump-branded buildings so frequently that it’s hard to imagine Donald Trump had no knowledge whatsoever about what was going on."
"In Trump, the Soviets had discovered a man who was so intoxicated by a huge new clientele with boatloads of cash that he engaged in dubious transactions without asking questions."
"Russia launched a massive global offensive in which its strategic goals were to weaken not only the United States but Britain, NATO, the European Union, and, indeed, the entire Western Alliance."
"Where Americans cracked down on organized crime, Putin co-opted it. He weaponized it. Russian gangsters became, in effect, Putin’s enforcers. This is not merely a metaphor.../
"...As Oleg Kalugin, former head of counterintelligence for the KGB, told me, in effect, “the Mafia is one of the branches of the Russian government today.”'
"...Nunes “buried key evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump.” There is no logical reason for Nunes to go so far in trying to obstruct the Russian investigation unless he has something personal at stake."
"For many years, Graham was one of Donald Trump’s harshest critics. In 2015, he described Donald Trump as a “race-baiting xenophobic bigot.” In 2016, Graham said of Trump: “I think he’s a kook. I think he’s crazy. I think he’s unfit for office.” .../
"In October of 2017, Graham played golf with Trump for the first time — and twice in the same week. During their week of golf dates, the LA Times reports that “…other senators have said Trump and Graham now talk so frequently it’s as if they are on speed-dial with one another.”
"We know that Senator Graham’s emails were stolen by the Russians, based upon his own admission in a December of 2016 interview."
"Paul Ryan was instrumental in stalling and weakening the Russia sanctions bill supported at the time by many in Congress, including Republicans"
"Senate Leader Mitch McConnell has exhibited a host of disturbing behaviors in relationship to Trump and Russia that are at odds with reasonable conduct. Back in 2016, he blocked President Obama from announcing that Russia was meddling in the election..."
The Exxon book takes you to Rex Tillerson, who is one of the dots connecting the quid pro quo. His record deal with Putin got nixed with the sanctions. No fewer than 8 Republican Senators have traveled to Moscow, returning to push for an end to the sanctions.
The GOP lawmakers, Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.), Steve Daines (Mont.), John Thune (S.D.), John Kennedy (La.), Jerry Moran (Kan.) and John Hoeven (N.D.), and Rep. Kay Granger(R-Texas), spent July 4 in Moscow’s U.S. Embassy, NPR reported.

The latest was Rand Paul
A primer on the conspiracy https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/1057301018696921088?s=19
All of the books and articles posted were written by legitimate authors...not fake news 🙄
https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/1244953219605778432?s=19
An excellent synopsis is what's at stake https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1253141460699971584?s=19
https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1270773054751244288?s=19
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