The Republican Party Is A Russian Asset
The Smirnov indictment shows that the Republican Party has been acting as a Russian asset.
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House Republicans Were Acting As “Russian Assets”
The Smirnov indictment revealed a bombshell that not only were the Burisma and Biden bribery allegations fabricated, but those fabrications came from Russian intelligence agents.
Rep. Dan Goldman explained on CNN what this means:
It's pretty shocking and especially what it means that has been going on for the last four years, which is that wittingly or unwittingly, House Republicans have been acting as an agent or an asset of Russian intelligence for Vladimir Putin.
This whole Burisma thing was debunked during the first impeachment investigation in 2019 by numerous, numerous witnesses, all of whom experts on Ukraine and Russia. And now this three - this 1023 materializes from a purported conversation in 2020 that is treated as gospel by the Republicans.
And I would like to know whether or not Sen. Grassley, who had a copy of this 1023 before the FBI ever gave it or Chairman Comer or Chairman Jordan, all of whom were singing the praises of this - the information provided by this source, had any idea whether or not it was completely bogus and was in fact a plant by Russian intelligence, which has been trying to meddle somewhat successfully in our election since 2016.
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It can be argued whether Republicans were witting or unwitting Russian assets, which we will talk about below, but that really isn’t the point. Republicans are being used by Russia to attack the President Of The United States and American democracy.
This isn’t a Trump problem or a House problem. Russia has infiltrated the US Senate, too, and the Republican Party, along with conservative media.
The problem is that the Republican Party is an asset of Putin and Russia.
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