Now that Mueller gave his final verdict March 23, 2019, finding no Russian collusion, and Democrats lost their impeachment battle Feb. 5, new reports surface from anonymous sources saying that Russia’s meddling again in the 2020 election. Instead of showing proof, the anonymous source said that Russia’s trying to help Trump win reelection. Judging by their debate in Las Vegas last night, Democrats have done far more than Russia or any other country to beat themselves, watching the six remaining candidates join in a circular firing squad. Yet raising the Russian boogeyman again attempts to de-legitimize Trump’s 2020 campaign, hoping Democrats band together to defeat 73-year-old President Donald Trump. U.S. intel officials have offered no proof of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, let alone claiming now, through an anonymous source, they’re doing it again.
More accusations of Trump’s involvement with Russia helps Democrats fuel the kind of conspiracy theories they hope will whip up their base. “The Republicans responded as you would expect. They went nuts,” said the unnamed intel official, guaranteeing that it’s more fake news. Without sources, reports of Russian meddling in the 2020 election are more fake news, the same type that led to the 2017 Special Counsel investigation and eventual partisan impeachment proceedings. “They questioned the intelligence,” said the unnamed official, knowing, that his statements were equally, if not more, questionable. Reported in the anti-Trump New York Times, the new reports of Russian interference prompted Trump officials to reassign acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire. Raising Russian interferences shows Democrats’ desperation to taint Trump’s reelection campaign.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton started the Russian hoax in the last debate in Las Vegas, Oct. 19, 2016, calling Trump a “Putin puppet.” Hillary used her fake opposition research AKA “the Steele Dossier” to accuse Trump of Russian interference. FBI officials led by 59-year-old former FBI Director James Comey, used Hillary’s fake dossier to get warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA] court to wiretap former Trump foreign policy aid Carter Page. U.S. Atty. John Durham (R-Conn.) is currently working with a grand jury on indicting former FBI officials for abusing their positions. “They [the Russians] are favoring one candidate while they do it,” said the anonymous source,” providing no facts to back up the unverified claim of Russian meddling. Democrats set up skeptical Republicans as denying the existence of Russian meddling.
Appointing Richard Grennell as acting DNI director, Trump hopes to stop more wild propaganda stemming from anti-Trump intel officials. Watching House Intel Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) brief Democrat members shows that the propaganda wars have begun again. Schiff wasn’t happy losing the Mueller investigation and the impeachment proceedings, now seeks to stir the pot on more allegations of Russian collusion. It looks like Schiff’s up to his old tricks, sowing more doubt in Trump’s reelection efforts, citing an unnamed intel source claiming Russia wants to help Trump get reelected. Maguire’s lieutenant Shelby Pierson briefed House committees last week of alleged Russian interference in the 2020 election. Creating more doubt about the 2020 election is a clever way to mobilize the Democrat base, insinuating again that Trump has conspired with Russia.
Russia actively pursues propaganda efforts but there’s no way to determine whether or not it has any impact or changes any votes. Even in 2016, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller could not say that one vote was changed due to an active Russian propaganda campaign. Yet intel officials insisted that Russian tried to interfere with the 2016 election. After Hillary lost, she routinely blamed Russia—or Comey—for her loss to Trump in the 2016 election. Intel officials cite Russian fake news, cyber attacks and other ways to swing the outcome toward Trump. Yet no proof is ever provided that even one vote was changed, no matter what the influence campaign. Using unnamed officials published in the New York Times proves Trump’s point about fake news trying to sabotage in presidential campaign. Talking again about Russian collusion won’t compensate for poor Democrat presidential candidates.
Starting the Russian interference conspiracy theory is the perfect way to undermine Trump reelection campaign for Democrats. There’s no way to prove or disprove the presence of Russian influence because it’s ubiquitous, regardless of whether or not it has any effect. Starting with more anonymous sources published in the New York Times repeats the same conspiracies that led to FBI’s counter-intelligence investigation and eventual impeachment. There’s evidence that Schiff is up to his old tricks, spawning conspiracies and pointing to Trump’s Russian collusion. Even after Mueller released his Final Report March 23, 2019 clearing Trump of Russian collusion, Schiff said he had proof of Trump’s Russian collusion. Schiff, of course, provided no proof of anything. It’s no coincidence that Schiff’s back to whipping up more conspiracies about Russian collusion.
