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Russiagate: A cover for real scandal

Finian Cunningham
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:54 UTC © REUTERS / Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool So the US news media are in uproar over President Trump's latest admission that a meeting between his son and a Russian lawyer more than two years ago was about "getting dirt" on Hillary Clinton.

Admittedly, President Trump appears to have been telling lies about the past meeting, which took place at Trump Tower in New York City in the summer of 2016. Or maybe it's just this American president shooting himself in the foot - again - with his inimical gibberish-style.

Thus, by appearing to accept a meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 - during the presidential campaign - the Trump election team are accused of breaking US law.

In any case, what is being totally missed in the latest brouhaha is the staggering hypocrisy in the US media circus over Trump. Let's take Trump at his word - not a reliable source admittedly - that his campaign team were trying to "get dirt" on Clinton. That would appear to be a violation of US law.

Comment: SPYGATE: The biggest political scandal in US history since Watergate

The Russiagate claims are just a sideshow. As American writer Paul Craig Roberts, among others, has commented, the media-driven "witch hunt" against Trump and Russia is blown out of all proportion in order to distract from the real scandal which is Intelgate - and how millions of American voters were potentially disenfranchised by the US intelligence apparatus for a political power grab.

Another staggering hypocrisy in the US media kerfuffle over Trump and alleged Russian interference is that all the fastidious hyperbole completely ignores actual foreign interference in American democracy - foreign interference that is on an absolutely colossal scale.

Foreign interference in US politics - in which often nefarious foreign interests are promoted over those of ordinary American citizens - is conducted on a gargantuan and systematic scale. But this massively illegal interference in flagrant violation of US laws is stupendously ignored by the American media.
 GregH335 · 2018-08-10T15:10:51Z
The dimwitted democrats do not realize the war they have started. If they try to pass gun control, we do not need to obey that law as democrats ignore the laws of immigration. If they expect anyone to pay taxes for their evil missions... forget it. We do need to obey their laws. The dumbass liberals have now set the example … we can pick and choose the laws we obey.... They have created a situation they have no idea how bad it will get... Keep your guns close and keep them loaded. The day is coming...… Ragnar · 2018-08-10T15:25:56Z
I've always felt that many of the laws in the US are just stupid. I remember getting hauled down to jail when I was 11 because I was out past cerfew. The fact that I didn't even know what the word meant, or that it was some sort of rule was ignored. Since then many other instances have promoted me to reject many of the "laws" they pass. I really think that America needs to have a huge reset. We need to wipe all laws and regulations, take the constitution and bill of rights and just start over. It's long past time the legal system is reset so it represents everyone, not just the wealthy and connected. HashAttack2 · 2018-08-10T18:31:32Z
Ragnar Laws are created to criminalize and penalize people HashAttack2 · 2018-08-10T18:28:57Z
I didn't think that this nothing burger wouldn't be able to continue once the meaning of Strzok's "insurance policy" became clear
