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So in 2016 Obama didn't push the Russian interference publicly, basically in fear
of being seen to be interfering in favor of Clinton. Ethical and understandable.

FACT CHECK: Why Didn't Obama Stop Russia's Election Interference In 2016?
February 21, 20181:08 PM ET
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/587614043/fact-check-why-didnt-obama-stop-russia-s-election-interference-in-2016

Republicans didn't make a big deal of it (and lied about it) because they were happy to get
any help they could from an illegal foreign effort to help them win. Bordering on treasonous.

"Wisconsin's Russia-GOP connection. It goes well beyond poll data in Mueller Report"

From yours

Also don't forget that a couple of Wisconsin politicians knew about these Russian efforts before the 2016 election, but hid it from unsuspecting Wisconsin voters. In late Summer 2016, President Obama organized a "Gang of 12" to let them know about potential Russian hacking and interference, and 2 of the members of that meeting were then-House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Homeland Security Chair Ron Johnson. That meeting that was kept from public knowledge before the elections after complaints from Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.

I’ve referenced this Bruce Murphy article in Urban Milwaukee from January 2017 .. https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/01/10/murphys-law-ron-johnson-asleep-on-russian-hacking/ .. in the past, and that's because it continues to link back to developments in the Trump-GOP-Russia connection. It also points to Johnson being complicit in keeping Wisconsinites from knowing about the Russian garbage that was being sent to their computers, and flat-out lying later on about what intelligence agencies told him.

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Russia’s interference with the American elections fit the pattern of a country engaged in disinformation and destabilization efforts across the globe, as Johnson has described it. And Russia’s leader was someone Johnson already suspected of nefarious acts. Johnson had previously sponsored resolutions calling for a full investigation into the murder of a Russian political opposition leader and for an investigation of Russia’s attacks on the Ukraine.

Johnson, in short, had an opportunity to be a patriot and condemn the fact that Russia was now engaged in such activities in the United States. But he issued no resolutions — in fact, not one word — on Russian’s cyber attacks on America.

Worse, he has engaged in his own pattern of misinformation on the subject. After the CIA publicly released a report in January concluding that Russia meddled in the presidential election to help Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump win the election, Johnson issued a statement to the Wisconsin State Journal saying he would “would need more definitive information before drawing further conclusions.” Johnson did not reveal that he had been informed back in September this was happening.

Johnson went on to complain to CNBC that the CIA refused to brief him on Russian hacking, saying “I have not seen the evidence that it actually was Russia,” while failing to note the CIA report’s echoed the briefing he’d received from other intelligence leaders in September.
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In addition, Ron Johnson was 1 of several GOP Senators who decided last year's US Independence Day was a great time...to visit the Russians.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/21/1852036/-Wisconsin-s-Russia-GOP-connection-It-goes-well-beyond-poll-data-in-Mueller-Report?utm_campaign=trending

To link to more on the infamous Russian spy Butina's NRA/Republican connections.

Trump Jr., Butina, and the N.R.A.’s Pete Brownell. Chuckle. Good photo.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=145393942
.. also linked bottom there ..
Donald Trump can't ignore the Mueller investigation now that a Russian is behind bars
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=145368591

The Russian accused of using sex, lies and guns to infiltrate US politics
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=142331843

Part 127, some of Russian meddling, and related, material from F6 big ones. These from Friday, 01/26/18, headed,
David Cay Johnston: Trump is Determined to Provoke War to Draw Focus from Racist & Erratic Behavior
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=138006059
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=138054866

.. and ..

FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump

[... with more bottom linked ...]

Posted specifically to

Trump Has Deep Links to Organized Crime: Federal Investigators Know It and the Public Is Catching Up
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-18/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-said-to-have-advised-trump-team
Copyright 2017 AlterNet (emphasis in original)
http://www.alternet.org/why-trump-going-be-unable-hide-his-deep-connections-organized-crime-figures-investigators [with comments]
.. in full and almost halfway down in yours.

One other on Torshin

Top Russian Official Tried to Broker ‘Backdoor’ Meeting Between Trump and Putin
[Alexander Torshin, the deputy governor of the Russian central bank who
has been linked both to Russia’s security services and organized crime]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner.html
.. more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dKaduOLjYbhWR0MvTqCuetLnRNJWM?gl=US&ned=us&hl=en
.. reproduced in .. Part 68, some Russian meddling,...
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=136701381

See also:

TRUMP ASSOCIATE [Sater] BOASTED THAT MOSCOW BUSINESS DEAL "WILL GET DONALD ELECTED"
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=134197275

The Drug Trafficker Donald Trump Risked His Casino Empire to Protect
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=129523675

Trump Is a Mobster President
He demands loyalty not just from bureaucratic professionals like James Comey, but everyone. What are the consequences for America?
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=132120763
.. linked bottom here ..
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137845761