“Witch Hunt” has Found Its Witch
April 2, 2018
Robert Muller’s special counsel has found a link between President Trump’s campaign and Russian Intelligence. The Trump administration dubbed the investigation a “witch hunt,” but Muller may have found a leak in Trump’s administration. Before the 2016 election, one of Trump’s campaign aides, Rick Gates, was knowingly in contact with a member of Russian intelligence. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a new memo stating, “Person A has ties to a Russian intelligence service and had such ties in 2016.” Person A’s identity has not been announced, but many believe it was someone tied to Gates. Muller’s investigation has prompted five guilty pleas and the indictments of fourteen others, of which thirteen are Russians.
Rick Gates was Trump’s deputy campaign chairman and later the campaign’s liaison to the Republican National Committee. Gates has pleaded guilty and is now cooperating with Muller and his team. The investigation began after foreign governments detected suspicious interactions between the now-President and Russia in late 2015. On July 31, 2016, the FBI began their investigation into links between the Russian government and Trump. The committee has concluded that Russia did interfere in the 2016 election, their goal to ultimately help President Trump and harm his opponent, Hillary Clinton.
PZ, JH, DA, DC • Apr 2, 2018 at 6:29 pm
You say, “Robert Muller’s special counsel has found a link between President Trump’s campaign and Russian Intelligence.” Then you contradict yourself with the following statement, saying ” …Muller may have found a leak in Trump’s administration.” Which is it, he may have or he did?
You say, “Rick Gates, was knowingly in contact with a member of Russian intelligence.” but then contradict yourself by stating that “Person A’s identity has not been announced, but many believe it was someone tied to Gates.” What this tell me is that you do not have the proper evidence needed to make the claim that it was Gates, but made the assertion anyway. I have a few questions.
What Criminal Charges were brought up against him?
What Committee are you talking about in the last paragraph?
What did the Trump administration say about this?
These are all questions that could’ve and should’ve been answered.
Mackenzie Riley • Apr 3, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Thank you for reading the article. The link found between the administration and Russia was different from the information leak found in the Trump administration. Rick Gates pled guilty to financial fraud and lying to investigators. The person A (cited in the memo) is different than Rick Gates, Person A in the memo, was unidentified at the time the article was written. Now that person has been identified as Van der Zwaan who has ties to Rick Gates. Van der Zwann he is being tried for lying and withholding documents that were important to an investigation. The committee is Muller’s special council, leading the investigation. As stated in the first paragraph the Trump administration has dubbed this investigation a “witch hunt”. Thank you for a comment, all the information in the article is factual and was stated by the FBI and other news outlets.