The Russian question obscures everything about Trump’s presidency. Keith Olbermann calls for a federal grand jury to determine if crimes have been committed in the presidential election, in the Trump transition and now in the Trump administration involving Russian attempts to influence American democracy, specifically in the Presidential Election of 2016.
Keith makes a compelling case against Donald Trump and his numerous associates – some of whom are now in government, and some who were involved in his campaign.The story is epic, promising to make Watergate pale by comparison. While we should get answers from Trump, he now claims; “I haven’t called Russia in ten years.” Trump heatedly directs us to get on with our lives, and brands those as sore losers who feel he has either been compromised by Russian Intelligence or that he is a Russian operative.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes wants us to forget this ‘witch hunt’ over Trump’s Russia ties. In a conflicted statement, Nunes insists: “There was no Russia contact – but major crimes were committed by those who leaked about contact.” How is this even possible if there was no Russian contact?
We deserve to know if we are now a Russian colony because Trump is what is called a ‘useful idiot,’ used both by the Russians for their ends, and for the Breitbart’s Bannon to destroy our democratic system – his stated goal.
With a line that runs through newly confirmed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Rachel Maddow connects the dots between a billionaire Russian oligarch and a Donald Trump deal worth tens of millions of dollars. Trump’s byzantine chain of connections to Russia come full circle with the appointment of Ross.