Республиканцы

[tijd.livejournal.com]

Эван Макмаллин, бывший сотрудник ЦРУ и неудавшийся кандидат в президенты США, обратился с открытым письмом к республиканкому руководству в Конгрессе:

This plotline is unlikely to improve of its own accord, and America’s security is now at stake. For Republican leaders in Congress, there is no more room for cognitive dissonance. Instead, it is urgent that they recommit to patriotic prudence. They should demand that Attorney General Jeff Sessions appoint an independent special counsel to investigate Russia’s assault on American democracy and Mr. Trump’s possible collusion with the Kremlin.

At a minimum, they must establish a bipartisan special select committee with subpoena power in the House or the Senate for the same purpose. This job is too big and significant to be entrusted to the standing intelligence committees, which have critical tasks and limited staff. The nation must have accountability — including public hearings where possible — on these matters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/a-party-to-the-russian-connection.html

Пока что нет никаких признаков того, что призыв Макмаллина будет услышан республиканцами. Но в качестве первой ласточки республиканский конгрессмен Walter Jones из Северной Каролины присоединился к проекту закона об учреждении в Конгрессе специальной комиссии по расследованию российского вмешательства в выборы (Protecting Our Democracy Act).

The purpose of the Commission is to examine any attempts or activities by the Russian government, persons or entities associated with the Russian government, or persons or entities within Russia to use electronic means to influence, interfere with, or sow distrust in elections for public office held in the United States in 2016.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/356/text



Со штатом Северная Каролина, откуда происходит конгрессмен Джонс, связана новая фантазия Louise Mensch:
https://patribotics.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/the-carolina-conspiracy-putin-catfished-weiner-louise-mensch/



She says she prefers the free hand self-publishing provides.

“I didn’t want to be subject to an editing process,”she said. “Editors would ask: who are your sources? And I can’t tell them.”

In her tweets Mensch is unsparing when it comes to making allegations, and she has repeatedly denounced some figures in the Trump circle as traitors. She insists she has no fear of being sued for libel. “I’ve never been sued because I’ve never been wrong,” she said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/17/louise-mensch-trump-russia-ties-media-scoop