
Вчера был один из самых тяжелых дней в истории Рашагейта.
1. Санкций, о которых так долго ломали копья, не будет. Администрация Трампа тупо положила на решение Конгресса и решила, что в новых санкциях нет нужны.
President Donald Trump’s administration signaled it was not imposing new sanctions under a bill he reluctantly signed into law in August, just six months into his presidency.
Members of Congress, including Democrats and some of Trump’s fellow Republicans, have been clamoring for his administration to use sanctions to punish Moscow for past election interference and prevent future meddling in U.S. polls.
“Given the long timeframes generally associated with major defense deals, the results of this effort are only beginning to become apparent,” Nauert said. “From that perspective, if the law is working, sanctions on specific entities or individuals will not need to be imposed because the legislation is, in fact, serving as a deterrent.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions/u-s-says-sanctions-law-deters-billions-in-russian-defense-sales-idUSKBN1FI2V7

2. Вчера истекал положенный по закону о санкциях срок предоставления Конгрессу докладу о российских олигархах, включая их близость к Путину, коррупционность, источники состояния и зарубежные активы. Неизвестно, что вошло в закрытую часть доклада, то в опубликованной части никакой этой информации нет - просто тупой список членов российского правительства и всех российских миллиардеров по версии журнала Форбс. Похоже на издевательскую отписку.
The U.S. Treasury Department's list released Monday detailing 210 Russian oligarchs and close political affiliates of President Vladimir Putin bears a striking similarity to a list of Russia's richest citizens published in Forbes Magazine in 2017.
In fact, almost all 96 oligarchs listed in the unclassified annex of the report, who have a net worth of at least $1 billion, can be found in Forbes' ranking of the "200 richest businessmen in Russia 2017."
The department made clear that this was not a sanctions list, though many of the individuals on the list are already subject to U.S. sanctions. Now it appears that the list is simply a who's who of Russia's rich, seemingly giving it less significance than originally thought.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/30/us-treasury-oligarch-list-is-strikingly-similar-to-forbes-richest-russians-ranking.html

3. Вчера утром был отправлен в отставку Эндрю Маккаби, заместитель директора ФБР и объект нападок со стороны трампистов. Таким образом зачищено все руководство ФБР, существовавшее при Коми. Это одновременно попытка избавиться от свидетелей преступлений Трампа и попытка взять ФБР под контроль.
Неделю назад сообщалось, что нынешний директор ФБР грозился уйти в отставку, если Маккаби будет уволен. Но похоже, что он в конце концов поддался давлению.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions — at the public urging of President Donald Trump — has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed, according to three sources with direct knowledge.
https://www.axios.com/scoop-sessions-fbi-trump-christopher-wray-877adb3e-5f8d-44a1-8a2f-d4f0894ca6a7.html
NBC рассказывает о разговоре Маккаби с Трампом на следующий день после увольнения Коми, которое сделало Маккаби и.о. директора ФБР.
The day after he fired James Comey as director of the FBI, a furious President Donald Trump called the bureau's acting director, Andrew McCabe, demanding to know why Comey had been allowed to fly on an FBI plane from Los Angeles back to Washington after he was dismissed, according to multiple people familiar with the phone call.
McCabe told the president he hadn’t been asked to authorize Comey’s flight, but if anyone had asked, he would have approved it, three people familiar with the call recounted to NBC News.
The president was silent for a moment and then turned on McCabe, suggesting he ask his wife how it feels to be a loser — an apparent reference to a failed campaign for state office in Virginia that McCabe’s wife made in 2015.
McCabe replied, “OK, sir.” Trump then hung up the phone.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-gripes-against-mccabe-included-wife-s-politics-comey-n842161
4. Вчера вечером республиканское большинство в комиссии Палаты представителей по разведке проголосовало за то, чтобы опубликовать доклад Нунеса, тем самым наплевав на официальное предупреждение Министерства юстиции о том, что подобная публикация нанесёт прямой урон национальной безопасности. На том же заседании они проголосовали против публикации пояснительного доклада демократов и объявили, что займутся расследованием ФБР и Министерства юстиции.
Now, it has been publicly reported from time to time that there was a subset of the majority working on some kind of a investigation or inquiry into the Department of Justice and the FBI, but apparently the chairman made it formal today: According to the majority, the FBI is under investigation, and so is the Department of Justice.
https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=342
Откровенное предательство интересов страны в угоду Трампу и Путину происходит в реальном времени.
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Date: 2018-01-30 02:27 pm (UTC)“I’m fed up waiting for this Administration to protect our country and our elections. They’ve now shown us they won’t act, so it’s time for Congress to do more. We should start by passing the bill I introduced with Mr. Connolly, the SECURE Our Democracy Act, which will specifically go after those who interfered in our election. Through that or some other measure, we can no longer leave this matter in the hands of the White House. Russia is already working to interfere with the 2018 elections. This Administration has made it clear it will do nothing to stand in Russia’s way.”
https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/news/press-releases/engel-statement-trump-administrations-failure-impose-new-sanctions-russia
Заявление Бена Кардина более осторожное:
“The U.S. should be prepared to impose sanctions when the law is clearly violated. The administration should not rest in these efforts and I expect a frequent and regular dialogue on this issue.”
https://www.cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-welcomes-administration-briefing-ongoing-dialogue-on-russia-sanctions-urges-aggressive-enforcement-of-caatsa-
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Date: 2018-01-30 10:18 pm (UTC)"On the whole, it is clear the administration is working in good faith, and I am committed to applying pressure, as needed, to ensure further implementation.”
https://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/1/corker-statement-on-implementation-of-the-countering-america-s-adversaries-through-sanctions-act
У Ройса заявление тоже беззубое:
"Upon review of this report on oligarchs, I am requesting that the administration determine whether additional penalties should be levied against any of those individuals listed. I look forward to continuing to work with the administration to target corruption that hurts the Russian people and threatens vital U.S. interests.”
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/royce-urges-admin-to-act-against-corrupt-russian-oligarchs/
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Date: 2018-01-30 03:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-30 03:55 pm (UTC)Вместо этого в последний момент получили издевательскую отписку - список правительства с сайта Кремля и список миллиардеров Форбса.
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Date: 2018-01-30 04:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-30 04:44 pm (UTC)Ослунд дополнительно поясняет, что грамотный доклад был подготовлен специалистами, но в последнюю минуту его выкинули и заменили "телефонной книгой".
This anticipated report was called the “Kremlin list” and it was due at midnight on January 29. The obvious aim was to identify those who had made their fortune on illicit contacts with the Kremlin. The various US government bodies involved clearly carried out conscientious work along these lines.
At the last minute, however, somebody high up—no one knows who at this point—threw out the experts’ work and instead wrote down the names of the top officials in the Russian presidential administration and government plus the 96 Russian billionaires on the Forbes list. In doing so, this senior official ridiculed the government experts who had prepared another report, rendering CAATSA ineffective and mocking US sanctions on Russia overall. By signing this list, the secretary of the treasury took responsibility for it.
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/payback-president-trump-gets-revenge-for-russian-sanctions
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Date: 2018-02-01 05:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-30 06:30 pm (UTC)Я еще понимаю, когда Вы защищали право Клинтон скрыть, что она подделала праймериз против своего социалиста Берни. Там типа иностранцы участвовали в донесении информации.
Но сейчас Вы пишите, что Конгресс США не имеет права рассказать о фактах, как расследованием, которое должно было быть независимым, руководили что ни на есть предвзятые в пользу Демпартии люди?
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Date: 2018-01-30 06:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-01 05:59 am (UTC)А что значит последнее предложение? Какой-то набор слов.
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Date: 2018-02-02 12:24 am (UTC)Последнее, про последнее - про доклад Нунеса, и что мы уже точно знаем про окружающие факты. И про пропавшие смс-ки, и про уволенного перед пенсией... Погуглите.
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Date: 2018-02-02 05:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-30 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-02-02 03:55 pm (UTC)A Treasury report obtained by Bloomberg concluded that expanding sanctions to new Russian sovereign debt and derivatives could destabilize markets and spread beyond Russia to have “negative spillover effects into global financial markets and businesses.”
Investors interpreted the findings as indicating that the U.S. has taken debt market penalties off the table despite pressure from Congress for additional sanctions on Russia for its meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-02/treasury-warns-of-widespread-effects-of-russian-debt-sanctions