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Summary of the Trump Russian Scandal

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Much to the chagrin of Donald Trump, this scandal is not going away. With the latest development being Sessions perjuring himself in front of congress, this scandal is growing legs and will continue to dominate the news cycle. Since, this is just the beginning, I thought now would be a good time to summarize what happened ~ who's involved ~
  • The DNC was hacked by two hacker groups code named Fuzzy Bear and Cozy Bear.
  • Emails of Clinton aide John Podesta were leaked by Guccifer 2.0 and Wikileaks
  • Trump hires campaign manager Paul Manafort who had done previous lobbying in the Ukraine for pro-Russian former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
  • Trump wins the election, the intelligence community announces Russia interfered with the election 2016.
  • An ex-spy Christopher Steele put together a dossier on Trump. The dossier alleges the Russian government has compromising evidence on Donald Trump and is using it to blackmail Trump.
  • Buzzfeed publishes a story containing information on Russian prostitutes and Donald Trump, that is the genesis of the Trump fake news tirade.
  • Trump appoints national "friend of Russia", CEO of Exxon, Rex Tillerson to Secretary of State. Exxon has a 500 Billion dollar oil deal hanging on Obama sanctions.
  • The FBI discovers tapes of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn discussing Obama sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador. Flynn resigns.
  • Jeff Sessions commits perjury during his Attorney General Senate hearing. He told congress he "had no communications with Russia" The first week of March, the press discovers this is untrue. Jeff Sessions had two different meeting with the Russian ambassador. When questioned on this Sessions said, "I do not recall." Sessions recuses himself from the Russian investigation.
  • The FBI had discovered other Trump campaign aides talking with the Russians Carter Page, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort.
  • Reuters reports The FBI has 3 separate probes into Russian interference in American politics.
 
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