{"id":38977,"date":"2020-05-29T16:15:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T20:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38977"},"modified":"2020-05-29T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T20:15:59","slug":"why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38977","title":{"rendered":"Why It Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday Real Clear Politics<\/a> posted an article titled, “What the ‘Obamagate’ Scandals Mean and Why They Matter.” The article lists and details the scandals and why they matter. I will list them and then share the conclusion. Please follow the link to the article for further details.<\/p>\n

The article lists the scandals:<\/p>\n

Scandal No. 1: Massive, illegal surveillance of American citizens, using the database of the National Security Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scandal No. 2: Spying on the Trump campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scandal No. 3: Covering up this spying, continuing it during the new administration, charging that Trump was not legitimately elected, and impeding his presidency with major investigations, based on false charges<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Obama officials worked especially hard to remove incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Because Gen. Flynn was an experienced intelligence officer, he would surely uncover the surveillance of Trump\u2019s campaign and transition and stop its continuation against the new administration. He had to go. Now we know just how low the Obama administration and Comey FBI sunk to make that happen: spying, unmasking, leaking classified phone calls, discarding FBI protocols to set up an entrapment interview based on a meaningless \u201clegal violation,\u201d and telling Trump directly, as Obama did, not to hire Flynn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beyond this destructive mission, Brennan loyalists at the CIA burrowed into Trump\u2019s National Security Council while the FBI tried to plant agents in the White House itself. Most important of all, the Obama team and their congressional allies helped launch multiple, full-scale investigations of \u201cRussian collusion\u201d with no solid basis, plenty of contrived \u201cevidence,\u201d and breathless media headlines. It all failed, but not before it damaged Trump\u2019s presidency and the basic tenets of liberal democracy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s an ugly picture, one that goes beyond dirty tricks and the normal bounds of \u201cloyal opposition.\u201d We still have a lot to learn, but we already know a great deal. We know how grave the three scandals were. We know they fit together, forming something much larger. With each new tranche of declassified documents, we see something big and hideous emerging from the Swamp, a political scandal of profound import.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This information needs to be shouted to the American people. There are many Americans who still believe that President Trump did collude with the Russians, and they need to be told the truth. No one likes to admit that they believed a lie, but it is time to educate the American citizens on what the truth actually is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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