Thread: Laura Ingraham: Time for Mueller to Interview Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Susan Rice

Laura Ingraham: Time for Mueller to Interview Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Susan Rice, Ben Rhodes and Maybe Even Barack Obama

by JEFF POOR17 Feb 2018


Friday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” host Laura Ingraham gave her take on the indictments handed down by special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe regarding interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Ingraham told viewers the indictments illustrated how Russia was still a threat to the United States despite then-President Barack Obama’s dismissal during the 2012 presidential election. She also said Mueller should interview 2016 Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State John Kerry, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and former President Barack Obama as part of his investigation.

Partial transcript as follows:

INGRAHAM: We finally have indictments in the Mueller investigation related to meddling in the 2016 election and the only ones being charged are Russians. A federal grand jury has now indicted 13 Russian individuals and companies for interfering in the 2016 election.

They are charged with a bunch of things like creating fake ads, staging pro and anti-Trump campaign events and also setting up bogus-run organizations, but they’re not accused of rigging the election for Trump, but instead of waging information warfare to sow discord in the political system.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictments and added this important caveat.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROD ROSENSTEIN, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL: There is no allegation in this indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charge conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

INGRAHAM: Did you hear that? No American knowingly took part in the meddling and the plot had no effect on the outcome of the election. The facts, as we know them right now, support the president’s argument, an argument we have been making on this show for months, that there was no Russian collusion.

Trump took a bit of a victory lap, tweeting today, “Russia started their anti-U.S. campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for president. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong. No collusion.”

Well, it certainly looks that way, but we don’t know for sure what else Mueller may have up his sleeve. Though, I’ll tell you who this totally vindicates. Conservatives and Republicans who have been warning people for years about how devious the Russians can be in this situation.

Remember, when President Obama sarcastically mocked Mitt Romney’s Russia warning back in 2012 during the presidential debate.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: When you’re asked what’s the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia. Not al Qaeda, you said Russia. In the 1980s or now, calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

INGRAHAM: Now, Obama was so convinced of that, his DOJ and FBI did next to nothing about the Russian skulduggery. I love that word. His State Department actually approved the visas for the Russian operatives that were indicted by Mueller today.

His FBI began spying on Trump Campaign Advisor Carter Page with a FISA warrant in the fall of 2016. Now details in today’s indictment do point to vindication for the Trump team. This is Jonathan Turley from tonight’s “Special Report.”

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JONATHAN TURLEY: This makes more sense than the narratives that everyone has been throwing around in conspiracies. This began in 2014, began before the presidential election. The Russians were taking targets of opportunity and shooting at everybody in the election but certainly working more against Hillary Clinton. But what it does show is that they did a really quite impressive job in finding this cyber trail to these individuals.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

INGRAHAM: I’ll say. And the indictment describes rallies that took place after the election, both in support of and against Trump, and by the way, some of them happened on the same day, all allegedly promoted by these Russian accounts.

You see this ad? Well, according to “Buzzfeed,” this anti-Trump rallies staged just four days after the election was promoted by something called “Black Matters U.S.,” a social media campaign thought to be organized by Russians.

So, why would Trump collude with Russians to stage anti-Trump rallies? Does that make any sense? Here’s the bottom line. The Trump campaign did not know about Russian interference in the election. But the Obama administration certainly did and may have in fact enabled it.

Given that we already know Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the DNC paid for that fake Russian dossier, it’s time for the special counsel to interview Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Susan Rice, Ben Rhodes, and maybe even Barack Obama. I say it’s high time that we determine who really colluded with the Russians.

Laura Ingraham: Time for Mueller to Interview Hillary Clinton, John ...

Well, just because Robert Mueller has written a fancy tale about Russian collusion in an indictment of charges that will never be prosecuted and thus none of the evidence ever seen by the public, doesn't mean it's true. I'm still not buying that the Russians did all this to place some truly ridiculous Facebook ads on social media to disrupt our democracy. It did no such thing, so I at least have more respect for the capabilities and sophistication of the Russians than to believe one word of this foolish indictment. Were they conducting intelligence operations? Well, yes, isn't that what diplomats do? Isn't that why they have Embassies? So you can spy and run to the safety of the Embassy before you're hauled away in a police van?! Yep, we do it, every country does it, and yes Russia does it, too.

Get over it and move on.

You know what had the single biggest impact on the election? The phony polls that were spiked with Democrats versus Republicans and Independents to deliberately mislead and deceive the voting public that Hillary was so far ahead, she would be assured the win. And from that standpoint, it worked, she won the popular vote. The media campaign, whether MSM or Social Media, all worked for the benefit of Hillary, all the "information warfare" foreign and domestic, benefited Hillary with the vote. She won the election based on popular vote that she and her crooked friends in government and media rigged for that outcome. She sure did. Trump won the Presidency because he worked his ass off, had the best message and worked in the right states to win the Electoral College.

People need to remember that. Hillary won the election based on votes. She lost the Presidency because she didn't win them in enough states to win enough Electoral College votes. And don't forget her relentless campaign to try to force those votes in states Trump won over to her. that was the point of the rallies after the election, to influence the electoral college against Trump.

Seriously, the Russians are laughing their butts off at us.

The alleged tactic used by these Russians is no different than what has been used by politicians of all parties. They all deal in dis-information. If these Russians happened to have American citizenship, they would be doing what every other politico is doing. So I don't fear the Russian influence on our elections any more than I fear the American Nazis or any other fringe group. We need to tighten the reigns on all of them. Lying by the media or any candidate should be prosecutable. How can voters make up their mind when everything they hear is a lie? We need to beware of everybody, not just the Russians.

I like the Russian people and always have. I've thought most of my life that it was a real shame that such a great ally of ours who sacrificed so much in WWII would become a cold war adversary. Such a shame. All those years wasted. For what? Nothing of benefit to either Russia or the United States. Trump won't give up, he won't quit, he'll try to improve this relationship and set a new course between our two countries, and I think he can, and if he can, he will.

Originally Posted by Judy

Seriously, the Russians are laughing their butts off at us.

The Russians must be afraid to hear the next joke from our politicians.

I would imagine Russians will continue doing what they do for whatever reasons they think it's in their best interest to do, same as any country.

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
13m 13 minutes ago

If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Exactly.

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