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   Hello Aaron,   
      
   >Lee's on your side; he's an ex-military Democrat. You can call him General   
   > Lee, he probably won't mind.   
      
   The General Lee was the finest car I ever had. Until the Dukes   
   of Hazzard got hold of it. Next time I saw it was some twenty plus   
   years later when the Duke boys (and Daisy) took a trip in it to   
   a small town in Louisiana.   
      
   >Trump is pro-military. If the story is true, then he will make Russia pay.   
      
   Really? What is he going to have Russia pay with? Rubles that   
   can only be spent in Russia? Hillary Clinton was right. Trump is   
   Putin's puppet. The man got his money to run his empire from   
   Russian mobsters. What this is all about is payback. Russians   
   are collecting what is owed to them by their client.   
      
   It is going to be fun auditing his tax records. Loads of fun.   
   Unfortunately, we still have to wait another six months before   
   getting started.   
      
   Presidential hopeful Joe Biden said reports about the orange menace   
   (Trump) knowing about the Russian bounties and choosing to do nothing   
   would be a "truly shocking revelation" about the C-in-C's failure   
   to protect US troops in Afghanistan, along with his failure to stand   
   up to Russia.   
      
   What is Trump going to do now? Call the NYT's article "fake news"?   
      
   Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), No. 3 Republican in the House, called   
   on the White House to give the Congress more information on the   
   subject, saying lawmakers need to know "Who did know and when?"   
   - and also referred to Vladimir Putin, "What has been done in   
   response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?"   
      
   Imagine that. The daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney calling   
   Donald Trump out, making her daddy proud!   
      
   Donald Trump is feigning ignorance, claiming he did not know.   
   Claims he was never briefed on this by his own intelligence, or   
   by anybody else. Nixonian "I am not a crook!" kind of guy.   
      
   The intelligence assessments were given to Trump in February.   
   Part of his daily briefings. John Bolton claims he was verbally   
   briefed on this in 2019, but could not comment or write about   
   it in his book due to national security concerns.   
      
   Russia called the report "nonsense" -   
      
   "This unsophisticated plant clearly illustrates the low intellectual   
   abilities of the propagandists of American intelligence, who instead   
   of inventing something more plausible have to make up this nonsense."   
   ~ Russian Foreign Ministry   
      
   Taliban militants also "strongly reject this allegation" and are   
   not "indebted to the beneficence of any organ or foreign country."   
      
   Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC's "This Week" that she had not been   
   informed about the bounties and has requested the White House give   
   a report to Congress on the matter.   
      
   "This is as bad as it gets, and yet the president will not confront   
   the Russians on this score, denies being briefed. Whether he is or not,   
   his administration knows and our allies -- some of our allies who work   
   with us in Afghanistan had been briefed accept this report."   
   ~ Nancy Pelosi   
      
   Keep in mind that the daily briefings on this matter were given to   
   Donald Trump in February. As well as to others, such as Chuck Schumer,   
   and Nancy Pelosi, and the list goes on. Embarrassing. Everybody knew   
   about this and kept quiet. Why? These daily briefings are 50-60 pages,   
   and no politician has the time to read them each and every day. That   
   is what aides are for.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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