On the eve of the first Indictments in the #TrumpRussiaConspiracy it is important to understand that while the Russian hacking & hijacking of U.S. Elections was a recent event, it is only the last in a 60+ year campaign of vile & evil people determined to subvert and damage U.S. Democracy.
After WWII as the Cold War heated up, Congress set up HUAC to expose & expel any suspected Americans with ties to Russia. Unfortunately it turned into a Witch Hunt ruining the lives and career of dozens of innocent people. But it served as a blueprint for the notorious Senator Joseph McCarthy to run his own campaign of slander and innuendo and his Chief Counsel was Roy Cohn.
Cohn was as master at exploiting hate, fear and smears. He took those skills with him to New York City where he became a power broker. In 1973 he was hired by Trump first as his attorney when Trump began to be sued for racial discrimination. He has continued throughout the decades as a confidant, consultant and promoter of all things Trump.
In the early 1980s Cohn ( who died of AIDS in 1986) introduced Donald Trump to Roger Stone a self-professed Nixon “fanatic” & “Keeper of Nixon’s Flame.” He became a lobbyist for Trump in many of his casino dealings. Loyal to Cohn until the end, he famously said, “Roy Cohn is NOT a homosexual-He just likes sleeping with men!”
By 1980 Stone had teamed up with Political Consultants Charles R. Black, Paul Manafort and the late Lee “Ratfucker” Atwater to form a lobbying group - Black, Manafort & Stone. They quickly became infamous as the “Torturers Lobbyists” with a client list of World Dictators.
These relationships have stayed close throughout the decades and as Trump’s nomination became a certainty, Trump selected Gov. Chris Christie to be his VP.
But Paul Manafort had another agenda. He lied to Trump ( a mechanical problem with his plane) in order to keep him in Indianapolis overnight. He arranged a breakfast with Mike & Mary Sue Pence after which Trump called Christie & told him he was out and Mike Pence would be his VP.
Given all we have discovered these past months about Manafort’s financial and political ties to Russia one must wonder
Why Pence?
Hopefully, the answers will emerge into Team Mueller’s continuing investigations into the #TrumpRussiaConspiracy
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4-http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/13/top-trump-aide-led-the-torturers-lobby.html
5-www.cbsnews.com/...