Former assistant director for Counterintelligence at the FBI: Trump acted like a compromised man

by Jen Hayden

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Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2018 Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2018 at 9:17:02am PDT

Frank Figliuzzi, special agent in charge for the Cleveland division of the FBI, speaks to media about the arrests of individuals involved in a million-dollar credit-card fraud scheme, Thursday, April 1, 2010, in Cleveland. The scheme involved credit cards of large retail stores. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Marvin Fong) MANDATORY CREDIT

Former Assistant Director of Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi was a guest on MSNBC’s 11th Hour with Brian Williams to discuss the outrageous Trump-Putin joint press conference where Donald Trump sided with the the Russians over the FBI and U.S. Intelligence services. At the end of the show, Williams turned it over to Figliuzzi and he held no punches, stating that Donald Trump clearly acted like someone who is compromised.

Fmr. FBI Asst. Director of Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi doesn't mince words on Trump's compromise Ã°ÂÂÂ¥ pic.twitter.com/KquQ7GG6Rk
Ã¢ÂÂ This Is Not Normal (@NetworkJunkyz) July 17, 2018

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul also joined Brian Williams to talk about what an absolute disaster Trump’s comments were to the United States. Within hours of this broadcast and McFaul’s comments (seen in the video below), the Russians said they want to question McFaul to retaliate for the Department of Justice indicting the 12 Russians in the hacking case this week.

BREAKING: The Russian authorities want to question former US Ambassador @McFaul along with officers of DHS and the DOJ who were investigating the Magnitsky case as part of the Putin/Trump Helsinki quid pro quo over me and the 12 Russian GRU agents https://t.co/msX1TauTO9
Ã¢ÂÂ Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) July 17, 2018

Watch our former ambassador break down how yesterday was a “tragic day” for U.S. diplomacy.

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Despite the weakness and dereliction of the current Republicans in Congress, former Republican Congressman David Jolly didn’t hold back with his opinion that Republicans need to find the fortitude to do what is right for this nation.

The Constitution provides pretty powerful mechanisms to deal with what we're witnessing. It's up to us to have the fortitude - and to discard those who don't.
Ã¢ÂÂ David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) July 16, 2018