If you’re like me, this issue is making your head spin.
First of all, it’s unthinkable.
How could this happen to US?! We are the United States of America. Russia is one of our longest standing enemies. How could this possibly have happened so quietly during one of the loudest elections we have ever known?
Secondly, it is downright confusing.
Wait- who did what now? Certainly if American citizens were involved with an enemy of our country in swaying a Presidential election… That is treason. A word I do not use lightly. Due to the immense importance of the subject, we have decided to find direction by drawing a map J.
Please see below for a guide on the “whos who” of the Russian Election Rigging. I will walk through the visual right below. After this, you’ll know who the key players are and why the conversation is important. Again, these are just the basics! A lot more information will come to light as the investigation continues.
1- The first event on the timeline is an oil deal. Igor Sechin is a CEO of a major oil company (Rosneft) and has known ties to the KGB and is besties with Putin (Russia’s evil leader). Carter Page is an oil broker who worked unofficially as an adviser to President Trump during the campaign. A convo between Igor Sechin and Carter Page discussed a 19% sale of the company and to sweeten the deal- some dirt on Hillary Clinton in exchange for helping Russia look better (Russia has been bullying Ukraine, to put it nicely- aka going on a killing spree). The sale later occurred for 19.5% of the company… Did the rest of the stuff happen? Sure did!
2- Next event! The Republican National Convention (RNC) some dudes met. The key players were Carter Page (the oil broker dude from before), Kislyak (the Russian Ambassador), Walid Phares (Trump Campaign advisor), JD Gordon (Trump Campaign advisor), and JEFF SESSIONS (at the time, he was a US Senator, Trump has since made him the Attorney General…). They all went on to lie about this meeting but the most notable lie was when Sessions lied under oath to the ENTIRE SENATE when being confirmed for Attorney General.
3- Then as promised in the oil deal, the Republicans drop their provision and decide not to help arm Ukraine. This came from the urging of the Trump campaign.
4- Once that provision is dropped, Hillary’s emails start to be leaked by a screen name called “Guccifer 2.0.” Just because it starts with Gucci does not mean it’s your friend! The CIA proved that Guccifer got his intel from Russian hackers working for Putin.
SIDE NOTE: Russians hacking our government’s emails? Terrifying! They could be seeing a lot of other important government secrets. This is not about Hillary vs. Trump anymore- it’s about our safety!
5- Roger Stone, a member of the Trump campaign (a man who brags about being a “political dirty trickster”…), tweets that John Podesta’s (Chairman of Hillary’s Campaign) emails would be hacked next and when they will come out. How would he know this? Later on, it was confirmed that he had contact with Guccifer and got his info straight from the bad b herself!
6- Whatta ya know? John Podesta gets hacked. Guccifer publishes his emails right when Stone predicted he would. Again, this wasn’t luck or a coincidence. Stone got his info FROM Guccifer, the evil hacker working for the Russians.
7- So now that we know Russia totally hacked us… What are we going to do about it? President Obama had about 2 minutes left in office so he put down some sanctions. This is a way of “punishing” Russia for bad behavior- but honestly? Probably not the a punishment worthy of the crime… (more on that to come in a later post).
8- So now sanctions are in effect. Russia is pissed. And whatta ya know… Michael Flynn (Trump’s National Security Advisor – a v important dude) goes and meets with Ambassador Kislyak in secret! He doesn’t even tell the President or Vice President! When he is questioned about it, he lies. Then VP Pence goes on national television, saying the meeting never happened. Later, it was confirmed that the meeting DID in fact occur. MAJOR EMBARASSMENT. I mean, you wouldn’t buy a skirt without asking your friends if it looks good on you so you DEFINITELY shouldn’t go have meetings with foreign ambassadors without checking with your boss! Yikes. Michael Flynn gets fired over it but President Trump still defends him, blaming the media for exposing the lies.
If you still have questions after this break down, I don’t blame you. There are many people involved and the future of our country at stake. I would encourage you to watch Rep. Schiff’s opening statement of the federal investigation (the video below). Hopefully the guide will make it easier to follow along and if not- shoot me an email or leave a comment! More to come on the subject as the investigation unfolds.
Let’s be honest ladies, current day Washington is juicer than any dramas you’re currently watching on Netflix!
See by you, see by me,
Antigone
A link to Guccifer’s site:
https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/fake-evidence/