~~~ Happenings ~~~ |
October 19, 2019: The Ukrainian Candidate "I would like to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say CrowdStrike. I guess you have one of your wealthy people. The server, they say Ukraine has it... I would like you to get to the bottom of it." "Rudy was one of many people that was incensed at the corruption that took place during that election. Pure corruption. For instance, I still ask the FBI, 'Where is the server?' How come the FBI never got the server from the DNC? Where is the server? I want to see the server. Let's see what's on the server. The server, they say, is held by a company whose primary ownership individual is from Ukraine. I'd like to see the server. I think it's very important for this country to see the server. Nobody wants to see it." "Did he [President Trump] also mention to me in past [or passing] the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely, no question about that." ~~~~~~~~I shall now attempt to parse this information and try to make sense of it. I do not proceed from partisan bias and I will not make any personal judgments. "I would like to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say CrowdStrike." "I guess you have one of your wealthy people." "The server, they say Ukraine has it... held by a company whose primary ownership individual is from Ukraine." "I still ask the FBI, 'Where is the server?... I want to see the server.'" "Did he also mention to me... the corruption related to the DNC server?" Is that all? No. The President's administration, the Departments of Justice and State, are right now conducting an investigation into the Ukraine scandal and the origins of the Russia investigation. I say fine and good luck, but do so with honor and disclose to the American public what you find. Breaking News, 23 November, 2019: Intelligence officials recently briefed senators and their aides on Russian efforts to pin interference in the 2016 U.S. election on Ukraine. The CrowdStrike theory is a Russian-backed disinformation campaign. CrowdStrike is not and has never been owned by a Ukrainian oligarch. |