The Chris Moeller Archives

Green Party interference in democracy

In an attempt to intimidate third party activism and to distract the country from the collective failures of the Democratic and Republican parties, the Senate Intelligence Committee has called on Jill Stein to formally "cooperate" with their investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election, and to produce all applicable party documents on the topic. Several months before the election, the Green Party presidential candidate traveled to Russia on her own dime and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a national media gala there. Because Stein and the Green Party believe in open government, Stein says she will cooperate fully with the inquiry and would be "happy to do so" if also called to testify before the Senate.

It's certainly ironic though. The DNC rigs the Democratic primary in favor of Hillary Clinton, who took millions of dollars from Wall Street in exchange for speeches whose transcripts we aren't allowed to see. And the Clinton Foundation accepts millions of dollars from Russian business interests before, during, and after the time Clinton serves as head of the State Department. And her husband pockets half a million dollars for a single speech delivered in front of executives of a Russia-based bank while he also accepts a financial gift of a million dollars from the Kingdom of Qatar because it's his birthday while his wife is State Secretary and she neglects to notify the State Department of the gift until after WikiLeaks exposes it. And the former president is also identified by flight logs (and Gawker.com) as having taken 26 junkets in three years on the private plane of financier and Clinton Foundation backer Jeffrey Epstein, which reportedly trafficked underage girls to passengers to rape-- the so-called "Lolita Express." And it's Jill Stein that we may be about to see testifying before Congress.

posted by CM @ 6:33 PM