I first heard in the press reports that the file of stories compiled by a former MI-6 operator were being paid for by Republican and Democratic groups trying to identify any potential information that might be used against Donald Trump during the run up to the election in 2016. We all previously heard that the Russians had hacked the Democratic National Committee and had been, in part, looking for information they might have about Donald Trump. So, we might think about the possibility that some of the information the Russians had on the President elect was paid for by our own politicians who play games in the name of politics. At least the Russians would know what information was accurate and what needed more investigation.
In yesterday's Guardian there is an article indicating Senator McCain gave the so-called Trump file documents to the FBI, but how he might have come by them is more interesting than the story itself. McCain can wrap himself in a flag on this one and claim he was just doing the country a favor by letting the FBI know what was going on, but he wasn't running against Mr.Trump. Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham were and they are all involved in attacking Trump's nominees right now. Like the Democrats, they won't admit they lost and move on.
There is an article in the Irish Times which indicates the person originally funding the report dropped out of the campaign when the Republican primary was over, but the contractor who worked for him got another client - a Democrat - who was willing to pay for the same type of information. When we talk about fake news, we have to remember that governments make up fake news for their own purposes, and so do political candidates and their sponsors. This kind of muck-raking, personal attack is the kind of thing that makes politics the lowest form of human endeavor. No party comes out clean on this and they need to look at the mirror to see if they want do run their campaigns with the kinds of incredible stories that are part of it.
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