The story is getting deeper folks with the release of a new book, Fire and Fury, Inside The Trump White House authored by Michael Wolff. Steve Bannon who Trump appointed his chief strategist during the 2016 Presidential campaign, then appointed him to Trump's national security council after becoming President and also continued to serve as Trump's chief strategist after the election was very close to Trump as the appointments indicate.
In the book it is reported that Bannon told Wolff that meeting's between Trump's family members and Russian operatives were "treasonous" among other statements and that Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in June 2016 was "treasonous" and "unpatriotic." The report also makes clear that Bannon considers Trump's son at risk of indictment saying Mueller will crack Don Junior like an egg.
And if the word "treasonous" sounds familiar it is because you read it here first in PolitiDose in commentary dated 7/31/16, titled, "A Traitor Among Us: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Russia." The sad story is that the news media never recognized Trump's treasonous act when he asked Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's email in order to find something damaging he could use against Clinton in the campaign. It should be obvious that Russia would take that as an invitation to hack into any American computer system. And it happened at a time Russia was planting lies and other false stories about Hillary in America's social media like Facebook and Google.
Steve Bannon is a right winger who runs Brietbart News and he and Trump are close friends who cater to the fringe. Both supported Roy Moore who was recently defeated in the Alabama U.S. Senate race. Trump is trying to distance himself from Bannon since excerpts from the book have been published but Bannon knows what took place during Trump's campaign and his Presidency.
President Trump's criticism of the FBI and the American intelligence community is also treasonous as its purpose is to destroy two American institutions that are investigating Trump and his campaign collusion with Russia and its operatives. More and more and every day America now understands who the real crooked candidate was in the 2016 campaign and election. While Donald Trump continues his meltdown and his disgraceful acts to the Presidency, Hillary Clinton still has her character and dignity and still claims the title as the most admired woman in America.
And yes, Hillary still won the popular vote despite Trump's fraudulent voter fraud commission.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
