Timeline of “Russiagate” key events
NOVANEWS
By Liberation Staff
Photo: Seth Anderson. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
This timeline of key events was developed as a resource to accompany Brian Becker’s speech and article: “Past a point of no return: “Russiagate” and the reorientation of U.S. imperialism.” We present these facts, not to defend the Trump administration but to show the weakness of the evidence underlying accusations of Russian “meddling” in the 2016 elections and to undermine attempts at demonizing Russia. Such demonization of “other” nations and their leaders has been part of the lead up to U.S. imperialist wars in recent history; later, accusations have been shown to be false or at the very least, extremely exaggerated.
Spring 2016: Fusion GPS is hired by the DNC for opposition research on Donald Trump. Previously ...