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Samuel --

For the past four decades, Watergate was the standard which all other
political scandals were judged by. From now on, they'll be measured
up against Donald Trump's Russia scandal.

We now know that multiple senior Trump campaign officials were in
constant contact with Russian intelligence throughout the presidential
campaign, all while Russia was interfering in our election to help Trump win.

Donald Trump and Mike Pence have both claimed that their campaign
was never communicating with Russia. We now know they lied.

This scandal is like a rotten onion -- each new layer we peel back, the
stench gets ten times worse. Congress must launch an independent
investigation into Trump's ties to Russia. If you agree, add your name:

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When Donald Trump publicly asked the Russian government to hack the
State Department and release Hillary Clinton's emails, his top aides were
in contact with Russia.

And while the Russian government was engaged in a cyber-espionage
campaign against the Democratic Party, they were communicating with the
Trump campaign.

Imagine what they might have been talking about, Samuel.

These actions raise some serious and troubling questions about how Donald
Trump's campaign undermined our government and our national security. The
only way to answer them is with an independent, transparent investigation into
Donald Trump's involvement in this Russian attack on our democracy:

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This shouldn't be a partisan issue. But sadly, Republicans are engaged in their
most galling act of political cowardice yet.

When more than a thousand Utahns went to Rep. Jason Chaffetz's town hall
meeting and asked their congressman to exercise his oversight authority over
Trump, Chaffetz dismissed them as paid protestors.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, who was also a member of
Trump's transition team while some of these conversations with Russian
intelligence were happening, announced that he would not investigate Michael
Flynn's contact with Russia. But he will investigate how the information leaked
that got Flynn caught.

Paul Ryan doesn't want an investigation because he doesn't want to "prejudge
any of the circumstances surrounding this until we have all of the information."
What is that word for gathering information, Mr. Speaker? Oh right, "investigate."

And Sen. Rand Paul came out and said what most of the GOP was already
thinking: that it doesn't make sense for Republicans to investigate Republicans
because it will distract them from their main legislative priorities, like repealing
Obamacare, gutting Social Security and Medicare, and passing tax cuts for the
wealthy.

The GOP cannot simply wave away what is already one of the biggest scandals
in American history -- especially since we still don't know where it ends.

Join the 103,170 supporters who have already demanded action, and call on
Republicans in Congress to launch an independent investigation into Trump and
Russia. The future of our democracy depends on it:

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Donna

Donna Brazile
Chair
Democratic National Committee














































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