POLS 1336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Paul Manafort, Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller
15 Nov 2017
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Russian involvement in 2016 presidential election: distribution of fake news, possible connection between trump and a russian government-backed organization, paul manafort, russian dossier. Potential collusion with trump"s campaign: did trump attempt to impede the investigation into this question, james coney fired by trump (link, within 10 days, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein appoints robert. Mueller to head an independent investigation investigating possible collusion between trump"s campaign and. Ongoing investigations: congressional committees, political investigations, could lead impeachment hearings if president trump is found to have colluded/obstructed justice, special counsel, criminal investigation, charges can be filed, report of wrongdoing could prompt impeachment proceedings. Immediate future investigation will continue for months/years: currently no evidence of collusions. Social media giants: social media vows to do better in filtering out fake news and prevent spread of it (link, 120 fake russian accounts posted fake news and bought ads on.
