This may be shocking to millions of Americans who choose to remain ignorant, but a preponderance of evidence has now proven that Trump was gifted the Electoral College because Vladimir Putin interfered in the 2016 election. A lower than expected turnout was the result of attacks on Hillary through the use of our social media.

A week ago Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian individuals and three businesses for interfering in our 2016 election. This confirms what every security service in the United States reported before the election. Trump remains in denial for a single reason; he was complicit in the efforts to demean Hillary and move votes into his camp.

Every American who has average intelligence now knows the truth. We understand why every top member of Trump’s campaign staff met with one or more Russian agents in 2016. The most egregious actions were committed by Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, and Michael Flynn.

Kushner lied on his SF-86 security form. He intentionally failed to disclose four meetings with high level agents of Vladimir Putin. In addition, it was he who led the attempt to set up back channel communications between Putin and his father-in-law in the Seychelles Islands.

Manafort volunteered himself and accepted the position of Trump’s campaign manager. Why do it for free? The answer has been discovered by Robert Mueller’s investigation. Manafort had multiple business associations with Russians who were closely connected to Vladimir Putin, including the former President of the Ukraine, and Russian oligarchs. Manafort was a direct pipeline between Trump and Putin.

A similar situation existed with Michael Flynn. He worked for Russian agencies but hid this fact from the FBI. He has now plead guilty.

In addition, Jeff Sessions, Trump’s brother in white supremacy, had at least two meetings with Ambassador/Spy, Sergei Kislyak.

Donny Jr. held a meeting in Trump Tower with at least six Russian agents while Trump was in his residence. The admitted purpose was to “find dirt on Hillary Clinton.”

After January 20, 2017, Trump held eight secret meetings in the Oval Office with Russian Agents. The White House hid all of these from the American people. The only reason we know about them is information from the Russian media.

The final proof is icing on the cake. Congress passed additional sanctions on Russia for its efforts to control the results of our election; Trump refuses to implement them.

Trump can no longer be the ‘commander-in-chief;’ he ignored a declaration of war by Putin.

Time for Trump to be removed from Washington and be given new public housing in a federal prison. He is a traitor to our nation’s people.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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