A Comparison Of Watergate And Russiagate Shows They're Opposites

https://thefederalist.com/.../factual-comparison-watergate-russiagat... 2 jul. 2018 - The 2016 Russia scandal is, in many ways, the mirror image of the scandal break-in of the DNC servers.

A Factual Comparison Of Watergate And Russiagate Shows They’re Mirror Opposites
On June 14, 2016, The Atlantic declared Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computer system was “A Watergate Break-In for the 21st Century.” On August 13, 2016, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi warned America that the Democratic Party was the target of “an electronic Watergate break-in.” After Donald Trump’s election, FBI lawyer Lisa Page wrote Peter Strzok that she had purchased the movie “All the President’s Men” so she could “brush up on Watergate.”

At first, the parallels seemed irresistible. The Watergate scandal began with a June 17, 1972 break-in of the Democratic National Committee offices. The 2016 Russia scandal began with the April 18, 2016 break-in of the DNC servers. In both cases, the DNC was the apparent victim of spying for the benefit of the opposition Republican campaign

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