https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/trump-russia/?utm_term=.f59a188f83d3

           (Time Line; Who are in Team Trump?)_

 

   최근 워싱톤 포스트는 러시아와 깊이 관계있는 트럼프 주위의 사람들이 어떻게 대통령 선거

   와 관련 돼 있는 가를 지금까지 밝혀진 사실 한도 내에서 자세하게 설명 하고 있다.

 

   다음은 4/3일 자 타임 잡지에 보도 된 자료를 참고로 한 것이다.

 

           Trump's People

 

   Mike Flynn: National Security Advisor

   He was fired on Feb. 13 after misleading the Vice President about his conversations with Russian

   ambassador Sergay Kislyak.

   Routine intercept's of Kislyak's calls overheard Flynn discussing U.S. sanctions on Russia while

   Obama was still in office.

   Flynn was also paid over $33,000 to speak a gala for Russia's state run broadcaster RT.

   RT's English language arm serves as a propaganda outlet in the West.

 

   Paul Manafort: Campaign Chairman

   He was campaign chairman during pivotal conclusion of the primaries and the start of general election.

   He was pushed out of campaign over concerns about his consultancy work on behalf of outsted Urkranian

   strongman Vittor Yanukovych who was backed by Russia.

 

   Jeff Sessions: Attorny General

   The Washington post revealed that he met twice with Moscow's envoy Kislyak while serving as one of Trump's

   top 2016 advisors. Amid calls for his resignation, Sessions rescued himself from any probe into Russia's election

   meddling.

 

   Roger Stone: Advisor

   The veteran GOP consultant and long time Trump confidant admitted to communicating with Guccifer 2.0,

   a hacking group that claimed responsibility for leaking a stolen trove of Democratic Natonal Committee

   documents in the 2016 campaign. Stone recommended that Trump hire Manafort his former lobbying partner

   , to help secure the nomination.

 

   Carter Page: Campaign Advisor

   He is a former investment banker who has done business in Russa. He became a campaign manager in March,

   2016.  In July, he gave a speech in Moscow in which he criticized U.S. foreign policy to Russia.

   He had not been happy with his position in Trump's team, being a peripheral figure. He says that he is the victim

   of  a smear campaign.

 

         The Russians

 

   Sergey Kislyak: Ambassador

   A well-known figure in Washington, he regularly interacts with politicians of both parties. Asked at a November

   event about allegations of Russia's election meddling, he said, "it is our job to understand, to know people, both

   on the side of the Republicans and Democrats.

 

   Vladimir Putin: Russian President

   U.S. law enforcement and intelligence services concluded that he ordered an escalating campaign of influence

   operations targetting the 2016 U.S. election. The goals were to undermine U.S. democracy, weaken Hilary Clinton

   and, if possible, help Trump with the White House. The campaigns included hacking, fake news and other

   propaganda.

 

   The important Time Lines

 

   Nov. 10, 2016

   Two days after election, a Russian official tells a reporter in Moscow, the Kremlin had been im contact with

   Trump's campaign.

 

   Nov. 10, 2016

   Obama warns Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as his antional security advisor when the two meet in the

   Oval Office.

   Sally Yate, acting attorney general, said that "Flynn was compromised by Russia."

 

   Jan. 30, 2017

   Yates fired. On Jan. 26 and 27, Yate warned that Flynn was misleading Pence on his contacts with Russin

   Ambassador and that he could be blackmailed by Russia.

 

   March 2017

   One of Trump's personal lawyers, Marc E. Kasowitz, is named to the leagal team defending Russia's largest

   state-run bank in a corporate-raiding case.

 

   May 9, 2017

   Trump fires FBI director James B. Cormey. A few days before firing, he had testified in the Congress that

   he is investigating Trump Campaign-Russian connections.

 

   요지음 프럼프 게이트에 관한 보도는 확실하게 이해하기가 힘들다. 지금까지 알려진 사실과 밝혀혀저야

   할 감추어진 진실들은 무엇 일까?

   1. 작년 선거 운동 기간 동안 트럼프 선거운동을 했던 사람들이 러시아의 관리등 중요 인사들과

       접촉 했다.

   2. 그러나 이들이 어떤 이야기를 했고 어떻게 선거에 영향을 미첬는 가는 불확실 하다.

   3. 그것을 알아 낼려고 하는 사람들은 가차 없이 그 파면 된다.

   4. 트럼프 자신이 지금도 비 공개적으로 러시안 인사들과 만난다.

   5. 트럼프 자신과 주위의 사람들이 오래 전 부터 러시안 들과 사업을 해왔다.

 

   트럼프를 탄핵하기위해서는 반역죄(treason)를 증명 해야 한다. Attorney General 자신이 트럼프 사람 중에 하나이다.

   그는 FBI director 의 상관이다. 민주당은 특검 임명을 주장하고 있다. 이 또한 attorney general의 권한 이다.

   워터 게이트는 거짓말(cover-up)이 증명 될려고 하자 닉슨이 하야 했다. 트럼프가 탄핵 당할 지 4년 임기를 마칠 지

   흥미진진 한 드라마가 펼쳐 지고 있다.