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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) appeared to walk back claims it had detected sophisticated attempts at hacking into its voter database, announcing on Thursday that it was just a subcontractor’s unauthorized security test.
The DNC called the FBI on Wednesday claiming an unidentified person or service had created a login page to trick DNC staffers into providing their usernames and passwords, CNN first reported.
Such technology breaches are known as phishing attacks, and are relatively common. However, the DNC had to walk back its hacking claims after further investigation revealed it was simply an unauthorized test by a third party, and not a real attempt to obtain voter data, according to Axios.
“We, along with the partners who reported the site, now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated phishing test on VoteBuilder,” Bob Lord, chief security officer for the DNC, told NBC. “The test, which mimicked several attributes of actual attacks on the Democratic party’s voter file, was not authorized by the DNC, VoteBuilder nor any of our vendors.”
Reports later confirmed that the third party was a test by the Michigan Democratic Party, technically a separate entity from the DNC, to mimic actual phishing attacks.
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Have we reached peak insanity?
This is from CNN, yep, CNN, that CNN....
"As a candidate, the law gives Trump, unlike Cohen, the right to make unlimited campaign contributions to his own campaign. And the President's legal team will assert that there was not even a need to report these payments because the purpose of the hush money was to protect his family and the Trump Organization. Yes, there was a collateral political benefit, but, as in the Edwards case, it was inconsequential and not the primary purpose of the payments. Thus, they can argue this is not even a campaign contribution with reporting requirements."
CNN gone mad, rogue even
originally posted by: Aallanon
In told you the Hill went ANTI Trump,
Stunning! The Hill Stoops to New Low to Attack Trump: “Eradicate the Trump Plague
www.thegatewaypundit.com...
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Have we reached peak insanity?
This is from CNN, yep, CNN, that CNN....
"As a candidate, the law gives Trump, unlike Cohen, the right to make unlimited campaign contributions to his own campaign. And the President's legal team will assert that there was not even a need to report these payments because the purpose of the hush money was to protect his family and the Trump Organization. Yes, there was a collateral political benefit, but, as in the Edwards case, it was inconsequential and not the primary purpose of the payments. Thus, they can argue this is not even a campaign contribution with reporting requirements."
CNN gone mad, rogue even
...Levin said he had interviewed former Federal Elections Commission chief, Bradley Smith, on his radio program on Monday.
Smith was emphatic: No, such payments are not considered campaign finance violations by the FEC.
“When the FEC wrote the regulation that says what constitutes campaign expenditures and what constitutes personal use, it rejected specifically the idea that a campaign expenditure was anything related to a campaign and instead says it has to be something that exists only because of the campaign and solely for that reason,” Smith said.
originally posted by: CoramDeo
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Have we reached peak insanity?
This is from CNN, yep, CNN, that CNN....
"As a candidate, the law gives Trump, unlike Cohen, the right to make unlimited campaign contributions to his own campaign. And the President's legal team will assert that there was not even a need to report these payments because the purpose of the hush money was to protect his family and the Trump Organization. Yes, there was a collateral political benefit, but, as in the Edwards case, it was inconsequential and not the primary purpose of the payments. Thus, they can argue this is not even a campaign contribution with reporting requirements."
CNN gone mad, rogue even
Some points from Mark Levin's radio show...
...Levin said he had interviewed former Federal Elections Commission chief, Bradley Smith, on his radio program on Monday.
Smith was emphatic: No, such payments are not considered campaign finance violations by the FEC.
“When the FEC wrote the regulation that says what constitutes campaign expenditures and what constitutes personal use, it rejected specifically the idea that a campaign expenditure was anything related to a campaign and instead says it has to be something that exists only because of the campaign and solely for that reason,” Smith said.
Levin: No, Cohen’s hush money payments are NOT ‘campaign finance violations’
There are some other good, salient points quoted at the link.
In my opinion, any news that creates an air that POTUS is under attack is going to drive his base to the polls. Keep hyperventalating, lib-kids, you are sealing your own irrelivance.
originally posted by: dashen
a reply to: pavil
Judas as in betrayers
Goats as in seirim the goat headed demon worshippers
Earlier in the day Trump said that Sessions "never took control of the Justice Department" during an interview on Fox & Friends, and criticized the former Alabama senator for recusing himself from the department's investigation into links between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
originally posted by: pavil
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Have we reached peak insanity?
This is from CNN, yep, CNN, that CNN....
"As a candidate, the law gives Trump, unlike Cohen, the right to make unlimited campaign contributions to his own campaign. And the President's legal team will assert that there was not even a need to report these payments because the purpose of the hush money was to protect his family and the Trump Organization. Yes, there was a collateral political benefit, but, as in the Edwards case, it was inconsequential and not the primary purpose of the payments. Thus, they can argue this is not even a campaign contribution with reporting requirements."
CNN gone mad, rogue even
Stop quashing the Left's hopes and dreams Cranky.
Notice how they jumped on this and where's Russia now? Manorfort's trial tied exactly zero to Trump. They are looking for anything.
All they care about is Taking Trump down by any means necessary.
Too bad for them this won't work either.
originally posted by: CanadianMason
ytcropper.com...
Donald Trump is on the top 5 list of most intelligent people in our lifetime. Believe it or not.
originally posted by: crankyoldman
originally posted by: pavil
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Have we reached peak insanity?
This is from CNN, yep, CNN, that CNN....
"As a candidate, the law gives Trump, unlike Cohen, the right to make unlimited campaign contributions to his own campaign. And the President's legal team will assert that there was not even a need to report these payments because the purpose of the hush money was to protect his family and the Trump Organization. Yes, there was a collateral political benefit, but, as in the Edwards case, it was inconsequential and not the primary purpose of the payments. Thus, they can argue this is not even a campaign contribution with reporting requirements."
CNN gone mad, rogue even
Stop quashing the Left's hopes and dreams Cranky.
Notice how they jumped on this and where's Russia now? Manorfort's trial tied exactly zero to Trump. They are looking for anything.
All they care about is Taking Trump down by any means necessary.
Too bad for them this won't work either.
Pav, what's fascinating is they seemed to have put all their eggs in the Cohen basket. The endless stormy PR run gave them so much hope that they could march this campaign violation into impeachment. They bought the PR aimed right at them.
There is nothing here at all, nor manafort. RR says no collusion. RM says not even looking at trump. So we have the big three smoking guns the dems have been counting on for two years equal to nothing at all. The problem is the documents, what they actually say. He is not impeachable on the topics they counted on and now they have to start all over.
But on the bight side.... he's ruining everything, he's a racist, and an unrepentant killer of baby seals who immigrate to the US.
NowC@mesTHEP@in—-23!!!