Exposing the 2017 Election

Maddie Gorrie, Editor

Ever since Trump was running for president of the United States and stated that he has good communication and a fair relationship with Russia, suspicions all around the country broke wide open.  Rumors that Russia was helping win the election were floating around everywhere.  So many people believed Trump personally asked this favor of Russia, which turns out to be completely untrue.

Josh Kohler, a New Jerseyan, states, “In this country, we are innocent until proven guilty.  The question you have to ask yourself about Trump and Russia is this going to end like Watergate or Iran-Contra.  No evidence has proven that Trump was aware that people in his campaign were doing these things.  Mueller has not been able to provide any evidence that connects Trump to the individuals in his campaign.”

Many were in disbelief that one person would go through so much just to expose an individuals e-mails.  The hackers did not centralize their duties on the United States only.  These people wanted to access Ukrainian officers private e-mails along with getting over 4,500 Google accounts.

Earlier this week, Facebook, Twitter, and Google replied to Congress of what they were aware of as far as what occurred on their social media sites.

Josh Kohler also mentioned, “Collusion with the foreign government is not technically a crime.  How they are probably going to get Trump is for money laundering.  There is no way for one to now determine the legalities for something like this.  The allegations being made on Trump cannot be proven true.  It’s in every right for a company like Twitter, Facebook, and Google to have their opinions on these matters.  Our society has become so lazy that we want our social media to be our new sources.”

Looking at the bigger picture is necessary in situations such as this, as discovering what truly went on is an extremely difficult task.

Josh Kohler:
Senior from New Jersey
Photo by Maddie Gorrie