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In Sept. 2017, senator Bob Corker announced his surprise retirement. The next month, Jeff Flake followed suit, & Lindsey Graham warmed to Trump after a round of golf. All 3 were vocal Trump critics & all 3 had used Smartech—hacked by Russia—for emails. https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article177970546.html 1/
2/ In August 2017, when Bob Corker questioned Trump's competence, Trump responded with a tweet stating that Corker had asked him (Trump) whether he (Corker) should run for office again and ended the tweet with "Tennessee not happy!" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-corker-idUSKCN1B51KI
3/ On 9/11/17, Corker suggested he might retire and acknowledged that he and Trump may have discussed his election plans over golf. https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/11/politics/bob-corker-future/index.html
4. Here is Corker's 9/26/17 announcement that he would not seek reelection. https://twitter.com/SenBobCorker/status/912774998519107586
5/ Article about Corker's "surprise" decision to retire from the senate. https://apnews.com/c8de571006a844d5b3ede82145551420
6/ Confirmation that Corker used Smartech for emails. https://securitytrails.com/domain/bobcorker.com/dns
7/ Confirmation that Russia hacked Smartech. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/russia-hack-hearing-clapper-rogers-brennan.html
8/ Smoking Gun report from August 2016 stating that emails from various other Republicans who used Smartech had made their way onto DC Leaks. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/tracking-russian-hackers-638295
9/ As for senator Lindsey Graham, he was once very tough on Trump, stating in July 2017 that "there will be holy hell to pay" if "Jeff Sessions is fired." https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/27/16050278/lindsey-graham-holy-hell-pay-trump-fires-sessions
10/ In October 2017, Trump took Lindsey Graham golfing, and Graham began praising Trump. https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article177970546.html
11/ Article from December 2017, stating: "One of Trump's most vocal critics in the Senate has quickly turned into one of his best friends — and people are shocked." https://www.businessinsider.com/why-lindsey-graham-and-trump-are-best-friends-2017-12
12/ In August 2018, Lindsey Graham said Trump should replace Jeff Sessions after all because their relationship is "beyond repair." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lindsey-graham-trump-fire-sessions-714975/
13/ Confirmation that Lindsey Graham used Smartech for emails. https://securitytrails.com/domain/lindseygraham.com/history/mx
14/ Confirmation that Lindsey Graham's campaign email account was hacked by Russia. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lindsey-graham-campaign-account-hacked-russia/story?id=44199574
15/ Confirmation that Senator Jeff Flake used Smartech for emails as well. https://securitytrails.com/domain/jeffflake.com/history/mx
16/ Reuters article dated 10/25/17 discussing the ramifications of "Jeff Flake's surprise decision to drop out of next year's senate race." https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arizona-election-senate/flakes-retirement-could-upend-senate-race-in-arizona-idUSKBN1CU3AB
17/ NPR article dated 10/24/17 stating that "Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, a Trump critic, will not seek reelection." https://www.npr.org/2017/10/24/559865339/arizona-sen-jeff-flake-a-trump-critic-will-not-seek-reelection
18/ Please note that, despite their decisions to retire, both Corker and Flake have remained (at least at times) vocally critical of Trump. I do not know if the hacking of Smartech is related to their resignations but it seems worth investigating. I hope Mueller is doing that.
19/ For that matter, I don't know if Graham is being blackmailed either. Again, my point is that it's worth at least investigating.
20/ Please note that I received input for parts of this Thread from @soychicka and another Twitter friend who wishes to remain anonymous. #StrongerTogether
21/ I should also mention that senator Bob Corker was major of Chattanooga Tennessee when Ohio's 2004 presidential election results were routed to a server hosted by Smartech in Chattanooga, TN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Corker
22/ Article discussing the routing of Ohio's 2004 election results to Smartech in Chattanooga, TN. https://harpers.org/archive/2012/11/how-to-rig-an-election/6/
23/ Another article about Smartech's role in the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. https://www.wired.com/2007/04/did-ohio-electi/
25/ Many members of the Bush administration also used Smartech for their emails, 22 million of which were deleted during Bush's tenure, but later recovered in 2009. They have never seen the light of day. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/g-w-bush-lost-22-million-e-mails/
26/ Per @CraigUnger (editor Vanity Fair, author "Boss Rove"), "Rove and more than EIGHTY OTHER WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS [during the Bush years] had their emails hosted on ... [the] SmarTech servers." https://harpers.org/blog/2012/09/_boss-rove_-six-questions-for-craig-unger/
27/ The domains http://gwb43.com and http://georgewbush.com are both owned by Smartech. https://twitter.com/soychicka/status/1038531153521782784
28/ @SenFeinstein asked Kavanaugh in writing about his knowledge of http://gwb43.com and http://georgebush.com (owned by Smartech), and the Bush White House's deletion of 22 million emails. Kavanaugh's answers were generally evasive. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kavanaugh%20Responses%20to%20Questions%20for%20the%20Record.pdf
29/ correction re: post 28: I meant http://georgewbush.com , not http://georgebush.com .
30/ Corker Failed to Properly Disclose Millions in Income http://fortune.com/2015/12/14/senator-corker-financial-disclosure/
31/ “Question Posed: How Did Bob Corker Go from ‘Dead Broke’ to $69 Million Net Worth During 11 Years in U.S. Senate?” http://tennesseestar.com/2017/12/23/question-posed-how-did-bob-corker-go-from-dead-broke-to-69-million-net-worth-during-11-years-in-u-s-senate/
32/ I don’t see any sort of red flags re: Jeff Flake. He looks pretty squeaky. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/jeff-flake-interview/543912/
33/ I forgot to include this! https://twitter.com/senbobcorker/status/842033045741928448?s=21
34/ More on Corker: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/bob-corker-facing-ethics-questions-what-a-surprise-201769/
35/ Post 34 via @grtamericanovel
