Americans don’t trust Don, says PIO Congresswoman
Washington, Sept. 17: Americans do not trust US President Donald Trump as they cannot believe that he does not know anything about his campaigns’ connection with Russia during the 2016 presidential election, Indian- American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has said.
Her comments came days after Paul Manafort, who once headed Mr Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigations of Russian interference in the election.
Ms Jayapal, the first Indian- American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives, told CNN on Sunday: “When you think about this, it isn’t just the individual pieces that we’re seeing, but what we’re seeing is top advisers, people who ran the campaign, the campaign manager, the deputy campaign manager, the President’s personal
lawyer who have all pleaded guilty”.
“You have to begin to wonder how it could possibly be the case that the President knew nothing about what was going on.
“We obviously still have ways to go in terms of connecting Russia to the campaign and the President. That is still out there,” she said. “This is reflected in the polls.”
“You see people recognising they don’t trust the President. They believe that Bob Mueller is doing a good job and that the investigation should continue. People are saying, look, this is outrageous,” Ms Jayapal said about the ongoing investigations by former FBI director Mueller on the allegations of Russian interference in 2016 elections.
“This level of corruption, greed, some of the individual charges that are outlined in the Manafort charging document really show that this guy ( Paul Manafort, former Trump Campaign manager)... Is in in jail because of jury tampering. This was the person who ran Mr Trump’s campaign. Not some junior person, the person who ran his campaign. That’s a problem.”