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‘Traitor’ Trump trashed for response to DOJ Kremlin cash and Russia disinfo indictments

Donald Trump's latest attack on American rule of law and the U.S. Dept. of Justice is facing condemnation. The GOP presidential nominee and convicted felon awaiting sentencing, while speaking at a courthouse press conference on his efforts to appeal a $5 million judgment in a New York sexual abuse and defamation civil case, called the DOJ's bombshell indictments in the Kremlin cash and Russian disinformation case a "scam.""It's always the same," observed foreign policy, national security, and political affairs analyst and commentator David Rothkopf. "Defend Putin. Defend Russia. Defend corruption. Accuse those who are enforcing the law of being engaged in a scam. Why does he sound this way? Because he is a traitor and a criminal."Trump told reporters Friday, "This is a long and complicated web and story, but it all goes back to the DOJ and Kamala and sleepy Joe and all the rest of them.""We have a whole rigged election system," he declared, as he often does, promoting his "Big Lie" that the 2020 election was stolen while appearing to be paving the ground for the same response should he lose in November.READ MORE: ‘Incoherent Gibberish’: Experts Trash Trump’s ‘Incomprehensible’ Answer to Policy Question"Nobody's ever seen anything like what's happening now. I understand yesterday, they're bringing up Russia, Russia, Russia again, that they've done for years. Never found anything," Trump falsely claimed. "But they should be looking at China, China, China, Iran, Iran, Iran, lots of other places.""I haven't spoken to anybody from Russia in years. They know that, but it's a scam," he claimed. "But, it all goes back to the DOJ because we had a trial today. It's an appeal of a ridiculous –."Trump was referring to this week's indictments that reveal a U.S. media outlet that platformed several far-right pro-Trump influencers was funded with millions of dollars from Russia in a scheme to help Trump."The allegations," NBC News reported on the indictments, "came as part of a wide-ranging move by the Departments of Justice, State and Treasury to target what the Biden administration says are Russian government-sponsored attempts to manipulate U.S. public opinion ahead of the November election." In a separate report NBC News calls the influencers, "paid messengers for Russian propaganda."The Atlantic's David Frum, a former White House speechwriter for Republican President George W. Bush, responded to Trump's remarks, saying: "The only topic on which Trump never flip flops."READ MORE: ‘Something’s in Play Here’ Says Ex-Trump NatSec Official on DOJ Russian Disinfo IndictmentThe liberal super PAC American Bridge responded to Trump's comments by pointing to an Associated Press article and writing: "YESTERDAY Trump's former senior campaign aide was charged for accepting $1 million to spew Kremlin talking points."Podcaster Fred Wellman remarked: "I’m a bit of a news hound and I didn’t see anyone saying that Trump had been talking to Russia yesterday. He is incapable of not blurting out confessions."Watch Trump's remarks below or at this link.READ MORE: ‘Can’t Even Find a Complete Sentence’: Trump’s ‘Gobbldygook’ Childcare ‘Solution’ Slammed