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Roman Makarov Posted 8 years ago
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Hi everyone. Could you please explain to me the meaning of the word in bold? Does it mean "to blame" or "to connect" here?
  • A former federal prosecutor tells the Daily Caller News Foundation the truth is starting to seep out about the Obama Administration's "brazen plot to exonerate Hillary Clinton" and "frame an incoming president with a false Russian conspiracy that never existed."
I guess it's "to blame", but then I can't understand how a "president" is blamed with a conspiracy [which is a noun].It looks for me as if the incoming president [Trump] invented the idea of the Russian conspiracy, which cannot be true. He can be connected with scandals with Russians, but not to have invented the conspiracy, as it existed before him. That's why it's easy for me to understand the verb "to connect" here [Trump is connected with Russians, that's why we've got these and those problems]..Source: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/23/joe_digenova_obama_administrations_brazen_plot_to_exonerate_hillary_clinton_is_a_felony.html
  

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Could you please also explain to me the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence, especially of the verb "to politicize"? diGenova, a former federal prosecutor, connects the dots on former Obama administration Justice Department and FBI officials who may have “violated the law, perhaps committed crimes” to politicize law enforcement and surveillance against political opponents. I'm sorry to put many questions in one topic.

— Roman Makarov

  • Could you please also explain to me the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence, especially of the verb "to politicize"?
  • diGenova, a former federal prosecutor, connects the dots on former Obama administration Justice Department and FBI officials who may have “violated the law, perhaps committed crimes” to politicize law enforcement and surveillance against political opponents.
  • I'm sorry to put many questions in one topic.
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Could you please also explain to me the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence, especially of the verb "to politicize"?

  • diGenova, a former federal prosecutor, connects the dots on former Obama administration Justice Department and FBI officials who may have “violated the law, perhaps committed crimes” to politicize law enforcement and surveillance against political oppone
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