No one is saying that he's a mastermind. Only that he was calling the Kremlin looking for someone who spoke English to try and make the deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow which suggests that Trump didn't have the connections to Putin or Russia that the left suggests.
So you admit that Trump couldn't have been a Russian stooge, and his only reason for fawning over Putin was trying to get the Trump Tower in Moscow done if he lost the election? This isn't treason or evidence of collusion though.
Nope. that is not something you can take from what I wrote. You can desire something and be chasing something and become a stooge based on that want.
I don't think Trump puts the hotel aside regardless. He has shown no interest in not furthering his personal interests as POTUS. But since he did not think it was likely he was going to win, he was certainly focused on his plan to use that as leverage to get the Tower built.
It certainly could be evidence of collusion. A quid pro quo where sanctions are lifted off certain oligarchs returning to them billions of dollars, the lifting of sanctions on Russian banks and assets, all by a group seeking financing from Russian oligarchs and banks. Collusion 101, son.
Trump was looking for a deal during the campaign, and lying about it repeatedly, stating he had no links to Russia. Of course the deal never got made. Putin isn't his buddy or looking for a business opportunity. He dangled that deal, and offered assistance in winning the Presidency, precisely to gain leverage over him. All this information that has been leaked was always known by the Russians who can probably provide their own proof and more. And all the while Trump was aware of that.
Wonk wonk wooonk. Maybe not but he is amoral and unscrupulous.
Here's a news flash. The President always makes deals that benefit themselves. Hell even Hillary who was Secretary of State at the time made a deal with Russians to sell uranium and gained millions from Russians towards her supposed nonprofit organization. This was known during the campaign as well. Same with Chinagate scandal in 96 where Dems accepted millions towards their campaigns including Presidential. Politicians make these corrupt deals all the time where they take money for quid pro quo. Still there is no evidence, you just assume there was some deal made between Trump and Putin based around a business deal. A business deal that ultimately fell through is evidence of nothing. It's a shame you can't see this.
There is no indication that Trump wanted to drop the deal and Cohen pursued it against his wishes. There was absolutely no chance of a development deal being made after Trump won. You have not offered up any exculpatory evidence at all.
You can't prove a negative. How am I suppose to prove something didn't happen?
At least Manafort and the Agalarovs had direct links to the Kremlin and Flynn to Turkey. Once Manafort was hired the campaign was compromised. Even if everyone else was following the law.
What happened to drain the swamp? If there's no evidence of corruption then Mueller's report will indicate that.
You can't prove it, it's beyond your capability, let Mueller handle it. Just sit tight, hopefully with an open mind, and wait for his report.
The whole deal is beside the point. It was never going to be made. It was the carrot they used to have incriminating evidence over Trump after he repeatedly claimed having no business ties to Russia during the campaign.
I already know what the report will say. There are some connections between Cohen and Manafort and some Russians, but no evidence that the campaign colluded with the government. The report will still strongly suspect there was collusion. It will be some middle of the road report that won't appease anyone and will not lead to Trump personally being involved or impeached. Probably not absolved either.
I love when leftists bring up Manafort. He was prosecuted for crimes he committed while working with the Podestas in Ukraine. Funny how they walked free.
He's probably more at risk in the obstruction and campaign finance investigations but we don't have all the collusion evidence yet.
You don't know what the report is going to say.
Yup. I've always thought that was his biggest exposure.
Well its only been 18 months so far and that is a tiny amount of a time for an investigation like this so no one should be fussed.It says 6 more years.
It should be compared more to the Chinagate scandal since both involved investigations into foreign influence during a campaign.
