The significance of the Senate report on Russia cannot be seen only as a mere validation of the IC assessment of Russia's activities during 2016 election. 1/
On its own, it's a comprehensive review of the manner and extent that Putin favored Trump and directed his intel agencies, at a relatively low cost, to sway the electorate. 2/
If the Senate report had come out differently, or mirrored the House report, it would have not only been a blow to those, Rs and Ds, who value our democracy, but would have set a terrible tone to homeland and national security efforts to protect us in 2018. 3/
One way I like to look at it is this: the IC and Senate have now all agreed on the "what happened." Mueller is answering the next questions: whether and, if yes, why the Trump campaign and family were so receptive to allowing it to happen. 4/4
