Since it's #CollusionDay, it's worth a quick roundup of all the #TrumpRussia-related stories from just the last 24 hours or so. 1/
Last night, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen said that then-candidate Trump knew of the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting in which Trump Jr., Manafort, and Kushner were hoping to get ‘dirt’ on Secretary Clinton from a Russian government lawyer. 2/ cnn.com/2018/07/26/pol…
It has always seemed improbable that candidate Trump was not informed of plans by his son, son-in-law, and campaign manager to get dirt on his political opponent, because... 3/
...we know that Trump Jr. placed calls to a blocked number (like the one his father uses) before and after the meeting... 4/ cnn.com/2018/05/17/pol…
...and that on the same day Trump Jr. confirmed the Trump Tower meeting, 07 June, his father gave a speech promising to discuss "all of the things that have taken place with the Clintons.” 5/ cnn.com/2018/05/17/pol…
For now, it is Cohen’s word against others, so only further investigative work by Special Counsel Mueller will reveal the truth--which is why the Senate needs to take up existing, bipartisan legislation to protect him from a politically-motivated firing. 6/
MEANWHILE, Sen. McCaskill (@clairecmc) said yesterday that her Senate computer network was targeted by Russian hackers. 7/
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Her response ↓↓↓ 8/ 
The hackers belong to GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency--just like those recently indicted for stealing and releasing info from the DNC in 2016. McCaskill is one of three 2018 candidates that Microsoft identified as being targeted by GRU, but none were compromised. 9/
With Russia continuing to interfere in our democracy and @realDonaldTrump ever waffling on if he believes Vladimir Putin or our intelligence agencies, Congress must step in and pass bipartisan legislation. 10/
First is @LindseyGrahamSC and @SenatorMenendez's legislation to strengthen existing sanctions against Russia and impose additional sanctions on Putin’s corrupt private-sector cronies. 11/
And the second, new from @timkaine, @SenCoryGardner, @SenJackReed, and @SenJohnMcCain, would keep the president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without Senate approval. 12/12 thehill.com/homenews/senat…
