Did you read Report?
The problem isn’t that Trump stood by and expected to benefit from a foreign criminal attack on our elections.
The real problem is U.S. Senators telling bald-faced lies to the American people.
But of course, you already knew that. You’re distorting the Report on purpose.
As it turns out, the report establishes a few things that are worse than "collusion."
That passage is on Page 5 of Vol. I, in case you missed it.
Are you OK with the Trump campaign standing by and failing to report a criminal attack from a foreign government, all the while expecting to benefit in the election from those crimes?
Or do you like winning so much it doesn't matter how?
Yes, there were underlying crimes. Lots, including Trump’s campaign manager, who was passing inside information from the Trump campaign to Russian intelligence. Also, Trump’s personal lawyer, a few of his senior level campaign staff, etc.
And don’t forget Michael Cohen, under oath, implicated Trump in campaign finance violations.
So yes, Senator, there were serious underlying crimes.
If you had trouble reading and understanding that part, I broke it down here:
Mueller referred to this as a President’s corrupt use of his authority. (See, for example, Vol. II, p 8)
Are you okay with corrupt use of authority, Senator?
I’m sure you understand that the Russian propaganda method is to torpedo truth through what the Rand Institute calls a Firehose of Falsehood.
rand.org/pubs/perspecti…
If the people are told enough lies, eventually they give up trying to sort out truth from lies. They give up trying. They become cynical.
Our task—fighting the lies—is difficult. Lies are always more compelling than the truth, because the liar is free to fashion the lies anyway he chooses.
Also lies can fit into a soundbite because you don’t have to trouble yourself with facts.
One startling aspect of the Mueller Report was how many times Mueller documented Trump’s lies.
All we can do is hope that enough voters understand that everything you say is a lie, tune out what you say, and read the Report for themselves.
Your lies can shield Trump and encourage more such behavior in the future.
More importantly, lies like yours are capable of unraveling American democracy.
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