Thread by @tburages

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump A hoax, you say?

Fact: Jared Kushner met throughout the 2016 campaign with the leader of a Russian think-tank. He met with him to get advice on how to integrate pro-Russia policy into Trump's foreign policy.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump No emotion here. Just facts.

Here's another one: Trumps was spouting off Kremlin talking points during the campaign. He got them from Dimitri Simes.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump Where did Dimitri Simes know the exact things Putin would want?

From Putin.

More facts. Facts are our friends.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump See? Trump promised Putin great gifts while Putin attacked Trump's opponent. With his military.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump Russian government hacks = happy Team Trump.

Meanwhile ...

"I'd drop Russian sanctions."

"Putin likes me. We'd work well together."

"We'll pull our troops out of Syria."

"NATO's dead."

"Russian should keep Crimea."

Trump promises = happy Team Putin.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump Team Trump planned their whole campaign around what Russia and Wikileaks were doing.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump And they were more than happy to ask for more.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump Mueller's team never found a "Let's Collude!" contract. But THIS sure was weird.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump In the end, Putin and Trump won.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump And Jared was no longer content to have Dimitri Simes as a middle man. He wanted a more direct line to Putin.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump In fact, Kushner would like a secret back-channel at the Russian embassy please.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump After the election there this "reconciliation" plan passed up the chain.

@GJFerguson @realDonaldTrump So YES. There was collusion. Yes, Trump's a criminal. Yes, Mueller knows it. No, they didn't leave a paper trail.