Do you think the fact that Trump’s campaign manager shared data with a Russian intelligence operative and then lied about doing so (as admitted by his own attorney) is weird or suspicious? How do you process that piece of factual information?
Habit is powerful. Many Trump supporters have been defending him for two years or so, skipping from no collusion to collusion isn’t a crime to chats about adoption with Russian operatives aren’t illegal to a host other ready-made defenses supplied by the daily check-in with Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.
The newest one is either “Let me know when you’ve got him” or “Oh, you’ve got him now,” both of which are basically saying the same thing: “Until Trump is convicted of a crime and/or removed from office through impeachment, nothing else matters.”
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort shared Trump campaign polling data with an associate tied to Russian intelligence during the 2016 campaign, prosecutors alleged, according to a court filing unsealed on Tuesday.
If we thought the deep staters were loony before, we had better get ready for the resurgence of Glenn Beck, Milo, and anyone else with a twist on that nutball theory.
I expect to see a lot of TV personalities scribbling manically on white boards.
Seeking and accepting foreign assistance in a Presidential campaign. Possibly offering policy concessions in exchange for assistance. Criminal conspiracy.