Nothing in the article you posted undermines the key points in what I posted. Russians had a very specific financial interests in Trump and he in them.
Putin SAID he preferred Trump's election and the intel services fingered the Russians for interference in the election.
Too many lies by Trump people about their associations with Russians is...……………….suspicious; worthy of investigation.
Putin SAID he preferred Trump's election and the intel services fingered the Russians for interference in the election.
Too many lies by Trump people about their associations with Russians is...……………….suspicious; worthy of investigation.
Quote:In September 2008, Don Jr. told a reporter: "Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.... We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia." Trump pursued the idea of a Trump Tower in Moscow, and in 2013, took the Miss Universe pageant there.
Then, in 2014, in response to Russian efforts to destabilize and absorb Ukraine, the US put sanctions on a number of Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin, freezing their assets and denying them visas. (Interestingly, at the time, GOP congress people complained that President Obama did not hit Putin more harshly.)
Now, it appears that Russia offered to help Trump get elected in 2016 in exchange for-- among other things-- an end to sanctions. And a Russian spy, Maria Butina, has recently admitted to infiltrating the NRA, which poured more than $400 million-- an unprecedented sum-- behind GOP candidates in the 2016 election.
It is this iron triangle of business, government, and criminals that Mueller is chasing down. It is taking a huge amount of time as he and his staff look at money laundering, cyber-hacking, blackmail, and what is popularly (but not legally) known as treason.
