Donald Trump has repeatedly denied that he colluded with Russia to affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. He has called it a hoax and a witch hunt and fake news. But no matter how much he claims there was no collusion, he can't get rid of the accusation -- or convince most Americans it didn't happen.
That's because he is lying. He did collude with Russia, and we see more evidence of it all the time. The latest is the verification of another part of the Steele dossier. That dossier had said that Michael Cohen had visited Prague in 2016 and met with the Russians. Cohen vehemently denied it. He lied. Special Prosecutor Mueller now has evidence that Cohen did indeed visit Prague at the time in question.
Why is this important? Because Cohen didn't work for the Republican Party or the presidential campaign, or the Trump family. He worked only for Donald Trump. He was Trump's "fixer" -- the man Trump trusted to handle delicate issues. If Cohen went to Prague and met with Russians (and we know he did), then it had to be on the instruction of Donald Trump -- and no one else.
And that is not all. NBC News is reporting that the Center for American Progress has documented that Trump's family members and campaign aides met with Russians at least 70 times. SEVENTY TIMES! That's an incredibly large number of meetings, and knowing Trump's propensity for micromanagement, is it reasonable to believe that all of these meetings were done without the knowledge or without instructions from Trump himself?
Trump likes to brag that the House Intelligence committee found no evidence of collusion. What he won't tell you is that the committee only examined people who would uphold their view that collusion did not occur -- and they failed to interview over 80% of people making those 70 meetings with Russians. It was not an investigation. It was a white wash.
Did Trump's family members meet with Russians without Trump's knowledge and approval? Did his campaign officials? If you are naive enough to believe that, then I have some oceanfront property in the Texas Panhandle that I'll sell you real cheap!
Of course there was collusion -- collusion between Trump and Russian officials. There is just too much evidence now to deny that.
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