emptywheel

aka criminal investigation. It’s the criminals that made it that way.

Trump specifically refers to "Russian collusion" being a witch hunt, and I think he's right on that. So much time and nothing to show for it.

By "nothing to show for it" you mean aside from the 5 guilty pleas and the 15 other indictments? Were you a Benghazi truther, too?

Do any of those indictments allege a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to commit wrongdoing re the 2016 election? Didn't think so. The Benghazi "scandal" was as much of a joke as this one is. So was Clinton's emailgate. And Lewinski. And Whitewater.

When they're pleas, they're not allegations. So let's try this slowly. One guilty plea is about hiding from FBI whether and who on the campaign learned Russians were dealing dirt in form of Hillary emails.

One guilty plea is about hiding from FBI that Trump Admin was providing precisely what Russians asked for in June meeting offering dirt: sanctions relief.

Those pleas both involve Russians and dirt.

Don't you know the difference between Ukranian and Russian? It's not all the same you know.

Who does he owe $20 M to?

Someone not named in any of the Special Counsel's indictments against Manafort.

But he is someone named in several different recent court filings, including the one explaining why this is relevant. Want to go back and claim this Russian is not Russian now?

I need to reduce my statement to saying that the Special Counsel's indictments against Manafort do not mention Russians (oligarchs or otherwise), or Russian money (from oligarchs or otherwise). The Podestas were doing business alongside Manafort in the same places and times.