Jonathan Turley - no evidence of collusion
I do not like this guy and wish cable would stop supporting him. And PS, I think he's wrong.
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/396969-ignore-the-spin-still-no-evidence-of-trump-collusion
Ignore the spin — still no evidence of Trump collusion
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Indeed, much of this effort may have been much too “standard” for some of us to admit. The continued shock and revulsion expressed by many leaders at the thought of such interference is a tad forced. The United States has intervened in foreign elections for decades, including leaking stolen documents. Not long ago, our hacking of our own allies, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was revealed. Many nations regularly try to influence elections and this is nothing new for the United States, either as the culprit or as the target of such efforts.
In other words, if there were a real hunt for election witches, we would find ourselves at the head of the line to the pillory.
Does that mean that the Mueller investigation is somehow invalid? Of course not. This remains an attack on our system, there is still work to be done, and we should all want the FBI to continue that work unimpeded.
With minutes of its release, the latest indictment was unrecognizable after being put through the centrifuge of the Washington spin machine. The fact is that the indictment largely confirmed what we knew. It shows an effort by the Russians to undermine Clinton and influence the election; it also shows no evidence of knowing collusion and, indeed, very limited evidence of unknowing collusion.
So, ignore the exclamations of “O Goody Ruskies.” We can be outraged by the Russian operation without being hypocrites as to our own history. Likewise, we can support the Mueller investigation without ignoring the fact that no credible evidence has thus far arisen against Trump on collusion.
In other words, if you want to find witches, start by not being chumps.
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… poorly. There will be no enumerated "evidence" of collusion because that's not a crime. The crime is "Conspiracy against the United States" and we see evidence, now, even before the investigation is complete. There is evidence of "collusion" "cooperation" or whatever Turley would like to call it... I see he says "knowing collusion," which may indicate Turley is part of the other side's "spin machine."
