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It is collusion. There was collusion.
The Manafort hearing transcript released last week closes the loop.
Collusion.
Quid: Manafort (campaign manager) -> polling data -> Kilimnik (Russian spy) -> Putin
Quo: Putin -> Trump Tower Moscow -> $300M -> Trump
It’s done. This is the biggest scandal in American history and the biggest threat to our democracy since the Civil War.
Link to tweet
(John Weaver is a high level ex-GOP operative who worked for McCain.)
The campaign chairman (mgr) and the deputy mgr walked down the street from Trump Tower to a clandestine meeting with a GRU asset & handed him the most private polling/targeting material from the campaign.
Within weeks the Russians (for which they have been indicted) were conducting sophisticated targeting in key states of American voters to move them to Trump or away from Hillary. Stop with the no proof of collusion (conspiracy). It is right in front of us.
In the meantime, Trump was continuing negotiations with Kremlin for Trump Tower in Moscow, even offering Putin $20 million gift. And, "coincidentally" or in exchange, offering reductions in sanctions, blind eye re: Crimea and change in GOP platform re: Ukraine.
Within weeks the Russians (for which they have been indicted) were conducting sophisticated targeting in key states of American voters to move them to Trump or away from Hillary. Stop with the no proof of collusion (conspiracy). It is right in front of us.
In the meantime, Trump was continuing negotiations with Kremlin for Trump Tower in Moscow, even offering Putin $20 million gift. And, "coincidentally" or in exchange, offering reductions in sanctions, blind eye re: Crimea and change in GOP platform re: Ukraine.