Surprise, surprise, surprise Chuck Todd is actually laying out the case, piece by piece

[grantcart]

In starting MTP today he lays out the damning timeline where hours after the meeting Trump is announcing he is going to have some juicy information on Clinton.

He then shows the timeline context that everyone at DU knows; calling for Russian to release 30,000 emails, the forced change in the Republican platform and so on.

I think its like professional sports when the outstanding play of the top teams (Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times) causes the second tier teams to amp up their performance.

Who knew that Chuck Todd could sink a three pointer from downtown.

Keep it up Chuckie and you might even become a first tier broadcaster.

[mopinko]

1. then he bring blount in to tap dance his ass off, and just smiles at him.

[Hekate]

2. Indeed

[PJMcK]

3. REALLY?!

"Keep it up Chuckie and you might even become a first tier broadcaster."

I know you're being sarcastic but there ain't no chance of that happening. Ever.

[murielm99]

4. I am surprised.

I have despised this sycophant for so long! He jumps around like he has springs in his underwear.

If he is turning, maybe things are beginning to go our way.

[procon]

5. Todd kept hammering Blount with questions about Trump/Russia, and

at the end he sounded really pissed and actually complained that he didn't get to promote the Republican's Drop Dead Healthcare bill.

[Squinch]

6. They're all jealous of Rachel's ratings and they're finally figuring out that tea-bagger

bullshit is not the way to get them.

How long has he had his own show? He's really very slow, but we try to be tolerant.

[monmouth4]

7. I'm thinking the suits have much to do with it but now with Joe Scarborough's change of heart I

wonder if this has changed Chucky's thinking..

[Snarkoleptic]

8. Connecting the dots begins to slowly reveal a smoking gun!

Two days before the 6/9/16 meeting, Donald (SR) is crowing about new Clinton info that's soon to come-

Skip to 7:45 in the video
https://www.c-span.org/video/?410729-1/donald-trump-delivers-primary-night-remarks

6/3 - Introductory Proposal and Trump enthusiastically accepts.
6/7 - Meeting Scheduled for 6/9 (See above video with Donald SR crowing)
6/9 - Meeting/Collusion

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/politics/trump-russia-email-clinton.html

The June 3, 2016, email sent to Donald Trump Jr. could hardly have been more explicit: One of his father’s former Russian business partners had been contacted by a senior Russian government official and was offering to provide the Trump campaign with dirt on Hillary Clinton.

The documents “would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father,” read the email, written by a trusted intermediary, who added, “This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”

If the future president’s eldest son was surprised or disturbed by the provenance of the promised material — or the notion that it was part of a continuing effort by the Russian government to aid his father’s campaign — he gave no indication.

He replied within minutes: “If it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer.”

Four days later, after a flurry of emails, the intermediary wrote back, proposing a meeting in New York on Thursday with a “Russian government attorney.”