The big unanswered question at the core of Trump's corruption

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The Plum Line • Opinion
The big unanswered question at the core of Trump’s corruption

By Greg Sargent, Opinion writer covering national politics
May 10 at 10:40 AM

Why?

In recent days, the unanimous message that has blared forth from President Trump, his media propagandists, and his Republican allies in Congress on the Mueller report is that it is now “case closed” on this whole story, as Mitch McConnell put it.

Countless Republicans have uttered the same talking point in every conceivable forum: No collusion, no obstruction. This is an entirely settled matter -- total exoneration.

Yet at the same time, the full force of the administration’s legal resources -- backed up by the Senate Majority Leader and virtually all congressional Republicans -- has been marshaled against further fact finding of any and all kinds, on just about every single remaining front where outstanding unknowns remain.

Why? Why is this massive effort to close down every last remaining line of inquiry necessary, if Trump has been totally exonerated?
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Greg Sargent writes The Plum Line blog. He joined The Post in 2010, after stints at Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and the New York Observer. Follow https://twitter.com/theplumlinegs

[Jarqui]

1. A big unanswered question for me is: was Trump's obstruction successful?

Evidence of conspiracy with the Russians fell short of the criminal standard.

As they tagged ten instances of obstruction against him, is there probable cause or more to believe a conspiracy existed between Trump and the Russians?

Fiddle with the phrasing but I think America deserves to know the answer to a question like that.

[poli-junkie]

2. Why? Huge chunk of

of Repukes are on the take. Congress should subpoena the NRA for starters. Then look at how they voted in the Senate to lift sanctions for Deripaska. Also find out why a bunch of ‘em flew to Russia that July 4th week.

[empedocles]

3. Yes. . . . For starters.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. I thought it was generally understood that they all know this is a lie and they...

just don't want the truth exposed.

[lagomorph777]

5. What are they hiding?

Say it loudly, say it often. It's very simple. They are going to huge effort and expending huge political capital to hide something. That something must be extremely bad.