On Russia, Trump Is Still In Deep Trouble

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If Donald Trump believes his own tweets, then he must be feeling a huge sense of relief. According to the besieged president, he has been exonerated; the hoax has been disproved; and the witch hunt has been canceled.

“The Senate Intelligence Committee: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA!” he exclaimed in the predawn hours on Feb. 13, a theme he and his minions repeated throughout the day.

Sadly for Trump, he knows that that statement — like thousands of others littering his Twitter feed — is fakery. The Senate Intelligence Committee, composed of Democrats as well as Republicans, has made no such finding and cannot credibly offer any conclusion because its investigation is not complete. And the Democrats, led by ranking member Mark Warner, D-Va., are waiting until they hear again from such key witnesses as former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who lied to the committee when he first testified.

View the complete February 14 article by Joe Conason on the Creators website here.