freeman3 wrote:Well, the issue was Trump's mental state when he fired Comey. And he told the Russians that by firing Comey that would take the pressure off. That's clear evidence that he thought his firing of Comey would slow down the investigation. Whether it actually did not or not is immaterial. I'm sure he had no idea that Mueller would be appointed as special counsel.
I hearby make you AG. Good luck proving that case. If your "proof" rests on the clarity of Trump's speech, you've lost before you've started.
It does seem the talking point among conservatives that nothing substantive has been found connecting him to the Russians. Sure, we don't have any evidence showing that the Trump campaign actively colluded with the Russians.
Yeah, what you call a "talking point" is commonly referred to as "innocent until proven guilty." You might want to look that up. The whole "lack of evidence" thingy might be handy too.
Come on. It is your hatred for him that precludes you from having even a modicum of objectivity. I don't like the man, but I'm waiting for something to materialize before hanging him in effigy. Liberals were doing that before he was even a candidate.
So far we have these inexplicable contacts between high-level Trump advisors and the Russians which don't make any sense, Trump associates have lied about these contacts, and Trump tried several times to shut down the investigation (remember also the complete fit he threw when Sessions had to recuse himself for lying about meeting with the Russian ambassador).
Sorry, this is swill. Sessions needn't have recused himself. He did so to go overboard.
Again, waiting for the elusive "evidence." Questions are not evidence. Evidence is proof of wrongdoing. So far, you've got . . . bupkiss.
The investigation is in its early stages.
False. Comey was investigating it for many months--or rather those below him were. They haven't stopped. Given all the leaks, how would YOU explain that there has not been ONE leak of criminality?
They need to subpoena documents, they need to track down witnesses and interview them. I think Mueller will eventually get the truth, whatever it is, but it will take time. Clearly, if there was collusion, if Trump made any deal with the Russians, then he would have to have gone to great lengths to hide any evidence of said collusion. So if it occurred it will take a while to find the evidence for direct collusion. It's premature to say that Trump did not collude with the Russians when the investigation is still in the early stages.
It's premature to say Clinton did not collude with the Russians too.
And, there is just as much evidence of that.