| With all the stuff that's come out over the past six months, I don't see how you can dismiss it out of hand like this. For anyone reading who is not super engaged with these matters, please know that this is a lot more than just a "meme". Here's a comprehensive timeline if you want to take a deep dive: https://lawfareblog.com/realnews-trump-et-laffaire-russe-res... But I'll just list a simple sequence of three verifiable events that should demonstrate clearly that there is at least something real here. * On March 20, 2017 FBI Director James Comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee that the FBI was “investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts.”" [0] * On May 9, 2017 the President fired FBI Director Comey [1] * On May 17, 2017 Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (acting in this matter as AG due to Sessions' recusal) appointed a Special Counsel to oversee the investigation, effectively removing the President from it's chain of command. [2] I'm not saying this is proof-positive that collusion occurred, but it's sufficiently compelling. [0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/us/politics/fbi-investiga...
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-f...
[2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-muelle... Edited to remove insinuations of bad faith |
Please don't let such insinuations of bad faith creep into your comments on HN.
There is widespread disagreement about this matter (e.g. the GP comment was both upvoted and downvoted, obviously not all by trolls) and those who disagree need to remain civil on HN. That includes (a) responding to the argument and (b) assuming good faith.