[krapp]

> they diverted attention by concocting Russia collusion story, something that fell completely flat.

I mean, other than Trump Jr. admitting that it happened, yeah, completely flat.

We're well past the point where it's reasonable to pretend that the Clinton campaign "concocted" the story entirely, or to dismiss the mountains of (admittedly circumstantial) evidence that Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to undermine the Clinton campaign. That seems to be passing from the realm of conspiracy theory to likely fact.