| > There's no solid evidence Trump is secretly and knowingly working for Putin Not enough to indict, anyways, but there's a spectrum between insane left-wing conspiracy and a jury conviction. Paul Manafort, Trumps 2016 campaign chairman, was sentenced to 7 years prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy against the United States. His protege Rick Gates did 45 days in a plea bargain deal. Then there was the time Trump stood up at his campaign podium and directly asked Russian hackers to leak more Clinton emails: > “Russia, if you’re listening,” Trump said, “I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” And during his presidency, he went out of his way to take secret meetings with Putin in Hamburg Germany[1], among other places. We have no idea what was discussed, which seemingly checks the "secret" box at least. As for "knowing," well, he directly asked for their help, but who knows how mentally "there" he is. Comes down to "for" I guess, as I'm sure he'd characterize it as "with"? [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump... |