David Corn: Remember the Big Story in the Russia Scandal: Donald Trump Betrayed America

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https://www.motherjones.com/media/2018/12/the-big-story-trump-russia/

Remember the Big Story in the Russia Scandal: Donald Trump Betrayed America
In the flurry of new developments—and disinformation—it’s easy to lose sight of this essential and proven fact.
David Corn
December 19, 2018 11:15 AM


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Let’s recap:

Trump, while campaigning for president, had a secret deal in Russia for which his attorney sought Putin’s help. Trump lied to the public about this.

Trump’s campaign was informed that Moscow intended to intervene to help Trump. It said nothing about this information, essentially encouraged the Kremlin, and denied Moscow’s involvement once the Russian hack-and-dump attack became publicly known.

Trump, after being told the Kremlin was attempting to subvert an American election, claimed no such thing was happening. He covered for Putin.

Trump aided and abetted Russia’s secret war on the United States—a war that helped shape the outcome of a narrowly decided presidential election. This is all known, and indisputable—except that these days, anything will be disputed by Trump and his followers. Even if Trump’s disputations are demonstrable lies—“I have nothing to do with Russia”—they still color and cloud the ongoing public discourse about what happened in 2016. They have prompted his supporters and his GOP comrades to reject or ignore the powerful truth of Trump’s profound betrayal, portraying it as just another debatable point in the grand chaos of the Trump years.

This holiday season, though, the truth is crashing down on several of the president’s men (and one female Russian operative). And Trump’s multiple lies about the hush-money payments have been highlighted, with Trump himself practically branded an unindicted co-conspirator.

As the nation heads toward the third year of the Trump-Russia scandal and the investigations get tougher to track, we must keep in mind the already-known essential fact: The man in the White House engaged in the most consequential political skullduggery in US history. That’s the sad truth—and it is a damn shame that journalists, elected officials, and citizens have to fight every day to keep it front and center in Trump’s multi-ring circus.

[pecosbob]

1. Go David...

[olegramps]

8. I am going to see if its true that no one is above the law.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. investigate, impeach, convict

These criminals should be completely exposed to the public in hearings and then dealt with appropriately.

[gratuitous]

3. We need to keep talking this up

We need to mold public opinion in the direction of removing Trump from office. It won't "just happen," and there are lots of folks working hard against that. We need to get people used to the idea of Trump's corruption, and put public pressure on the Senate, which is the body that votes to convict and remove.

Some Republican Senators have made noises recently that they're disgusted with Trump. We need to get other Republican Senators on board with that idea. I don't care if they're being disingenuous, or if they're just looking to save their own miserable hides. We need 20 Republicans in the Senate to join with the Democrats to get this fucker out of the Oval Office. It's up to us to keep Trump's crimes front and center, and get the American people on board to put the pressure on their Representatives and Senators.

[H2O Man]

7. Very well said.

Thank you!

[red dog 1]

12. + 1

[ffr]

4. It boggles the mind that we have a known Russian asset as POTUS

Were is the bottleneck on hitting that trip lever?

[peggysue2]

5. Illegitimate election; illegitimate result

Remember that Trumpski is an Imposter, merely the Squatter-in-Chief running a dead political party formerly known as the GOP.

The hush-money payments opened Pandora's box but the contents are far darker and consequential and the spigot has been turned wide open.

Corn is absolutely correct: the truth is crashing down or as Yeats wrote:

"Things fall apart, the center cannot hold; . . . "

[iluvtennis]

9. Right on point.

[H2O Man]

6. Recommended!

David's book with Michael Isikoff is required reading. I've enjoyed all of his commentary since the book was released, as well. They focused a lot of attention on the Trump Tower Moscow project, recognizing that it was key.

[Cha]

10. I don't call him Traitortrump for nothing.

Thanks to David Corn for keeping this front and center.

[cstanleytech]

11. The real big story is the Repugnants in the House and Senate betrayed the country

because without their assistance he would have been removed from office months ago.

[red dog 1]

13. Kick!

David Corn is absolutely right!

Including when he says "Don't forget about Roger Stone!"