{"id":33273,"date":"2018-07-31T13:24:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T20:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33273"},"modified":"2018-07-31T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T20:24:11","slug":"desperation-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/31\/desperation-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperation Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Events in the last week have made it clear that undeniable proof is about to surface that Putin’s Puppet did criminally conspire with a hostile power, Russia, to subvert the 2016 Presidential election to install himself in the White House.  Trying to get out ahead of that and brainwash his sheeple in advance, he, his, staff, Rudy 9\/11, and the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise<\/em>, have all started parroting the same lame lie  There was no collusion, but if there was, collusion is not illegal.<\/font><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump’s defense in the Russia investigation has been a study in goal-post moving — constantly watering down previous denials and raising the standard for what would constitute actual wrongdoing. But rarely has it been so concentrated in one morning.<\/p>\n

Trump’s lawyer\/spokesman Rudolph Giuliani appeared on Fox News’s and CNN’s morning shows on Monday to downplay the idea that colluding with the Russians would have even been illegal and to argue against strawmen.<\/p>\n

The most notable portion of the interviews was when Giuliani rekindled the idea that collusion isn’t even a crime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Trump’s defenders have occasionally noted that the word doesn’t appear in the criminal code – which is a misnomer – but Giuliani took it a step further: He basically suggested Trump would have had to pay for Russia to interfere on his behalf.<\/p>\n

"I don’t even know if that’s a crime – colluding with Russians," Giuliani said on CNN. "Hacking is the crime. The president didn’t hack. He didn’t pay for the hacking<\/strong>."…  [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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If Putin were to hand Trump a  money bill for hacking, I imagine Trump would treat Putin the same way he treats everyone else, who works for Trump on credit.  He would send Putin away with empty hands and empty promises.  Handing Putin NATO is OK though.<\/font><\/p>\n

Lawrence O’Donnell<\/a> covered this story very well.<\/font><\/p>\n