Originally Posted by tithead

Much of what we already know amounts to both collusion and to a scandal. Right now, we’re just trying to figure out how serious the misconduct really was.

The broad pattern of lying is the issue here — why did Trump and/or his advisers feel the need to lie both about the campaign’s eagerness to collude with Russia and about the contacts with Russia during the transition?

Trump’s direct involvement in the falsification of the rationale for the Trump Tower meeting is a piece of that puzzle.


Donald Trump Jr. faces a grilling today. Here are some big questions. - The Washington Post