Posted on 07/16/2017 6:54:09 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Syndicated columnist and longtime Fox News commentator Charles Krauthammer said that Donald Trump Jr.'s email revelation has changed the Russian collusion story for good.
Krauthammer had remained skeptical about President Donald Trump's connections with Russia during the campaign, but in his latest column, he argued that "bungled collusion is still collusion." Krauthammer admitted that this is a major change from his previous attitude.
"My view was: Collusion? I just don’t see it," he said. "But I’m open to empirical evidence. Show me."
"The evidence is now shown. This is not hearsay, not fake news, not unsourced leaks," Krauthammer said. "This is an e-mail chain released by Donald Trump Jr. himself. A British go-between writes that there’s a Russian government effort to help Trump Sr. win the election, and as part of that effort he proposes a meeting with a ‘Russian government attorney' possessing damaging information on Hillary Clinton."
Krauthammer emphatically argued that the failure to find useful information did not absolve those involved. In his opinion, it was enough that Trump Jr. said "I love it" when he was told the Russian government had dirt on Clinton.
"It may turn out that they did later collaborate more fruitfully," Krauthammer said. "We don’t know. But even if nothing else is found, the evidence is damning."
He harshly criticized the Trump camp's willingness to work with the Russians. He said that Russia is "a hostile foreign power that has repeatedly invaded its neighbors (Georgia, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine), that buzzes our planes and ships in international waters, that opposes our every move and objective around the globe."
Krauthammer's take on the scandal represents a major conservative voice shifting position on the collusion story that has gripped the left-wing and mainstream media for months.
"I leave it to the lawyers to adjudicate the legalities of unconsummated collusion," Krauthammer said in his conclusion. "But you don’t need a lawyer to see that the Trump defense — collusion as a desperate Democratic fiction designed to explain away a lost election — is now officially dead."
Never Trumper who i have lost all respect for...
Did I miss that? Because the email I saw really didn't say that.
And bungled entrapment is still entrapment.
But, without any action or planning taking place, it's a conspiracy without any substance. It's closer to a thought crime than a pre-planned illegal action.
Exactly.
How many people have been exposed for what they really are as a result of this last election?
Krauthammer: Trump Jr.’s ‘Bungled Collusion Is Still Collusion’
Krauthammer’S inside the beltway opinions are still massive BS. His opinions are as worthless as the rest of the beltway boobs.
>>British go-between writes that there’s a Russian government effort to help Trump Sr. win the election, and as part of that effort he proposes a meeting with a ‘Russian government attorney’ possessing damaging information on Hillary Clinton.”<<
Hey Chuck — that isn’t collusion — it is checking possible dirt on your opponent and it doesn’t matter WHO he met with. Donny Jr. is and was a private citizen and can meet with anyone he wants. There is no proof he asked anyone to do anything. They might as well have had Russian vodka as a link to the Russian Government.
Nevertrumpers gonna nevertrunmp.
This passes as intelligence? He was setup by obummer!
#nevertrumpers all end up showing themselves to be petty and little.
Kraut has made a joke of himself and he can’t and will never admit to being wrong because he thinks he knows all.
He is very important in his own mind. All hes got I guess.
Krauthummer-move on over to CNN with your holier than thou never Trump sour grapes...
Boy, am I sick of the clueless pontifications of this dour never-Trumper.
Kraut is thrilled. Jerk.
This seems to be a case if entrapment with the DOJ and Hillary’s campaign colluding with Russia.
Charle Krap-hammer is a mental criple as well as a sorry ASS wipe.....retire to your wheel chair..............FOOL!!!
This makes it a political issue, not a legal one ... and Krauthammer just happens to be on the opposite side of it than a lot of Trump's supporters.
Collusion = Media
That's mighty white of you.
Another Never Trumpster, who has lost any decency and honesty in his writing.
I would normally say, “Charlie, go take a long hike off a short pier!”
However, “Charlie. enjoy being irrelevant, the rest of your miserable lying life!”
Wishful thinking from #NeverTrumper Krauthammer...
He should move to CNN.
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