In the public eye, there is no link. Months of sound bites and one liners say so. The Media and Dems have repeated it so often, it is almost impossible at this late date to refute The Big Lie, despite this story which nobody will read. All they have to do to refute the genuine facts is quote each other's lies, ad infinitum.
The lasting impression made out there in public is "No Link!", the inconvenient facts be damned! It will be repeated at every opportunity all the way through the Election. That's the result of letting the other side's propaganda and lies take hold.