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Trump Jr. Emails Prove Russia Collusion Story Is Even Dumber Than You Thought
dailycaller.com ^ | 07/12/2017

Posted on 07/12/2017 8:41:01 AM PDT by Helicondelta

Donald Trump Jr. scooped The New York Times Tuesday morning by tweeting out the email chain that has been the subject of three stories suggesting he knew that a meeting with a Russian attorney was part of Russia’s effort to assist his father’s presidential campaign.

The predictable claims that the emails are a “smoking gun” proving collusion and that such activity amounted to “treason” followed. But what the emails actually reveal is nothing of the sort.

First, when “collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia was originally discussed it had always been within the context of the Trump campaign assisting the Russians with hacking the DNC. But with these emails, that theory immediately falls apart. As I wrote on Monday, the DNC knew in May that Russia hacked its network. Don Jr. met with the Russian lawyer in June, the month after the hack—meaning that Don Jr. could not collude to do something that had already happened.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donjr; media; msm; russia; trumpjr; trumprussia
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To: tennmountainman
I’m moving on.

Too bad. I had a few more legitimate pertinent questions for you regarding your comment here about how stupid Trump Jr. is.

Wise move on your part.☺

61 posted on 07/13/2017 8:32:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Cecily
Is “collusion” even a correct word for this whole issue? “Collusion” implies illegality or fraud.

You're right, the word collusion has no precise legal meaning. For the Dims, it's word because it sounds bad... and because it means whatever they want it to mean.

Like Jeff Sessions said the other day, it's a Through the Looking Glass world they're operating in:

"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master— that's all."

62 posted on 07/14/2017 7:15:23 PM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: Helicondelta

The story that sounded fishy from the start has become downright ludicrous.


63 posted on 07/14/2017 7:17:38 PM PDT by windsorknot
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