Monday, December 3, 2018

NeverTrump Clings To Russia Collusion Theory Despite Lack Of Evidence

The NeverTrump movement has gone from pushing allegations that Donald Trump treasonously colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from its rightful owner Hillary Clinton, to pretending that his attempts at business deals in Russia, which were legal and the subject of widespread reporting during the election, are evidence of unspecified crimes.

The news that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen pled guilty to a process crime was enough to convince them of Trump's guilt, despite the lack of evidence.

The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes wrote an article headlined "How Trump's Lies About Russia Were Exposed." Hayes' article characterizes Trump's statements that he had no business deals in Russia's as "Lies" because the global businessman quite publicly spent many years attempting to make business deals in Russia.

It's worth remembering that Trump was the target of a partisan information campaign to portray him as a tool of Russia.

As evidence that Trump lied about whether he'd sealed property deals in Russia, Hayes points out that Trump family members have previously said Russians have bought Trump properties outside of Russia.

Stephens claims that de-escalating conflict with nuclear Russia has no constituency in the United States and escalating tensions is such a good idea that the only reason Trump would oppose it is not because he's a principled foreign policy realist uninterested in launching ill-advised wars demanded by those who refuse to actually fight them, but because Trump previously spent many years trying to build a property in Russia.

Goldberg claims he's completely neutral in the overarching discussion of the conspiracy theory regarding Trump and Russia, but adds that Trump's "True nature" will be exposed and "He will not look good in this fight." Also, Mueller is "The only major player here who deserves the benefit of the doubt" and that "The one thing I know he cares about is the facts."

http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/03/nevertrump-clings-to-russia-collusion-conspiracy-theory-despite-lack-of-evidence/

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