In the heady days of late July 2016, Donald Trump was ready for Russian help.
That much is clear from the Mueller report, which recounts how Trump repeatedly told Michael Flynn to find Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails after publicly asking Russia to “find” them.
That episode fits a broader pattern. Throughout the 2016 campaign, Trump underlings and hangers-on — both in Russia and the United States — tried to leverage Trump’s chaotic presidential campaign for their mutual advantage.
As Mueller characterized it, the Trump campaign saw a “benefit” in the Russian interference operation, and the Russian government saw its own “benefit” in a …read more
Source: TPM
