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[quote=Anonymous]Here's a link to the piece OP is describing, but I'm not really sure the conclusions are actionable:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/opinion/the-russians-were-involved-but-it-wasnt-about-collusion.html

Both parties in Congress are acting along partisan lines, though I do think a few months ago there were also some reasonable voices in both parties simply focused on investigating the Russian interference. It's Trump's actions, and more or less his actions alone, that have given credence to the collusion narrative (which was previously viewed as a conspiracy theory by most on both sides). Prior to his firing of Comey, he likely was not under investigation personally.

It's Trump campaign staff who lied about meeting with Russians; it's Trump who seems hell-bent at shutting down any investigation into anything Russia-related; it's Trump who refuses to state unequivocally that Russia interfered; it's Trump who refuses to acknowledge how problematic Flynn's behavior was. Ultimately, all of this is self-inflicted.

I think most people who did/do not like/support Trump are like me. I think he's a bad leader with dangerous policies, but I doubted he would do something as corrupt as colluding with Russians. He's literally done nothing to confirm the latter bit, and he's done tons of things to suggest I was giving him too much credit.

Ultimately, I don't know whether Trump colluded with Russia...and I'm doubtful we will. He's a harmful presence in the WH, but we're stuck with him. But the only way to put the Russia stuff to rest is to look into what they did...and, at this point, we know that part of what they did was reach out to high-level Trump campaign associates. There is no way to investigate the matter without including them in the investigation. If they have nothing to hide, though, they will cooperate in the spirit of getting the actual bad guys. It's Trump who has the power to make this be about Russia attacking us and not his campaign. It's Trump who's doing the opposite.[/quote]

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