The quest to prove collusion is crumbling
While everyone is fixated on President Donald Trump’s unbecoming and inexplicable assault on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the media have been trying to sneak away from the “Russian collusion” story.
That's right. For all the breathless hype, the on-air furrowed brows and the not-so-veiled hopes that this could be Watergate, Jared Kushner's statement and testimony before Congress have made Democrats and many in the media come to the realization the collusion they were counting on just isn't there.
As the date of Kushner’s testimony approached, the media thought they were going to advance and refresh the story.
But Kushner's clear, precise and convincing account of what really occurred during the campaign and after the election has left many of Trump's loudest enemies trying to quietly back out of the room, unnoticed.
Cable news airtime and in-print word count dedicated to the nonexistent collusion story appear to be dwindling. Democrats and their allies in the media seem less eager to talk about it, and when they do, they say something to the effect of "but, but, but ... Kushner didn't answer every question ... He wasn't under oath ... There are still more witnesses ...”
They are stammering. It hasn't taken long for news producers and editors to realize the story is fading.
There are a few show stoppers from Kushner's testimony that make it obvious to any fair-minded, thinking, person that there was no collusion with Russia.
Kushner made it clear that his actions were innocent but, at times, misguided and ill-conceived. He plainly stated he had "hardly any" contacts with Russians during the campaign and found his June, 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and the infamous Russian lawyer to be an absolute “waste of time”.
Democrats and their media allies have exhausted themselves building a scandalous narrative surrounding the Russian lawyer meeting, but according to Kushner, the meeting was so useless he "actually emailed an assistant from the meeting after (he) had been there for ten or so minutes and wrote 'Can u pls call me on my cell? Need excuse to get out of meeting."'
When the campaign received an official note of congratulations from Russian President Vladimir Putin the day after the election, Kushner had to send Dimitri Simes of the Center for the National Interest an email asking for the name of the Russian ambassador, so he could confirm the message's authenticity.
How much collusion could Kushner have done with someone whom he had so little communication with, he could not remember his name and did not know how to contact him?
Sure, there are others still in the crosshairs of the collusion-hunters, but Kushner has been the biggest target.
Paul Manafort is a private citizen, and he departed the campaign before the general election campaign really started.
Donald Trump Jr. is implicated only in the one ill-advised and now-shown-to-be-pointless encounter with a few gadflies.
The quest for collusion is crumbling.
With the Democrats and their allies in the media beginning to walk away from the collusion story, the single biggest thing keeping this story alive is the president's obsession with it.
Maybe now he will see the futility of continuing to whine, tweet, moan and seethe about the whole non-affair.
hilarious. 1 year later absolutely nothing has changed. no collusion to be found. if anything there is much more collusion evidence to be found when looking at the Democrats. Obama telling russians he will have more leeway after election. Clintons uranium one deal, B. Clintons speech in Russia for half million dollars, extensive Russian ties with Podesta and Mooch. Thankfully all that and more is now coming to light with Republican investigations about to begin
it's also interesting that this story coming from The Washington Post, that Alt Left rag
While everyone is fixated on President Donald Trump’s unbecoming and inexplicable assault on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the media have been trying to sneak away from the “Russian collusion” story.
That's right. For all the breathless hype, the on-air furrowed brows and the not-so-veiled hopes that this could be Watergate, Jared Kushner's statement and testimony before Congress have made Democrats and many in the media come to the realization the collusion they were counting on just isn't there.
As the date of Kushner’s testimony approached, the media thought they were going to advance and refresh the story.
But Kushner's clear, precise and convincing account of what really occurred during the campaign and after the election has left many of Trump's loudest enemies trying to quietly back out of the room, unnoticed.
Cable news airtime and in-print word count dedicated to the nonexistent collusion story appear to be dwindling. Democrats and their allies in the media seem less eager to talk about it, and when they do, they say something to the effect of "but, but, but ... Kushner didn't answer every question ... He wasn't under oath ... There are still more witnesses ...”
They are stammering. It hasn't taken long for news producers and editors to realize the story is fading.
There are a few show stoppers from Kushner's testimony that make it obvious to any fair-minded, thinking, person that there was no collusion with Russia.
Kushner made it clear that his actions were innocent but, at times, misguided and ill-conceived. He plainly stated he had "hardly any" contacts with Russians during the campaign and found his June, 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and the infamous Russian lawyer to be an absolute “waste of time”.
Democrats and their media allies have exhausted themselves building a scandalous narrative surrounding the Russian lawyer meeting, but according to Kushner, the meeting was so useless he "actually emailed an assistant from the meeting after (he) had been there for ten or so minutes and wrote 'Can u pls call me on my cell? Need excuse to get out of meeting."'
When the campaign received an official note of congratulations from Russian President Vladimir Putin the day after the election, Kushner had to send Dimitri Simes of the Center for the National Interest an email asking for the name of the Russian ambassador, so he could confirm the message's authenticity.
How much collusion could Kushner have done with someone whom he had so little communication with, he could not remember his name and did not know how to contact him?
Sure, there are others still in the crosshairs of the collusion-hunters, but Kushner has been the biggest target.
Paul Manafort is a private citizen, and he departed the campaign before the general election campaign really started.
Donald Trump Jr. is implicated only in the one ill-advised and now-shown-to-be-pointless encounter with a few gadflies.
The quest for collusion is crumbling.
With the Democrats and their allies in the media beginning to walk away from the collusion story, the single biggest thing keeping this story alive is the president's obsession with it.
Maybe now he will see the futility of continuing to whine, tweet, moan and seethe about the whole non-affair.
hilarious. 1 year later absolutely nothing has changed. no collusion to be found. if anything there is much more collusion evidence to be found when looking at the Democrats. Obama telling russians he will have more leeway after election. Clintons uranium one deal, B. Clintons speech in Russia for half million dollars, extensive Russian ties with Podesta and Mooch. Thankfully all that and more is now coming to light with Republican investigations about to begin
it's also interesting that this story coming from The Washington Post, that Alt Left rag
