The conspiracy case--the heart of Mueller’s efforts-- almost certainly boils down to an old-fashioned quid pro quo. Flynn’s “quid”—the substance of his recorded conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak— was lifting the sanctions that President Obama imposed on Russia in late 2016 and the earlier sanctions related to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. The “quo” was collusion (“conspiracy” in legal terms) with Russians to harm Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, which Flynn effectively admitted was “material” to his lies after the election. Anyone associated with this deal is in deep legal trouble.Let me get some legalities straightened out. This meeting with the ambassador was after Trump was elected, Flynn represents the president elect, nothing wrong with the meeting. Russians want sanctions lifted, no crime there.
Flynn may have lied, but any conspiracy must happen before the election, one cannot conspire to make the past change. So we are back to Trump and some underling creating this conspiracy with Ruskies in June of 2016, before the election.
But Assange had the e mails in his hands, and announced them a week after the supposed underling arranged the conspiracy. That is, two weeks after Putin began selling his goods, he went up the Trump chain of command and got a deal? In the middle of primary season?
The logistics do not match, someone just dumped the e mails on Assange when the word got out in June 12. That leaves the June 9, 2016 meeting with Kushner that the deal was struck. Now Jared has no idea on June 3 that this is about e mails. It takes him six days to set up the meeting, then suddenly 3 days after the meeting Trump had already agreed?
There was no real conspiracy, there was Jared looking for policitial dirt. This is no different than Hillary getting political dirt from the Ruskies, Ruskies sell political dirt evidently.
The whole affair is a nothing, business as usual.
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