(12-05-2017 01:31 AM)EagleX Wrote: been asking this question forever. what does anyone think trump (or Flynn, for that matter) could have been "colluding" with the russians about?
And it's been answered forever as well. Do you just not like the answer?
Okay...not saying this happened. Again, not saying this happened. However, this is what the collusion COULD have been. And it could have happened both before and after the election.
Collusion before the election: Someone on team trump contacted the Russians who then stole DNC e-mails and then coordinated with Wikileaks to release them. Those e-mails were then released to weaken Hillary. Team trump would have been doing this to help win the election, while Russia would have been doing this to weaken Hillary should she win the election as most were expecting her to. And even in the event that trump did win, Russia would then have someone way more favorable to them than Hillary would have been...regarding sanctions on them which is hurting their economy. So a win-win for them. And no matter what the result, they also win because they were able to meddle in our election and expose the whole process to make us look weak as a country.
Collusion after the election: And this is where Flynn comes in. He had meetings with Kislyak where they discussed the Russia sanctions. And while just talking to Kislyak is not an issue, but discussing the sanctions and/or making deals while Obama was still president could run afoul of the seldom used Logan Act.
Now let's address the elephant in the room. Flynn, an experienced former General should be well aware of the severity of lying to the FBI.
So why would he? If his meetings with Kislyak were normal and harmless,
why lie about them?