(08-15-2018 06:55 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  Again -- how many levels of cutouts make it okey-dokey for you?

Neat answer -- just not to the one asked.

How many Russian officials are you OK with a campaign meeting with to further the Russian governments support of a specific candidate?

But I'll play your game - none. The issue at hand isn't the cut outs, it's how the information was obtained, who was involved, and what the intentions were. If the Trump Tower meeting had been initiated by the Trump campaign to hire someone to do oppo research, who turned up the emails Russia was peddling, I'd have no problem with it.

And this is why I say investigate the Steele dossier. If somehow it comes out that the individuals Steele talked to went directly to the Clinton campaign and they decided to have Fusion GPS hire Steele to wash the info, then that would be a problem, IMO.

To reiterate, it comes down to a foreign government initiating the dissemination of information, versus hiring someone to investigate and find information. With the former, there are likely ulterior motives for the foreign government providing the information. For the latter, the person is getting paid and there's no reason to suspect an ulterior motive.