Robert Mueller’s team has been very busy. Four members of Trump’s 2016 campaign staff have been indicted or confessed. Thirteen Russian agents have been indicted as well as three Russian companies. In addition, one man from California, and one London based attorney have been indicted. Trump is beginning to show his desperation. Reading his tweets, he is literally unwinding mentally.

He can feel the room closing in on him, and is attempting to misdirect the investigation. Trump is blaming President Obama for Russia’s interference in our election. He wants to renew investigations into all of the attacks formerly directed at Hillary Clinton. Although every high-ranking member of Trump’s campaign met with Russian agents in 2016, including his son and son-in-law, he remains in denial. “If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it must be a duck.”

The focus appears to have moved to Trump’s family. Donny Jr. held a meeting with at least six Russian agents in Trump Tower in June of 2016. The admitted purpose of the meeting was to receive ‘dirt’ on Hillary Clinton. The fact that he initially lied places him in suspicion.

Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, lied about meeting with four high-ranking agents on his security clearance form. In addition, he attempted to set up back-channel communications between Trump and Vladimir Putin in the Seychelles Islands. Recently it was suggested that he has been compromised by the Chinese.

With every passing day it appears that all of Trump’s family and his closest supporters colluded with Russia throughout the election. For decades Trump has committed crimes. With each success, when he was not prosecuted, he became bolder. He bullied his business associates and bribed officials.

 It is a fact that in the early 1990’s Trump was going broke. Then he discovered how to purchase real estate for Russians at exorbitant prices in an effort to launder their fortunes. The rest is history.

The truth is that Trump has had close associations with Russians for decades. It is no surprise that in 2013 he and Putin began their plans to disrupt and possibly win the 2016 election. Trump was not entirely a willing partner. Putin had multiple reasons to blackmail Trump. For many years Putin has planned the ruination of our nation without military conflict. By placing a white supremacist in office who would destroy democracy and alienate our allies, our nation is becoming increasingly isolated. Putin had multiple goals but separating us from our allies was priority number one.

Since the election, Trump and Putin have been in contact multiple times. Trump has met secretly eight times with Putin’s agents in the Oval Office. He and Putin frequently exchange phone calls, and whenever possible they meet face to face.

The phrase is ‘a preponderance of circumstantial evidence.’

Op-ed by James Turnage

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