I dont buy it.
I think that Trump would have welcomed help.
But I cant see it is proven.
Why would the russians use donny jnr ?
If it was a plan they would have a direct route to the orange rodent.
I dont have a problem with an investigation but cant see much coming of it.
Still worth pursuing to upset him though.
I suspect the Russians knew a direct publicly known connection, would not be tolerated, and immediately shut down. That would defeat their purpose of hurting Hillary during the election. They probably didn't care if they were later shown to be involved. They might have even wanted that to happen. A small amount of discretion during the election allowed them to hurt Hillary, and later thumb their noses at the US. Just a silly guess, but feasible.
Yup I could buy that. I can also see how the Russians would prefer Trump to Clinton and would try and influence that. But I think that if it was a full blown collusion they would have been a bit more polished.
It looks like everyone on the Trump team had links of some sort. If it was me and I was "at it" I would limit contact to Flynn for example. I certainly wouldnt let my son get involved.
Its just too shambolic to believe that there is a criminal link.
Sooooo - Russia would certainly have been trying to influence the election. There is no doubt about that. Check out their funding of Euro wankers this year.
Trump would certainly have wanted any dirt possible on Clinton. Thats how his mind works.
But despite this I just cant see the link.
Its certainly worth the enquiry digging into this. You cant have Putin influencing elections so lets see what they did and lets learn from that.