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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4694519" data-attributes="member: 54375">As the Trump presidency comes to an end, let’s review what we know about its relationship with Moscow.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Mueller team found that the Trump campaign had colluded with the Russian government. But because former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/politics/trump-russia-justice-department.html" target="_blank">limited the investigation</a> to criminal matters, the special counsel’s report stated that the evidence didn’t reach the criminal conspiracy standard.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Mueller team found that the president had attempted to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obstruction-of-justice-10-times-trump-may-have-obstructed-justice-mueller-report/" target="_blank">obstruct justice</a> on at least 10 occasions, but Barr simply dismissed the charges.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The FBi never finished its <a href="https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/31/why-we-still-dont-know-if-trump-is-a-russian-asset/" target="_blank">counterintelligence investigation</a> into the Trump campaign’s ties to the Russian government, nor has any other agency.&nbsp; </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">No one who has investigated the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has found any evidence to support Barr’s claim that it was a “bogus scandal.”</li>
</ol>Washington Monthly</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4694519, member: 54375"] As the Trump presidency comes to an end, let’s review what we know about its relationship with Moscow. [LIST=1] [*]The Mueller team found that the Trump campaign had colluded with the Russian government. But because former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/politics/trump-russia-justice-department.html']limited the investigation[/URL] to criminal matters, the special counsel’s report stated that the evidence didn’t reach the criminal conspiracy standard. [*]The Mueller team found that the president had attempted to [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obstruction-of-justice-10-times-trump-may-have-obstructed-justice-mueller-report/']obstruct justice[/URL] on at least 10 occasions, but Barr simply dismissed the charges. [*]The FBi never finished its [URL='https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/31/why-we-still-dont-know-if-trump-is-a-russian-asset/']counterintelligence investigation[/URL] into the Trump campaign’s ties to the Russian government, nor has any other agency. [*]No one who has investigated the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has found any evidence to support Barr’s claim that it was a “bogus scandal.” [/LIST] Washington Monthly [/QUOTE]

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