One crucial unknown: Did Russia try to funnel money into Trump’s campaign coffers? The White House is already distancing itself from Manafort, claiming that he played only a “very limited role” in the campaign — even though he was Trump’s campaign chairman! Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMany Democrats are, I think, too focused on Jeff Sessions and have too transactional a view of what may have unfolded. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe fundamental question now isn’t about Trump’s lies, or intelligence leaks, or inadvertent collection of Trump communications. “There’s a smell of treason in the air,” Douglas Brinkley, the historian, told The Washington Post.

Source: New York Times March 23, 2017 07:18 UTC