In March 2016, a Russian intermediary told Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos that Russia had “thousands of emails” damaging to Trump’s rival Hillary Clinton. On July 18, the Trump campaign inexplicably amended the GOP platform to remove support for arming Ukraine against Russian domination. Sputnik Photo Agency/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11, 2017. Having failed to persuade FBI director James Comey to protect Flynn, Trump fired him. Above all, Manafort had the motive and connections to facilitate a conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign ― and Trump himself.

Source: Huffington Post March 09, 2018 10:41 UTC