(Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)As early as March 2016, a low-level Trump campaign aide claimed none other than the president of Russia was trying to meet then-candidate Donald Trump and his campaign. None of this is proof that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. The emails show that then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort outright rejected at least one proposal to have Trump meet with Russian officials. President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg in July. We now know that a low-level aide at least gave the impression Russia wanted to establish a relationship with Trump’s campaign.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2017 10:00 UTC