(CNN) On Monday, surrounded on all sides by news of indictments and a guilty plea, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders made a very bold claim. "There's clear evidence of the Clinton campaign colluding with Russian intelligence to spread disinformation and smear the President to influence the election," Sanders said. -- there actually isn't "clear evidence" of collusion between Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Russian government. So, here's how Sanders' logic -- I think -- works: Clinton campaign $ --→ Fusion GPS --→ Steele --→ "Russian officials" = collusion. Or to expand slightly: The Clinton campaign funded the Steele dossier.

Source: CNN October 30, 2017 20:03 UTC