The comments by his lawyer [Giuliani] indicated that Mr. Trump’s efforts to complete a business deal in Russia waned only after Americans cast ballots in the presidential election. That is the thread that binds nearly every element of the sprawling Russia scandal: corruption and dishonesty, over and over again. The full story of the Moscow deal is still coming into focus, but the things we know already that are no longer in dispute are spectacularly damning. But even if it turns out that he didn’t, Trump’s profound corruption is not in question. Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent: Michael Cohen just fell into the bottomless pit of Trump’s corruption

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2019 14:26 UTC