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Originally Posted by JohnR
The investigation is to determine if members of Trumps TEAM coordinated with Russia. I am OK with them finding out.
If they didn't then knock it the eff off.
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Due process would require that a crime was committed. And if no specific crime has been determined to have actually happened, then there must be definitive evidence that a crime occurred. Accusation out of thin air, or for political reason, without evidence, does not warrant an official investigation.
The mere possibility that a crime was committed, again, without evidence, leaves us with no official reason to investigate. Possibility, without evidence, is infinite. There is always the possibility that a crime has been committed somehow, somewhere, by someone.
Hearsay and accusation are not evidence. Newspaper and Media reports, especially by unnamed sources, are not evidence. Conjecture by legal experts is not evidence.
Vagaries such as "likely broke the law by failing to register as a agent of a foreign country as he didn't disclose the payments he received" and "possibly other things as well" are suppositions not evidence. If Flynn broke the law by failing to register as a foreign agent, that should not require a special prosecutor to determine. That should be an easy case and already determined by now.
What, specifically, was coordinated? Did the coordination break a law?
As far as Trump coordinating anything illegal with the Russians, all that is continually being reiterated is that there is no evidence of it. If anyone, whether they were on Trump's team or not, illegally coordinated with the Russians, what actual evidence is there of it, and why has there been no prosecution by now? Why appoint a special prosecutor to catch little fish when the perpetrators can be charged and tried in a court of law? Obviously, Trump is the target, one way or another, if you can't get him, implicate members of his administration, even if they are no longer part of it. It's basically a show trial to cast grave doubt about his administration. And a quick resolution is not desired by those opposed to Trump. Dragging this on without resolution (which would probably exonerate Trump personally) casting the air of negativity and corruption surrounding Trump until the mid-term election is exactly the desired outcome.