Stop me if you've heard this before: this was a -really- bad week for Trump. Seriously, after this week, absolutely nobody with a brain should be calling this a witch hunt. The hardest thing to prove in a case is almost always intent. Thanks to Donald Trump Jr. releasing that incredibly incriminating email chain, we have means, motive, opportunity and intent all in the same place - neatly bundled into a cute little package of treason for Mueller and his team. Let me be very clear: if this isn't a smoking gun, the barrel is still very, VERY hot. And we haven't even seen the good stuff yet.
Look at how far the goalpost has moved in the last few weeks. We've gone from "nothing to do with Russia, zero." to "well, collusion isn't technically a crime." Let me stop you there before the defense gets any more ridiculous: colluding with a hostile foreign power to undermine the very fabric of our democracy is absolutely a crime. All of the "experts" on TV spouting nonsense to the contrary should lose their airtime, immediately. In what universe is treason not a crime? If this isn't treason, it's damn close; and like I said, the good stuff isn't even out yet. I don't care if you want to call it collusion, treason, or even coercion, although coercion seems to be further and further off the table after Don Jr.'s emails - "I love it!" doesn't sound like someone being blackmailed to me. Don't get me wrong, I still hope the pee tape is real, I just don't think that was the motivation for the cooperation.
