A quick thought on the investigation

You hear everyone talking about how great things are going since the announcements of the indictments and guilty plea. And on the surface of it, it does look like a good start.

I am a bit concerned. What has been discussed seems either too easy or not that relevant. I know there was much talk about the meeting last summer with younger Trump and now the new information on another meeting last spring. If you were really trying to create conversations with a campaign from another country, you think it would be more clandestine. Invitations to come get dirt on emails about an opponent, this seems too elementary.

I still feel any collusion was done years ago. They may not have decided ten years ago that Trump would run for President and the Russians would create a social media attack. Yet, I think there is more to Manafort’s money laundering and somewhere some Trump involvement. I feel there would have been some agreements that somebody owned somebody a favor. I am not quite sure who would have owed the favor. Maybe Trump did some Russian oligarchs a favor by laundering some money through his properties. Or Trump owes the favor because he received some badly needed money invested in his properties. Either way I think if there is a relationship with the Russians it goes back a few years.

I do believe whether in collusion with Trump or not, the Russians did make the effort to influence our election through social media and maybe other resources. To me, the fact that more Republicans are not standing up and demanding more answers is amazing and scary. I have made the comment before that people may have the goods on them and that is why they do not stand up more. I say this in jest, but I must wonder how right I may be. No matter whether the investigation exonerates Trump or leads to impeachment, all Americans should be very wary of any foreign power trying to sway one of our elections. I once posted that the Citizens United decision left the door open for foreign influence. Now we have use of our own inventions, social media platforms paving the way for our undermining.  

Everyone in Congress and yes, the President should spare no resources to find the extent of foreign influence in our country. This should be a priority by our government. To maintain an open society takes real work so we need to address this attack, so we can enjoy our freedoms, yet maintain our security. Our freedoms, our values, and our Constitution make us special, not any individuals. Letting someone skate or letting something suspicious go unchecked is our leadership abdicating their responsibility to us.

Obviously, there is an enormous amount of information to sort through and hopefully this is just the tip of the iceberg. I have said before, for this country to heal post Trump either way, the evidence will need to be very convincing and thorough. Unfortunately, whichever side feels wronged will not go down without a fight. The better the conclusions, the more chance the average American will be convinced and can lessen the impact of the losing side. We will need a strong majority of people behind the answer to move forward. I hope we achieve this so please let the investigation carry forward and do not put too high of expectations into it till more is known.

Peace folks