Phil Rucker: 'Something has to be done': Trump's quest to rewrite history of the Russia probe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/something-has-to-be-done-trumps-quest-to-rewrite-history-of-the-russia-probe/2020/02/15/ea7a1b06-4f61-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html
By Philip Rucker
Feb. 16, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EST
The U.S. intelligence community long ago produced evidence of Russias illegal interference in the 2016 presidential election to try to boost Donald Trumps candidacy. Then the special counsel investigating the matter detailed myriad ways President Trump sought to stymie the probe. And then Robert S. Mueller III testified to Congress about Trumps conduct and warned of Russias continued interest in thwarting U.S. elections.
But it is Trump who is trying to have the last word.
Seven months after Muellers marathon testimony brought finality to the Russia investigation, Trump is actively seeking to rewrite the narrative that had been meticulously documented by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials, both for immediate political gain and for history.
Turbocharged by his acquittal in the Senates impeachment trial and confident that he has acquired the fealty of nearly every Republican in Congress, Trump is claiming vindication and exoneration not only over his conduct with Ukraine for which the House voted to impeach him but also from the other investigations that have dogged his presidency.
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Why is it virtually everything he does seem to help a certain Russian?