It's not puzzling or strange. It's espionage.

[BainsBane]

It's not difficult to figure out what Kushner was doing trying to set up a secret communication through the Russian embassy when you realize that they have been allied with the Kremlin from the very beginning.

[mopinko]

1. yeah, i'm pretty tired of those adjectives, too.

come on people. speak the plain english.

[sheshe2]

2. It is a fact.

[sharedvalues]

3. Marshall: Money, and Russian influence

Link to tweet

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Sounds like the Kushner's are upside down big time

and they borrowed money from Boris the Knee Caper,and now Boris needs a favor.

[BainsBane]

9. Yes, for Trump it's all about money

and Kushner seems no different.

[Mr. Ected]

4. I had the odd feeling that those adjectives were the permitted talking points

It was uncanny that nearly everyone speaking about espionage were using words that hardly described the gravity of the revelation.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Last night (and re-runs today)on MSNBC they came out and said how seriously bad it was,

especially M. Nance. I thought they were going to explode.

[dchill]

5. I can't imagine any scenario that doesn't have Trump...

assigning Kushner and Flynn the mission of setting up a clandestine channel with his man-crush, Putin. He's the one who would imagine that it would actually be possible. He's the one who would really want that. Flynn wanted to talk to Kislyak, and Kushner wanted to talk to Russian bankers. They had both already achieved their goals. Why would they risk it? For Trump.

[BainsBane]

10. It's inconceivable that Trump didn't know

given how close he is with Kushner.

[dchill]

12. Yes, he knew. Of course he knew.

Kushner was doing his bidding. Mark my words. Trump thinks Nixon was right - if the President does it, it's not illegal.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Not only the arrogance, but the amateur incompetence that tRumps thought they could outfox CIA/NSA.

[mercuryblues]

14. Throw

Ivanka in that mix. I think malaria will have be a foster parent to a whole lot of grandchildren pretty soon.

[SHRED]

8. Him and tRump are debtors to a hostile foreign power

That seems to be where the evidence is heading anyway.

[HipChick]

17. That hostile power has all the details....Going to be leaking big time on Donnie Douchebag 2 Scoops

when they can't get their way..

[NBachers]

11. Looking under the cushions & behind the drapes while the elephant's right in the middle of the room.

Trying so hard to find clues and determine what oh what could it possibly be??

[JustAnotherGen]

15. Espionage

Is EXACTLY what it is.

[BainsBane]

16. What's up with McMaster?

Why is he throwing away his credibility for Trump?

[JustAnotherGen]

18. Only idea I've got on that one?

It's horrifying. He will go down in history as an accomplice.

[kentuck]

19. The evidence seems to point in that direction?

Why isn't Jared sitting before the Senate Committee??

[Buckeyeblue]

20. I still think

Jared is the mole, the double-cross, in all of this. I just have this gut feeling. Everything he has done he did at 45s request. He just did it in a way that left a nice trail. Almost too nice of a trail. For some reason, and it doesn't take much of an imagination to guess why, he has an axe to grind.

We'll see how this plays out...