wapo: why do Russians want us election polling data? [View all]

[lindysalsagal]

The only answer is collusion, and Mueller knows Manafort was the linchpin.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/01/09/daily-202-the-new-russia-revelations-are-more-consequential-than-trump-s-newsless-immigration-speech/5c3577121b326b66fc5a1beb/?utm_term=.5eed7df577ab

" Manafort, who knows Deripaska very well and isn't a total idiot, thought internal campaign data was worth real money to the oligarch (i.e., to count against Manafort's debt). That only makes sense if Deripaska was passing on to others -- and that Manafort KNEW he was,” said David Burbach, who teaches national security and international relations at the Naval War College. “Deripaska himself would have more use for Arby's BBQ sauce recipe.”

Also on cnn:

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/unredacted-manafort-filing-analysis/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

Big story. New info,” said former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, a central figure in the Watergate scandal. “It’s called COLLUSION!”

“If proven, then call it by whatever c word that you want -- collusion, cooperation, conspiracy -- but this is serious,” said former U.S. ambassador to Russia Mike McFaul, a