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In reply to the discussion: Calling all Constitutional lawyer wannabes: What IS the crime? [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)they wouldn't be with that campaign. There's a reason he's surrounded by such an astonishing collection of depraved incompetents, amateurs,and/or extremist opportunists. And why so many positions stay unfilled. Sensible people stayed and are staying way away.
As for your assumption that there was no reason to give classified information, we don't begin to know enough to justify that. Over a year ago high-level analysts, who simply could not explain Rump's behavior based on what they knew, started openly wondering about what they'd obviously been discussing in private for some time--that Russia might be blackmailing Rump. It was an explanation that would make sense of what made no sense.
That's still not established, or blasted, of course, but analysts today, including top prosecutors from the Nixon and Reagan eras, are saying that Rump and his people are behaving like guilty people trying to hide something important. No speculation in that case. Some have stated they are now sure they are.