'This is serious': Jared Kushner reportedly tried to set up a secret Trump-Russia back channel

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3. Plausible deniability

does not seem much of an option here. Trump himself had to know because this
was his son-in-law whom he trusted to handle several functions.

No they are not going to roll over. They are going to apply corporate deniability
and suppress free speech as a means to try to coverup or hinder any investigation.

This is an attempt to change government from the public good to private interest.

The concept of 'treason' is not something these people think about.