'Professor' in Russia disclosures says he has 'clear conscience'

[Igel]

13. And yet the evidence goes like this.

A Trump supporter--somebody who because of group and ideological allegiance is not highly regarded as regards truth-telling--makes a claim.

The university professor says the claim is false. However, because of his ethnicity we assume he's lying.

Note that if the professor did do what he was alleged to do, there's no legal jeopardy for him. There's fiscal jeopardy, depending on how his employer views his actions.

For Trumpist, though, by cooperating he probably negotiated a nicer deal. Even if "cooperating" meant juicing up the narrative a bit to suit what he probably assumed the investigators' intentions were.

I'm glad I'm not in charge of issuing the judgment against either, so I have no reason to particularly trust or distrust either. Now, if I were in charge of sitting in judgment, I'd be stressed out.