1. There were no communications, period. (Hope Hicks: “It never happened. There was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign.”)
2. Okay, there were communications, but no meetings with Russians.
3. Okay, there was a meeting with Russians, but it wasn’t planned. (Donald Trump Jr.: “Did I meet with people that were Russian? I'm sure, I'm sure I did. ... But none that were set up. None that I can think of at the moment. And certainly none that I was representing the campaign in any way, shape or form.”)
4. Okay, that meeting was planned, but Kushner was not at the meeting, nor was Paul Manafort.
5. Okay, Kushner and Manafort were at the meeting, but it was “primarily” about adoption and not the campaign. (Trump Jr.: “We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at that time and there was no follow-up.”)
6. Okay, the meeting was about "Getting Dirt On Hillary Clinton", but there was only one Russian at the meeting and she was not a Russian State Lawyer.
7. Okay, she was a Russian State Lawyer, but there was no Soviet counterintelligence officer present.
8. Okay, there was a Soviet counterintelligence officer present, but the information exchanged wasn't “meaningful”. (Trump Jr.: “No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information.”)
9. Okay, the information was meaningful, but it wasn’t used. (Giuliani: “And even if it comes from a Russian, or a German, or an American, it doesn’t matter. And they never used it, is the main thing. They never used it. They rejected it. If there was collusion with the Russians, they would have used it.”)
10. The information was used, but there was no collusion. (Persident Trump on many occasions: “There was no collusion”)
11. Okay, even if there was a collusion, it was not criminal. (President Trump: “There is no collusion, and even if there was, it’s not a crime.” Jay Sekulow: “For something to be a crime, there has to be a statute that you claim is being violated. There is not a statute that refers to criminal collusion. There is no crime of collusion.”)
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Date: 2018-07-16 03:11 am (UTC)1. There were no communications, period. (Hope Hicks: “It never happened. There was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign.”)
2. Okay, there were communications, but no meetings with Russians.
3. Okay, there was a meeting with Russians, but it wasn’t planned. (Donald Trump Jr.: “Did I meet with people that were Russian? I'm sure, I'm sure I did. ... But none that were set up. None that I can think of at the moment. And certainly none that I was representing the campaign in any way, shape or form.”)
4. Okay, that meeting was planned, but Kushner was not at the meeting, nor was Paul Manafort.
5. Okay, Kushner and Manafort were at the meeting, but it was “primarily” about adoption and not the campaign. (Trump Jr.: “We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at that time and there was no follow-up.”)
6. Okay, the meeting was about "Getting Dirt On Hillary Clinton", but there was only one Russian at the meeting and she was not a Russian State Lawyer.
7. Okay, she was a Russian State Lawyer, but there was no Soviet counterintelligence officer present.
8. Okay, there was a Soviet counterintelligence officer present, but the information exchanged wasn't “meaningful”. (Trump Jr.: “No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information.”)
9. Okay, the information was meaningful, but it wasn’t used. (Giuliani: “And even if it comes from a Russian, or a German, or an American, it doesn’t matter. And they never used it, is the main thing. They never used it. They rejected it. If there was collusion with the Russians, they would have used it.”)
10. The information was used, but there was no collusion. (Persident Trump on many occasions: “There was no collusion”)
11. Okay, even if there was a collusion, it was not criminal. (President Trump: “There is no collusion, and even if there was, it’s not a crime.”
Jay Sekulow: “For something to be a crime, there has to be a statute that you claim is being violated. There is not a statute that refers to criminal collusion. There is no crime of collusion.”)
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12. Okay, the collusion was criminal, but ... ???