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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
But the media should (and will of course not) learn this lesson: It is not in the business of crafting the political reality it desires, but reporting on the facts in front of it.
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Okay, but the facts in front of it were that there were known contacts between Russia and people close to Trump and that Trump and those other people kept lying about them.
I mean, it could be the rope-a-dope you mentioned, but none of us think they're capable of being that smart.
Meanwhile, we don't actually know what Mueller found, or what he thought he could prove, or the extent to which the investigation was hampered by Trump's refusal to be interviewed, Manafort's willingness to lie, and the lack of access to witnesses aboard. It's pretty hard to prove a conspiracy if none of the people involved are willing to cooperate about it.
My guess is that those things led Mueller to suspect a lot of stuff he couldn't prove.
