What is plausible deniability?
Donald Trump Jnr gets contacted by a shady Russian lawyer. When asked if he wants info on Hillary Clinton (from Russia) he says hell yes. We know this from his emails which apparantly he didn't even have to release and the emails incriminate him.
He now claims that he went to the meeting but they did not tell him any information. That the whole DNC gate thing was on Wikileaks shortly after is a freak coincidence. He also says that he did not tell his Father (the person who is his boss and who he was trying to help with this clever subterfuge).
Neither of these things are credible. In fact its an insult to the intelligence which makes 'dog ate my homework' sound that an foolproof excuse. Trump Jnr is saying that might have broken the law without knowing it but wasn't aware of the law and that nothing happened anyway so its no big deal OK. Really?
There is an argument that one of the Russian objectives from the start has been to damage the reputation of America and therefore weaken it to enable them to be in a stronger negotiation position. It follows that Russia could have leaked this deliberately because - as Trump Snr has now gone against them on Syria - he is less of an asset. They can let him burn and damage America's standing in the process.
He now claims that he went to the meeting but they did not tell him any information. That the whole DNC gate thing was on Wikileaks shortly after is a freak coincidence. He also says that he did not tell his Father (the person who is his boss and who he was trying to help with this clever subterfuge).
Neither of these things are credible. In fact its an insult to the intelligence which makes 'dog ate my homework' sound that an foolproof excuse. Trump Jnr is saying that might have broken the law without knowing it but wasn't aware of the law and that nothing happened anyway so its no big deal OK. Really?
There is an argument that one of the Russian objectives from the start has been to damage the reputation of America and therefore weaken it to enable them to be in a stronger negotiation position. It follows that Russia could have leaked this deliberately because - as Trump Snr has now gone against them on Syria - he is less of an asset. They can let him burn and damage America's standing in the process.
41-45, M
