Rage-tweets expose the depth of his own corruption

By Greg Sargent
December 10 at 10:13 AM

... Federal prosecutors are now alleging that Trump personally directed a criminal conspiracy that helped get him elected, and have plainly signaled that they have learned a lot more about collusion with Russia’s efforts to sabotage our democracy than is publicly known.

... Trump likely has now defrauded the American electorate in not one, but two, ways. First, via these hush-money payments. And second, by concealing his ongoing negotiations with Russia over a real estate project that promised to be extremely lucrative — during the very period in which GOP primary voters were choosing their presidential nominee.

In both these cases, Trump has now justified this apparent deception by claiming that they were private transactions. In other words, Trump is explicitly saying that because these were private, keeping them concealed from voters was perfectly defensible.

But this justification is itself deeply corrupt ...

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