From this article, a great assessment of how ominous the Russia connection story really is...

"Now, only six weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, there is already the disturbing sense that a wide array of seemingly disparate pieces are beginning to come together in a Watergate-grade narrative. Did Donald Trump refuse to release his taxes because they would show evidence of vast illegal financial dealings with Russia? Did all of his staff members meet with Russian officials in an attempt to exchange information about how to damage the Clinton campaign? Is Trump obscenely obsequious to Putin because he knows that Putin has the video and taped phone conversations that would prove Trump’s collusion? Does Trump advocate for policies that are helpful to Russia because he knows that if does not, Putin can leak those tapes and end Trump’s presidency?

On MSNBC’s All in With Chris Hayes – the best journalism on tv today, in my view – Howard Fineman, Global Editorial Director of The Huffington Post – made this extremely insightful point, and it is something no one is talking about. While the U.S. investigations into Trump’s ties with Russia slowly gear up, and various governmental organizations attempt to uncover who knew what and when they knew it, there actually is one entity that knows exactly who talked to who, when they talked, and what was said: the Russian government. Right now it is a virtual certainty that Vladimir Putin knows more about the involvement of Trump’s staff in the hacking operation than Trump does."