We don't know if Trump was involved in the collusion yet. We do know that Trump himself authorized the firing of James Comey. That was one of the charges of impeachment leveled against Clinton and Nixon. It can very frequently be easier for prosecutors to show that a cover up happened even if they can't prove the underlying crime Okay And it doesn't actually matter if you've committed the underlying crime, all that matters is that you tried unlawfully to interfere with the investigation.
Today, special counsel Robert Mueller dropped over 20 criminal counts against former Trump campaign official Rick Gates, just days after Gates agreed to a plea deal. Mueller's Russia probe has a lot of people and moving parts, so how do we keep them all straight? Vox’s Zack Beauchamp tells Sean Rameswaram not to focus on all the names and places or it might start to sound like “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” We update the Billy Joel song to explain Mueller’s investigation.
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