76woodenspooners
Brownlow Medallist
In this context the emboldened means - could not demonstrate. Why? Becuz insufficient evidence. See also burden of proof.
Yes indeed, there was insufficient evidence, they could not satisfy the burden of proof ...
... which is why obstruction of justice comes into play.
Is the reason why they could not establish “... conspired or coordinated with the Russian Government ...” because justice was obstructed? E.g. Witnesses / evidence tampered with?
(It’s a sign of the times when MSM are banging on and on and on about obstruction, whilst making little effort to join the dots on why obstruction is important beyond it simply being a felony ...
... sometimes I wonder if MSM are deliberately propping Trump up with their behaviour)
The real purpose of the Mueller investigation was to protect the previous Administration, ...
Hang on, Mueller was appointed, and his terms of reference set by a Trump appointee?? (Rosenstein)
... which had kept its skirts lifted up in expectation of Hillary ascending the throne: i.e. damage control c/f Obama subverting the US Constitution's separation of powers doctrine [not that he was the only POTUS to do this]; Hillary selling US uranium to the Russians; Bengahzi; Clinton Foundation pay-to-play, etc.
How does any of that have anything to do with what Mueller was doing?
What relevance does “because democratic Presidents and candidates did bad stuff” have in investigating whether the Russians attempted to interfere in the 2016 election (universally acknowledged as true by all the intelligence agencies) and whether there was conspiracy + coordination with the Trump campaign?
Don’t ignore that Republicans have been getting away with stuff too. E.g. Mueller let Kushner off on a blatant breach of the Logan act.
And in this respect it has been, so far, successful, in that the only way you get to hear about these acts of treason is through non-MSM sources: ...
If MSM are truly trying to undermine Trump, they’re doing a poor job of it.
I reckon if MSM simply played Trump with a straight bat (cheering him when he does good, whacking him when does bad) he’d be far further down in the polls. But that would be boring and not good for ratings (business).