"If there was a quid pro quo with Russia...." = was there? Has anyone set out a single piece of evidence, or a shred thereof, that suggests a "quid pro quo" with Russia?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/16/heres-w ... ed-do.htmlIndeed, some of the toughest sanctions in years have fallen on Russia’s elite under the Trump administration. Sanctions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014 have not been lifted, Trump approved the sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine — something Barack Obama did not do — and he has ordered missiles fired at Syrian military sites, openly targeting strategic operations and allies of Russia.
"If Trump was aware that Manafort was involved on the collusion/conspiracy..." - there isn't even evidence that Manafort was involved in any collusion/conspiracy, much less anything Trump was aware of.
"...at least that explains why there is so much obstruction..." -- err... gizzardgullet.... what sort of "obstruction" has occurred -- there is "so much" of it, right? Sooooo much. So, what acts constitute obstruction?
Oh, source police! Source police! Help help! Source police! Please, by all means, start post blizzard and dog-pile on Tero for citing an un-sourced image capture of a discussion thread (appears to be from the very reliable source, Reddit) between "gizzardgullet" the expert from Michigan, Mr. Adderall Rant, and the respected Lucy-Aslan 5. Tero thinks Reddit is an unbiased source of credible information!