Read the Barr Footnote

The following post for members is by Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Communication at American University and a CBS Radio News Political Analyst.

We know that Team Trump met with the Russians to share dirt on Hillary Clinton. We also know they shared polling information and used backchannels to release Clinton and Democratic National Committee emails. We know that Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort had direct and indirect contact with Russian nationals tied to the Kremlin. And we now know, via Michael Cohen, that candidate Trump was negotiating with the Russian government — and potentially with Vladimir Putin — to build a lucrative Trump tower in Moscow.