Also in today's news, the president has finally shifted from claiming "no collusion" to saying that his business with Russia is "peanut stuff". You know, like just a little bit of collusion, not like anything big.
This is right on script with his denials of other crimes. Just like with Stormy Daniels, first he had never heard of her, then he knew her but didn't sleep with her, then yes she was paid to keep quiet about the affair but he didn't know about it, then okay he knew about it but didn't direct it, then yes he directed it but it wasn't illegal, then yes it was illegal but only a little bit illegal.
Now the Russia investigation is following the same pattern. First he had no contact with anyone from Russia and no business in Russia, then some of his secondary campaign staff might have talked to some Russian citizens without his consent, then most of his senior staff was talking to Russia because he asked them to, then his staff was taking payments from Russia to advance Russian interests but that's totally legal, then his staff secretly met with Russian spies to trade information about Clinton but he didn't know about it, then he knew about it but it was probably legal, and yes I was engaged in quid pro quo real estate deal for a Moscow hotel well into the campaign but it's not explicitly illegal to do business with hostile foreign powers while running for office, and now finally fine we colluded with Russia but it was only a little bit of collusion. Peanut stuff!
He's like a mobster that denies everything including his own name, until the cop slaps down the photographs of the crime scene with his fingerprints all over it. I'll give him one thing, he's at least making sure that the federal case against him is absolutely air tight, forcing prosecutors to document every tiny little step along the way, challenging every piece of evidence on every grounds. He has to lie to the American public every day to do it, but it's probably his best defense legally because he might be able to get some of that evidence overlooked or discarded.