My latest: Collusion was a thing! But we still don’t know the full story. The senate report shows how badly Mueller botched the Manafort prosecution—and how thoroughly Trump’s cronies have obstructed the investigation. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/russiagate-wasnt-a-hoax/615373/

Mueller’s prosecutors jumped up and down about Kilimnik, but they never pursued those questions to the end. They quit before they finished the job—and they were played by Manafort.

I’ve always thought Manafort was in deep. But I didn’t think he was in quite as deep as implied in the senate report. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/

Oh—and the redactions here are far more painful than in Mueller. The good stuff about Kilimnik and Deripaska is blacked out. That’s what I’m desperate to see.

What’s always been striking about RussiaGate is how it sprawls. There are so many dubious-seeming activities to investigate. It’s stunning how many major questions remain open, how investigators haven’t been able to get to the bottom of some central questions.