There has been nothing as intensely investigated as the Russia collusion hoax, also the Ukraine collusion hoax, and nobody came up with ANYTHING. There were no 'secret' contacts with Russians. Even every witness Schiff called in his witchhunt admitted they saw or heard the President do or say nothing inappropriate or illegal. We do have diplomatic relations with Russia and every contact was legitimate and for legitimate purpose. Nothing sinister about anything. If there was any justification to report any of that, you can be sure that the NYT (also WAPO and others) would not be apologizing now.However, some aspects of the dossier have been corroborated,[8] namely that Putin and Russia actively favored Trump over Clinton,[9] and that many Trump campaign officials and associates had multiple secret contacts with Russians.[10][11]![]()
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What did the NYTimes say about Trump's campaign's collaboration with Russia that has you so indignant?
And yes Putin said he preferred Trump to Hillary. He and Hillary, as well as Obama, had a very cozy relationship including the uranium deal and all. But during the campaign, Putin very much resented her criticizing the Russian election and blamed her for provoking Russian protests. So of course he would endorse ANY candidate running against her to punish her.