Changing the goal posts. The claim was that the trump campaign directly participated in Russian efforts to interfere with the election, including direct collusi

Changing the goal posts. The claim was that the trump campaign directly participated in Russian efforts to interfere with the election, including direct collusion. This is a false claim despite the media spending years on it and Pulitzer prizes being awarded. The claims were made without evidence. The origins of the claim ... The Steele dossier... Is itself fake. I will cite the new York times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-pr... Quote: > Now the glow has faded — from both the dossier and its promoters. Russia, as Mr. Steele asserted, did try to influence the 2016 election. But many of the dossier’s most explosive claims — like a salacious “pee” tape featuring Mr. Trump or a supposed meeting in Prague between Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former attorney, and Russian operatives — have never materialized or have been proved false. The founders of Alfa Bank, a major Russian financial institution, are suing Fusion GPS, claiming the firm libeled them. (Fusion has denied the claims.) Plans for a film based on Mr. Steele’s adventures appear dead. > > Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. Today, private spying has boomed into a renegade, billion-dollar industry, one that is increasingly invading our privacy, profiting from deception and manipulating the news.