Trump asserts innocence in all-caps tweet, demands investigation of 'Crooked Hillary'

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last updated 30 October 2017

President Trump responded to a wave of indictments against his former campaign staff Monday by doubling down on his assertion that there was "NO COLLUSION" between his campaign and the Kremlin:

Trump has not yet directly responded to the indictment of his former aide, George Papadopoulos, who has pled guilty to making false statements about his relationship with a Russian who promised "dirt" on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. "Defendant Papadopoulos acknowledged that the professor had told him about the Russians possessing 'dirt' on then-candidate Hillary Clinton in the form of 'thousands of emails,' but stated multiple times that he learned that information prior to joining the [Trump] campaign," the indictment reads, adding that in fact "the professor only took interest in defendant Papadopoulos because of his status with the campaign."

In the words of the liberal-leaning Daily Kos' contributing editor, Armando: "The question no longer is was there Trump-Russia collusion. The questions are how much collusion and how high did it go."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.