I mean the gift part of it is ridiculous and all, but Putin’s hometown is St. Petersburg. A trip to St. Petersburg in 2003 is probably tourism, more a sign of being on Harlan Crow’s payroll than Putin’s.
The appearance of corruption is corruption. Judges know that. Everyone knows that.
We can explain away things, but it was his job to make sure we wouldn’t need to. This is not an edge case. And if it were, why didn’t he disclose it, as basic CYA? … Oh, yeah, we know why.
I mean the gift part of it is ridiculous and all, but Putin’s hometown is St. Petersburg. A trip to St. Petersburg in 2003 is probably tourism, more a sign of being on Harlan Crow’s payroll than Putin’s.
The appearance of corruption is corruption. Judges know that. Everyone knows that.
We can explain away things, but it was his job to make sure we wouldn’t need to. This is not an edge case. And if it were, why didn’t he disclose it, as basic CYA? … Oh, yeah, we know why.
Here’s to hoping