So you believe a known liar but it's impossible for you to believe that trump has ties to russia? the guy who has invested in russian real estate? the guy who went to russia many many times before he even became president?
it's hard for you to believe that the guy who did all those things and asked Russia on live TV for dig up dirt on Hillary is colluding with russia?
Believing that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence is cult thinking. Believing that bullshitters who do business in Russia are presumptive Russian agents, on the other hand, is Very Serious Thinking.
> [he] asked Russia on live TV for dig up dirt on Hillary...
Sure, it could have been a stupid, self-defeating joke from the guy whose career is littered with stupid, self-defeating jokes. But it could also have been... a Russian agent phoning home on live television?
Administrations, as a rule, don't release recent criminal evidence to the public, let alone to harm a Presidential candidate and past President.
Hell, for the Justice Department, it's official policy never to comment on an ongoing investigation or do anything that may be viewed as influencing an election (a rule that Comey broke).
Never mind that the evidence would be distrusted and attacked for being politically motivated, but it would also invite retribution every time the party in the White House changed. It would create intense political divisiveness making it impossible to get support of a majority of the population - severely limiting what one can accomplish as President.
Trump doesn't seem to care about that at all, but he's not normal.
Can you give an example of a President publicly releasing criminal evidence against a rival candidate in order to influence a Presidential election?
The closest I can think of is perhaps the Mueller report, but that happened under Trump and was ordered by Obama after the election specifically to avoid influencing it.
Trump is the only modern President I can think of that has even publicly accused an election rival of a crime from the White House, but again, his disregard for norms of the office and laws such as the Hatch Act is abnormal.
They never released the "evidence" before the election because everyone expected Hillary to win. It was done post-election to undermine his presidency.
I think trying to prosecute Trump to keep him off the ballot was a worse disregard of norms.
Democrats are also in them, most likely Clinton. Trump, however, is not simply a client, so the whole thing is such an apocalyptic mess that NOBODY wants to deal with it. And so, nobody ever did. Also, it would be dangerous to pry into.
