> I'd be happy to discuss any specific contacts that you find to be troublesome, though.

Paul Manafort, why is Trump's campaign manager talking and sharing data with Russian agents?

Roger Stone, again why was he coordinating with Assange to leak those hacked emails?

> After all, the lie that Trump colluded with the Russians

His people did collude with Russia though?

> But this has no bearing on my point about Trump-Russia collusion

How is that a distraction, his people did collude.

> As for the pardons, who can say why Trump does what he does?

You can say that Trump pardoned those people who went to jail for him and did not go against him. Why didnt he pardon Cohen because he went against him.

> almost 90% of Democrats were still convinced of the lie that Trump colluded with the Russians

Again his people did collude with Russia and went to jail and Trump pardoned, his son also met with Russians, are you saying those facts did not happen?

> The Benghazi investigation was undeniably an attempt, in part, to damage Hillary Clinton politically.

Many Republicans believe that Clinton was guilty because of that.