It's talk-radioese for the Mueller investigation.
> What about it was "patently false"?
IIRC, a lot of misunderstandings about it (e.g. misunderstanding the proven claims that Russia made signficant efforts to interfere with the election as a claim that they successfully rigged it).
Virtually no aspect of your statement extends beyond press headlines, where the content and follow-on of each of these stories entirely defused the substance of the respective headline. That is why the whole thing that you believe is very important amounted to a pile of dust.
> Virtually no aspect of your statement extends beyond press headlines
I didn't realize I was writing an exam with essay-type questions.
Citation needed.
> Only process crimes charged (lying, interfering).
Why lie or interfere if you didn't commit any crimes? These aren't random Joes with bad/no legal representation who didn't know what they were doing. You have to assume they were doing it to cover up more serious crimes and assumed they would be pardoned. Which turned out to be true.
> Buying ads on social media isn't illegal
Foreigners buying political ads is illegal. Citizens using money owned by foreigners to buy political ads is also illegal.
Not here to open your eyes for you, but again I appreciate you exposing your perspectives to the light.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_innocence
Because the people committing those crimes didn't know the Fifth Amendment? You don't have to say anything. There's really no reason to lie; other than to cover up something worse. Explain the pardons.
What is "Russiagate"? What about it was "patently false"?
The Mueller investigation got multiple indictments against Russian nationals. They also obtained convictions of people working in the Trump campaign or administration for election-related offenses. They found evidence of Russian attempts to influence voters in swing states by illegally buying ads on social media. That Russia attempted to meddle in the 2016 elections isn't in doubt - only whether the meddling worked.