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There is no spy.
The "evidence" for this theory is laughable:
1. A college professor reached out to swampy campaign out of concern w/ the campaign's connections to Russia
2. That same college professor had coffee w/someone in Swampy Campaign one time.
3. Ex-campaign adviser Michael Caputo says there is a second spy.
4. Lots of other people are telling swampy there are spies.
Washington Post | There is no evidence for ‘Spygate’ — but there is a reason that Trump invented it
“Spygate” made its debut on Wednesday morning during Trump’s “executive time,” the period during which he watches “Fox and Friends” before starting his official day. The term is a shorthand meant to refer to a scandal that Trump has insisted is potentially the worst in American history, easily eclipsing Watergate.
Trump’s claim is that the FBI put a “spy” in his campaign at the behest of Barack Obama’s White House as part of an effort to undercut his candidacy by alleging collusion with the Russians. It’s hard to square that claim with 1) Trump’s repeated insistence that the Russia investigation began only after he won as an excuse for the Democrats’ loss, and 2) the fact that America only learned about the investigation into Russian collusion after voting had already occurred. If Obama and the Democrats put a spy in his campaign to undercut his chances, they made a small strategic error by not mentioning anything publicly before votes were cast. But that’s the claim, because internal consistency is not a requirement for any conspiracy theory, much less this one.
The "evidence" for this theory is laughable:
1. A college professor reached out to swampy campaign out of concern w/ the campaign's connections to Russia
2. That same college professor had coffee w/someone in Swampy Campaign one time.
3. Ex-campaign adviser Michael Caputo says there is a second spy.
4. Lots of other people are telling swampy there are spies.
Washington Post | There is no evidence for ‘Spygate’ — but there is a reason that Trump invented it