Max Boot: ‘There Is a Lot of Evidence of Collusion’

BLITZER Could President Trump ░░░░░░░░ won the election without ░░░░░░░░ help of Russia A ░░░░░░░░ provocative piece from a ░░░░░░░░ known conservative says most ░░░░░░░░ no he couldn t ░░░░░░░░ In his latest piece ░░░░░░░░ Boot points to Trump ░░░░░░░░ incredibly slim margin of ░░░░░░░░ in three key battleground ░░░░░░░░ Michigan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin ░░░░░░░░ three states that essentially ░░░░░░░░ Trump the White House ░░░░░░░░ him enough electoral votes ░░░░░░░░ capture the White House ░░░░░░░░ compare that to Russia ░░░░░░░░ enormous social media campaign ░░░░░░░░ sites like Twitter and ░░░░░░░░ reaching more than 125 ░░░░░░░░ people in all Could ░░░░░░░░ campaign have swayed just ░░░░░░░░ votes to make a ░░░░░░░░ Max Boot is behind ░░░░░░░░ new piece raising these ░░░░░░░░ He s joining us ░░░░░░░░ now So explain your ░░░░░░░░ that these three states ░░░░░░░░ went for Trump with ░░░░░░░░ help of Russia BOOT ░░░░░░░░ thank you for putting ░░░░░░░░ graphic up Wolf emphasizing ░░░░░░░░ close that election actually ░░░░░░░░ Fewer than 80 000 ░░░░░░░░ in three states A ░░░░░░░░ of things certainly contributed ░░░░░░░░ the outcome I m ░░░░░░░░ saying that Russia was ░░░░░░░░ only thing that contributed ░░░░░░░░ Trump s victory but ░░░░░░░░ was a significant factor ░░░░░░░░ have to look at ░░░░░░░░ extensive the Russian campaign ░░░░░░░░ It wasn t just ░░░░░░░░ social media hitting 126 ░░░░░░░░ people on Facebook alone ░░░░░░░░ the graphic showed It ░░░░░░░░ also the hacking of ░░░░░░░░ rolls And the most ░░░░░░░░ part of it was ░░░░░░░░ Democratic e mails and ░░░░░░░░ them through Wikileaks One ░░░░░░░░ for you Wolf In ░░░░░░░░ last month of the ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump mentioned Wikileaks ░░░░░░░░ times more than five ░░░░░░░░ a day He said ░░░░░░░░ I love Wikileaks He ░░░░░░░░ Wikileaks has really done ░░░░░░░░ job on her hasn ░░░░░░░░ it That s what ░░░░░░░░ was saying at the ░░░░░░░░ He was making use ░░░░░░░░ these Wikileaks revelations which ░░░░░░░░ into his own campaign ░░░░░░░░ and knocked Hillary Clinton ░░░░░░░░ her game And now ░░░░░░░░ would have you believe ░░░░░░░░ had no impact whatsoever ░░░░░░░░ the outcome That just ░░░░░░░░ belief BLITZER Which raises ░░░░░░░░ question of collusion because ░░░░░░░░ have a separate argument ░░░░░░░░ collusion The President said ░░░░░░░░ s no collusion no ░░░░░░░░ of collusion You say ░░░░░░░░ There s growing evidence ░░░░░░░░ collusion You certainly can ░░░░░░░░ prove it At the ░░░░░░░░ that s up to ░░░░░░░░ Mueller But there is ░░░░░░░░ lot of evidence of ░░░░░░░░ in plain sight and ░░░░░░░░ s been more that ░░░░░░░░ developed in the last ░░░░░░░░ months because of the ░░░░░░░░ of Robert Mueller BLITZER ░░░░░░░░ us an example BOOT ░░░░░░░░ example we know in ░░░░░░░░ recent indictment of the ░░░░░░░░ Russian military intelligence officers ░░░░░░░░ hacked into the Democratic ░░░░░░░░ mails we know that ░░░░░░░░ began hacking Hillary Clinton ░░░░░░░░ e mails the very ░░░░░░░░ that Donald Trump invited ░░░░░░░░ to do so He ░░░░░░░░ Russia if you re ░░░░░░░░ That indictment also revealed ░░░░░░░░ the Russians stole data ░░░░░░░░ from the Democratic Party ░░░░░░░░ September of 2016 A ░░░░░░░░ weeks later the Trump ░░░░░░░░ reorganized its campaign based ░░░░░░░░ what they said was ░░░░░░░░ a new data driven ░░░░░░░░ That leads to suspicions ░░░░░░░░ the Russians fed the ░░░░░░░░ analytics to the Trump ░░░░░░░░ And even in the ░░░░░░░░ Page surveillance warrant that ░░░░░░░░ just released recently there ░░░░░░░░ further evidence in there ░░░░░░░░ how the Russians were ░░░░░░░░ with Carter Page when ░░░░░░░░ was a Clinton foreign ░░░░░░░░ adviser So there is ░░░░░░░░ evidence of collusion BLITZER ░░░░░░░░ as you point out ░░░░░░░░ three states Wisconsin Michigan ░░░░░░░░ Pennsylvania that he won ░░░░░░░░ about 80 000 in ░░░░░░░░ three of those states ░░░░░░░░ showed the numbers on ░░░░░░░░ screen Thanks so much ░░░░░░░░ that analysis.”