Axelrod: Trump’s ‘Desperate to Avoid ‘Picture of Collusion’ but ‘More and More’ the Puzzle Is Filling in

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AXELROD: "Look, I think some of this stuff are things we already knew. I in no way dismiss the importance of Michael Cohen’s effort to pay off the two women to advance the President’s candidacy, but that is sort of baked in the cake. We knew that happened. There really hasn’t been — I don’t think there are many people in this country who don’t understand what happened in that instance at this point. What seems really significant, and I think it will rumble through that town, is this new information about Michael Cohen as an intermediary with the Russians, not just on Trump business, but also with hints of campaign business as well. So this picture that the President is so desperate to avoid, this picture of collusion, begins to fill in. What is so interesting about the way the Special Counsel has played these cards is that you begin to see more and more the puzzle fill in, and it has to be alarming to the White House and it will create a stir. Now you have a new Congress coming in that is going to have to contemplate all of this when Mr. Mueller finishes his work."