Dan Balz: Trump ‘Needs to Deal’ with Russia Allegations ‘ in a Much More Proactive Way’

‘These investigations, even if they come to nothing significant that affects the Trump administration, will take months and months and months’

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BALZ: "Well, we know there’s fire in one element of this, which is a very big issue, and that is the Russian effort to disrupt the election. There is going to be an investigation of that at a minimum. There is a second aspect to this which is much murkier, which is what communication, collusion, collaboration, whatever, between Trump campaign officials, or hangers-on, or associates, and the Russians existed. We are getting pieces at this point. It doesn’t add up to anything specific yet. But as Matthew said, we’re at the front end of this. And these investigations, even if they come to nothing significant that affects the Trump administration, will take months and months and months. And that is something that the administration needs to deal with in a much more proactive way than they’ve been willing to."

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