Douglas Brinkley: ‘Smell of Treason’ in Trump-Russia Probe

EXCERPT:

SNOW: "I want to start with what we were just talking about and that is the Russia investigation. You told 'The Washington Post' last week that, quote, 'there is a smell of treason in the air when it comes to this investigation.' Why did you say that and has anything changed about your view in the last week?”
BRINKLEY: “Well, you know, a lot of people are afraid to use the ‘t-word,’ treason, but in the end that’s what people are investigating. People talk about collusion with Russia — we’re talking about whether people that worked in the Trump campaign who meddled in American elections, and our free and fair elections are the heart and soul of our democracy, and the very fact that on the day that I said that, FBI Director Comey is saying that the President of the United States is under a federal criminal investigation. It was stunning news. It remains stunning news. And we don’t want to try to act like that is the new normal. If there is ever any evidence that any American citizens are working to undermine the U.S. government or undermine our electoral system, it’s a serious cause."