When you refer to the author, are you referring to me or the author of the article I quote from, Uri Berliner? That Trump stonewalled and destroyed evidence does not surprise me in the least, he is at least as big a crook as anyone else in Washington D.C., but the fact is, those who were charged with crimes were charged with crimes unrelated to Russian collusion. I find it weird if Trump was criminally colluding with Putin that the Democrats would instead be focusing on 34 felony charges that do NOT relate to that. As for being an ally with Putin, how exactly has Trump served Russia? He assassinated General Soleimoni, a leader of one of Russia's closest allies. He sent weapons and aid to Ukraine, scrapped the INF Treaty, bombed Russian ally Syria, undid the Iran deal, forced Europe to increase NATO spending, increased U.S. military spending, fought against the opening of the Nord Stream Pipeline, etc. To my mind, at least, anyone talking about election interference without mentioning AIPAC is being led on a wild goose chase.