Per my interpretation, this all amounts to something troubling, but not definitively something solid pointing to let's say a quid pro quo. So to me this doesn't close the question of whether "it happened".
> “grave counterintelligence threat,”
Somebody's opinion about what could happen or might have happened.
> "very real counterintelligence threat"
The opinion of a member of the opposing political party about what could happen or might have happened.
> narratives
This sounds like something that could be part of collusion but I'd need to see the rest. It's open to interpretation and I don't trust the media enough to assume they wouldn't imply something like this without having something big behind it. Indeed they hint at things without actually stating them because they're not actually true all the time.
The fact that you're retreating to the semantics of the word narrative and ignoring all surrounding words is a dead giveaway that your blinders are growing longer.
Well, that should be enough to convince you that I shouldn't be in charge of what claims people get to make on YouTube.
Anyway, it kind of sounds like Manafort is involved in a conspiracy of some sort to cover up wrongdoing by the Russians. But it just feels like weasel wording. It sounds bad but I'm not sure what it really means. Is the implication that the Russians did Trump the favor of the social media campaign, and Manafort is doing them the favor of helping them cover it up? That's the quid pro quo? I don't want to give anyone the benefit of the doubt here, I want to hear the point.
> “grave counterintelligence threat,”
Somebody's opinion about what could happen or might have happened.
> "very real counterintelligence threat"
The opinion of a member of the opposing political party about what could happen or might have happened.
> narratives
This sounds like something that could be part of collusion but I'd need to see the rest. It's open to interpretation and I don't trust the media enough to assume they wouldn't imply something like this without having something big behind it. Indeed they hint at things without actually stating them because they're not actually true all the time.