The Senate Judiciary Committee has invited (with the threat of subpoena) both Donald Trump, Jr. and Paul Manafort to testify this week.  Presidential adviser Jared Kushner is also expected to appear.  The senators are looking into the June 2016 meeting between Trump associates and the Russians who claimed to have damning evidence against then-presumptive Democrat nominee for president Hillary Clinton.  Donald Jr. responded at the time to the prospect of a meeting with these foreign nationals saying, "I love it."  While the Senate committee seeks violations of the Foreign Agent Registration Act, the senators are actually trying to punish a citizen for acting upon his moral obligation to hear and review any evidence of wrongdoing by an important political figure and prospective president.  In order to understand how this meeting wasn't a crime, but instead a service to the nation, we need to go back a year and review what was being asserted...(Read Full Post)