08-15-2016, 03:19 PM
pdq wrote:
Anyway, while I have no love of Trump, I'm inclined to let the dust settle on this one before reaching conclusions. I remember the documents they "found" in Iraq showing a bunch of Western anti-war politicians supposedly getting huge cash payments from Saddam Hussain, and that never came to anything (ie, was just more of the BS that was peddled during the Iraq war). So I'm inherently suspicious of Ukrainian ledgers showing payments of millions.
If there's something there, there will be some corroboration.
I'm with you on waiting to see how this develops. How strong is the evidence really? That may take some time to determine. I do think that there's a good chance that the editors at the Times made sure that the documents were what they are claimed to be and contain the information that it is claimed they contain, though, so I think this merits serious consideration.