Remember the “Birther” conspiracy ?
There was nothing to it. Absolutely nothing. But Trump isn’t stupid. He’s evil. He knew there was nothing to it, but that wasn’t the point.
His trafficking in endless conspiracy theories is just Trump and his people doubling down on the same tactic: the allegation alone is damaging enough. There doesn’t need to be any evidence behind it.
If actual evidence was the goal, the Republicans control the Senate and Trump OWNS the DoJ. You wouldn’t need to exhume Count Chocula, retain him, and send him to a foreign government – one that YOU believe is corrupt – to “dig up dirt.”
[“Separate channels,” for those who’ve forgotten, is how we got into the Iraq War (Office of Special Plans). What a cool thing it would be if we EVER learned from our mistakes as a nation.]