Yes, the report has been out for months and the reporting on the report has been extensive but I finally found time to read portions of the document myself and of course I have thoughts.

First off the mainstream media has been pretty much spot on about the report and what it contains. Some of the most explosive though ignored passages are taken verbatim from the document.

Second, the conservative media has done a disservice to their readers and viewers by making light of the reports serious and credible allegations. It is a display of power and partisanship over all principle.

Third, it is an established fact that the Russian government interfered with our 2016 Presidential election not out of a prankish goal of making things harder and more muddled for Hillary Clinton, whom Putin despises, but out of a clear preference for the election of Donald Trump. The intelligence operation to influence the election was broad, well funded, and sophisticated and began well before anyone suspected or feared the Trump would take the nomination. To be clear the Russian interference started in the primary with the clear goal of securing the nomination and eventually the Presidency for their candidate of choice, Donald Trump. This instance is far beyond the allegation that Senator Edward Kennedy sought support and assistance from the Soviet Union, an allegation supported by a single uncorroborated source.

Fourth, the evidence does not support with a degree of certainty that rises to criminal charges that the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russians to win the election. The facts support that the Russian interfered, including offering illegal assistance to the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign gladly accepted the assistance, knowing it came from an adversarial foreign power, but the evidence is thin that the two organizations plotted or planned together to win the election.

Fifth, on the subject of Obstruction of Justice the Mueller report reached no definitive conclusion other than that they could not state unequivocally that Trump did not commit obstruction and left that question to the political process.

To me it is clear that Trump, his inner circle, and perhaps more are compromised by a foreign power, and that’s without getting into the cash corruption of foreign agents and the President’s business holdings.

It is also clear that the loud conservative voice screaming about ‘Rule of Law’ during the Clinton administration are in fact hypocrites. It is a patriotic duty to secure our elections and be certain that the process reflects the will of the American people and not foreign interests, a duty the GOP is refusing to accept.