it seems the state of the nation that white collar crime runs amok and no one cares.
in that sense, this is purely a political game.
no one would have been willing to ferret out russian mobster money flowing to us consultants and real estate magnates except for the fact that those people are also messing with the fbi, cia, press, etc.
it seems well and fine to be a crook. just don’t be too noticeable.
I’m 100% sure that if it turned out that Trump had someone killed, Giuliani would blithely dismiss it as inconsequential; besides, surely the guy was asking for it.