Stonewalling

On Sunday, the Washington Post published a timely article (link here) that asks the question many people have been asking: why did so many high-level Trump campaign and administration officials steadfastly lie about contacts with Russia? They did this even when they were under oath with full knowledge that getting caught would mean criminal prosecution.

The list of culprits includes: Trump's campaign chair, his deputy chair, his personal attorney, his national security adviser, his foreign policy adviser, his friends, and, potentially, his son and son-in-law, amongst others.

Why did they lie about contact that, in and of themselves, were probably not illegal?

The linked article posits several theories, but this is the most tantalizing: "Did the president’s men lie to protect a still-hidden dark secret about the campaign’s interaction with Russia, engaging in a broad effort to obstruct the probe — one that included perhaps even Trump?"

If that's the case, who orchestrated this coordinated campaign of lying, which in and of itself would be a whopping obstruction of justice?

Hopefully these important questions will eventually be answered. Stay tuned.