It’s what he does. Change the subject. Move the goalposts. Whatever is necessary to divert attention from the fact that the Russians hacked American democracy and put Trump in the White House. And now Trump – not noted for his diplomacy – won’t say a bad word about Vlad in the Kremlin.

But look, a squirrel…

If it was novichok, it should have killed lots of people, yet the main target survived. It was a warning, but by who?

There is no doubt that it was novichok, and the police have identified Russian suspects.

The lethality of the nerve agent is determined by purity and age of the agent, and how much of it comes into contact with the victim.

Clapper admitted under oath that he talked about it with Jake Tapper. Brennan said he briefed Harry Reid on it, who subsequently wrote a letter to Comey about an FBI investigation into Trump and Russia.

The people who came to him to talk about Russian interference in the election were Clapper, Brennan, Comey, and Mike Rogers.

Comey then stuck around to tell Trump about the dossier, but only included a small part and left out details about Trump is working with Russia.

Why should he have faith in anyone but Mike Rogers, who was left out of the main part of the briefing?

If it was novichok, it should have killed lots of people, yet the main target survived. It was a warning, but by who?

Why should he believe his intelligence people when they are responsible for lies about him being a Russian agent, then leaked it to the press after telling him about it(and they lied when they told him about it, leaving out the Russian agent part!)?

mikeN is off his meds again.

…but Putin had to know that the US can’t “give” them Browder: he’s given up his U.S. citizenship (he saw what was coming) and now lives in London.

Could this be why the people of Britain are being frightened by the deployment of novichok nerve agent? It is a warning to those Russians domiciled in the UK who have crossed Trump’s pal Vlad.

OTOH I wouldn’t put it past agents of the state (the UK State) being behind this to distract attention away from …… you know the car crash that is Brexit. It has certainly been interesting to watch the timings of flooding of the news channels with stories propagated at key moments in affairs of the state, aka shenanigans in parliament.

I ask again – what $400 million?

Bernard, Putin mentioned it at the press conference. I think he is combining two things, money Browder owes in taxes(a lot), with donations made by associates to Hillary(a lot but much much less than <—).
Putin enjoys hypocrisy game like this. He practically endorsed George W Bush, saying you are calling Iraq an illegal war, but what about Kosovo? He was there when Clinton's buddy Wesley Clark ordered a British commander to seize the airport from Russian troops.

Why should he believe his intelligence people when they are responsible for lies about him being a Russian agent, then leaked it to the press after telling him about it(and they lied when they told him about it, leaving out the Russian agent part!)?