Mike Bishop’s recent op-ed ("The lie that broke the Republic," Aug. 28) is a revisionist fairy tale that ignores facts, excuses President Donald Trump and smears accountability. It collapses years of documented Russian interference and bipartisan findings into one dismissive word: “lie.”

That’s not an argument; it’s acid on democracy.

It's undisputed — except in the MAGA fever swamp — that Russia interfered in 2016, and the Trump campaign sought help. That’s the unanimous finding of the CIA, FBI, NSA, and a Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee under Marco Rubio, which deemed Trump-Russia contacts a serious counterintelligence threat.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller documented at least 140 contacts with Russians and intermediaries. Paul Manafort handed internal polling to Konstant

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