How It’s Being Spun: Left

Many politically left-leaning news sources, such as CNN, have been focusing on the conspiracy charges over the monetary charges (such as failure to report). While these are incredibly important charges, specifically the charge of conspiracy against the United States, it is important to note that the conspiracy charge does not equate to collusion or to treason, which are separate crimes. (Conspiracy against the United States can even be a misdemeanor if the crime being conspired is a misdemeanor.)

Some left-leaning news outlets are prone to inflating the importance of these charges, and some have been exacerbating the timing of the charges, which is partly false in that a large portion of the indictments are from before Trump became a presidential candidate.