legendary news anchor dan rather say thursday long donald trump cozy relationship russia become real problem every washington fuse light seem big scandal much rarely fuse lead explosion magnitude see russia new administration frankly republicans congress rather write facebook anybody say billow smoke sight actual flame need least independently investigate whether fire burn pillars democracy numerous investigations currently ongoing trump campaign constant contact high-level russian officials michael flynn resignation reveal lie bigly relationship ambassador sergey kislyak course likelihood notorious racist jeff sessions also perjure coziness kislyak rather say things go get bad quickly pressure obviously start mount lead republicans call attorney general jeff sessions recuse russia investigation come wake serious credible evidence report vigilant press attorney general mind top law enforcement man unite state perjure testimony senate meet russian ambassador election sessions late person close president trump seem ensnare story worthy hollywood melodrama reality governance country democrats call sessions resign story could move quickly well past time political niceties benefit doubt need independent thorough investigation russia meddle democracy tie president ally rather say know know perhaps perfectly innocuous reason mr trump release tax return continue speak admirably president putin aid advisors seem close russia need investigation air clear need clear deep rot need expose quickly rather say press admirable job hold administration account much without things subpoena power let make clear foreign hostile power try influence election contact close aid presidential campaign kremlin want win furthermore serious question mr trump longstanding tie russian money influence peddlers know might go go away.rather right things look pretty bad trump need wait shoe drop.read post function id var js fjs d.getelementsbytagname d.getelementbyid id return js d.createelement js.id id js.src `` //connect.facebook.net/en_us/sdk.js xfbml=1 version=v2.3 `` fjs.parentnode.insertbefore js fjs document 'script 'facebook-jssdk every washington fuse light seem big scandal much rarely fuse post dan rather thursday march 2017featured image via screengrab fuse light legendary news anchor dan rather say trump-russia scandal explode