We know why Vladimir Putin has leverage over Trump, and it's not the goddamned pee tape. Trump has survived for the last eight years--not just the Russian investigation, but his first impeachment, his second impeachment, January 6, stealing classified documents--by claiming every push for accountability was just a hoax by Hillary Clinton.

Russia Russia Russia.

But Putin has proof that Trump knows Hillary didn't frame him--instead, Russian spies framed her.

And if he released that, it would destroy the very means by which Trump has avoided accountability for eight years.