Wouldn't a lot of the Russia stuff be the subject of counterintelligence and thus, classified?

Seems to me that one of the main reasons for keeping Russia-related investigations so secret and "need-to-know" is to protect sources and methods - and not just from Putin and his goons, but from Trump and his goons like the DNI (Radcliffe) and other loyalists he's put in the bureaucracy.

I'm sure a lot more has been kept secret for these and other reasons. We may not know for a long time, because as long as any intelligence is being gleaned from the Kremlin, those assets must be kept secret...

IMO Trump's "superpower", the reason for why his cultists won't desert him...

...is that he's an entertainer.

I don't mean that as a compliment. Trump is an insult comic, a bully, a complete asshole so revolting that even many other assholes think he's beyond the pale. But that doesn't matter to his supporters, because to them, a lot of this is a game. It's part of the show, Trump the Reality TV star, the celebrity, the man on the screen, the character.

That's why no other Republicans - not the Bushes, not Romney, not Cruz, not Hawley, not Cotton, not even Don Jr. - inspire the same level of devotion and fervor. Even a lot of people who don't really like Trump, who will freely admit that he's a bad person, will say "he's entertaining, he 'triggers the libs', and he's fighting the Establishment and making them mad." They love that shit.

It's much easier to justify to yourself degrading, depraved, cruel behavior if you find the perpetrator funny and entertaining. That's, IMHO, what explains so much of why Donald Trump, of all people, can get away with basically anything. Yes, the hardcore racists and misogynists and bigoted assholes will always love him (the deplorables), but I'm afraid there's a much larger group of Americans who admire Trump's entertainment value and share enough of the MAGA prejudices to give him a pass, more or less. That's what's really scary to me.

Priorities!