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    The Russia Investigations: Is 'Infiltration' The New 'Collusion?'

    An interview transcript raises new questions about Russian infiltration of U.S. political organizations. A key Trump aide passes on a Capitol Hill appearance. And is Mueller funded during shutdown?
    by Philip Ewing Jan 21, 2018 5 minutes
    White House communications director Hope Hicks at an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 27, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

    Last week in the Russia investigations: Will "infiltration" be the new "collusion" or "obstruction?" Another skirmish over executive privilege? Is the Russia imbroglio about the money-go-round? And will the shutdown disrupt Mueller's investigation?

    The inside game

    How much did Russia "infiltrate" political organizations inside the United States as part of its attack on the 2016 presidential election?

    That's one of the big unanswered questions to emerge from the transcript released Thursday of the House Intelligence Committee's interview with Glenn Simpson, founder of the political research shop Fusion GPS.

    Simpson not only told lawmakers the Russians "infiltrated," in his phrase, the National Rifle Association, which has been the subject of reports before. (The NRA has not offered any comment on those accounts.) Simpson also said this:

    "I would say broadly speaking,

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