We assuredly do have evidence.

Regarding hacking, you’ve got a point. Our intelligence agencies have announced conclusions about hacking, but they haven’t shown us the evidence — because, as you know, they are shy about releasing their methods.

But hacking is just a small part of what Russian agents did. It’s much easier to track Russian ad buys and money laundering activities. That’s why the Facebook admission of Russian ad buys is significant. Foreign money was spent to sway the outcome of our election, and that’s strictly illegal. Some of the ads are accessible to the public. That’s evidence.

As for money laundering, we aren’t relying only on our intelligence agencies’ word for it. Transactions have been traced by journalists and reported on.

Laws were broken, and Russia was involved. The only uncertainty is whether the Trump campaign actively and illegally colluded with the Russian assault on our election.

There’s evidence of that, too, though the evidence in the public eye is suspicious rather than conclusive. Of course we don’t know what Mueller has yet. Stay tuned.

There is evidence of obstruction of justice, too, which is illegal. As with Watergate, obstruction of justice will be the easiest of charges for Mueller to pursue. Every lie told by Trump, Pence and campaign and transition staff about Russian contacts is evidence; the firing of Comey is evidence; so are Trump’s attempts to get Comey to shut down the FBI’s investigation. Is there enough evidence to convict? That’s not for us to say; that’s up to Mueller and the courts.