I’ve fallen several pages behind on this thread, so I’m not sure if the information being commented on in this clip, in its particulars, has been discussed already. However, if not, it seems relevant to contrast with the mistaken belief that there was never anything to the Russia story. The Senate Intelligence Committee findings were also not the final say, if one takes seriously journalist Mike Schmidt’s revelations, as outlined by Maddow.
I think any leverage the Russians have over Trump involves financial relationships. At least, that’s always been my best bet in what it is that he has tried so hard to keep hidden. I recall when Trump told Mueller, via a tweet, that Mueller should not be looking at Trump’s finances. For whatever other reasons Trump has held that information sealed, there’s a connection to Russia in there that would be damaging, probably to the extreme. Just a hunch.