If Trump himself was found to be guilty of this we would need to stand up to it or we LOSE all credibility

Hm. While this is demonstrably not the case, I think one would be surprised how many people would stick by him. Fortunately, they tried this angle. They tried painting his parental affections towards Ivanka as grossly incestuous, too.

The fact is, I think, that they could never have any evidence be trusted anymore. They've fired too many shots at Trump and missed.

The boy who cried wolf effect is in full swing for the leftists; we will never end up believing their slander of Trump.

That said, if Tate were actually trafficking humans, he'd just be controlled opposition. There'd be no need to burn him unless they couldn't control him.