https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/07/16/the-guardian-scoop-would-shift-the-timeline-and-bureaucracy-of-the-known-2016-russian-operation/

>If Putin didn’t approve the 2016 operation until January 22, Russia and Trump might claim, this effort wasn’t really an attempt to offer Trump financial salvation in exchange for policy considerations and other quid pro quo that became part of the operation, but instead was a viable (albeit ridiculously lucrative) real estate offer.

Из if ни разу не следует wasn't really.