1) I do not think that they are uninvolved and innocent; I do not know. But why must that reason be so clear cut as to be the fact that they were involved.
2) how are we so easily persuaded as to believe that there isn’t something amiss?
Please consider these two sentences.I haven't been able to understand the meaning of - "as +to " in those sentences. what's is the meaning of "as" here. Please explain the sentences to me.