1/ There was no further evidence put forward that Russians hacked than was previously known.
Yet Rod jumps in the pool. If the speculation is right that this was all cover after the fact and the spearfish was a non Russian entity or a CIA operation then Rod has trapped himself.
Yet Rod jumps in the pool. If the speculation is right that this was all cover after the fact and the spearfish was a non Russian entity or a CIA operation then Rod has trapped himself.
2/ Because if later it can be shown that it wasn’t the Russians it makes the last 2 years of investigation being managed by Rod look like a railroad and a fake.
3/ Rod has now done two things. He has cleared “any American” (Trump) of knowledge or participation AND he has put his chips in on the “Russians (Putin) did it” theory.
4/ I would argue that the payoff for Trump and Putin to “prove” that the “hacking” charges are false and that it was a third party or even US IC have never been higher.
And Rod has put himself on the wrong side of that...
And Rod has put himself on the wrong side of that...
5/ If I were Rod I’d be very nervous of what may come out of Trump’s meeting with Putin. I think Trump sold Rod that the release of the indictments would help him forcefully confront Putin but anything could happen. There’s a reason Schumer doesn’t want Trump alone with Putin.
6/ I’ve said for a while that I see this as phase 1 and there is a coming phase 2. If right then Rod, perhaps undeservedly, will be the poster boy for DOJ corruption because unlike Lynch he doesn’t have a boss forcing him into wrong conclusions. He did that all on his own...
7/ IMO we are at the beginning not the end.
More to come.
Tick Tock
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More to come.
Tick Tock
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