It’s more than this.
Rosenstein had just written the memo to fire Comey.
The political world was on fire.
The idea that in that moment all things considered Rosenstein could’ve stepped to the mic and announced no there there and closed the investigation politically is fantasy.
Rosenstein had just written the memo to fire Comey.
The political world was on fire.
The idea that in that moment all things considered Rosenstein could’ve stepped to the mic and announced no there there and closed the investigation politically is fantasy.
By doing that Rosenstein would have turned McCabe into a “whistleblower” on million times worse than anything we have seen with the others. A “deep throat” spewing stories of Trump “collusion” with the veneer of Trump “obstruction.
It would have supercharged things.
It would have supercharged things.
Instead of opening McCabe up for investigation, which is what happened the day after Mueller was appointed, it would have provided McCabe a protection he didn’t deserve and would have complicated the entire process of investigating the investigators.
Correct.
And this is why the structure that included a recused Sessions was more significant than most realize.
It created a mechanism for Trump to reassign the investigation to a new AG if Mueller went off the rails via a Sessions resignation.
And this is why the structure that included a recused Sessions was more significant than most realize.
It created a mechanism for Trump to reassign the investigation to a new AG if Mueller went off the rails via a Sessions resignation.
Some will say “but Mueller did go off the rails”. Not on the central investigative issue, “did Trump or anyone on his campaign collude?”.
No by March 2018, according to Dowd, Mueller had resolved that Trump did not collude.
Once Trump had 18 angry Democrats saying that...
No by March 2018, according to Dowd, Mueller had resolved that Trump did not collude.
Once Trump had 18 angry Democrats saying that...
Nothing was more valuable to Trump and what is now unfolding than to have his biggest enemies conclude there was no collusion. Trump took a calculated risk and won. He got his #CleanBillOfHealth.
With that backdrop attention turned to those who cooked up the hoax.
#WeNowKnow
With that backdrop attention turned to those who cooked up the hoax.
#WeNowKnow
