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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTPM - Marshall spot on - "Cover Up as Reality Show"
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cover-up-as-reality-show-clown-show#more-1060943By JOSH MARSHALL Published MAY 23, 2017 9:12 AM
Let me share a few more thoughts about yesterday evenings breaking news about President Trumps overtures to the head of the NSA and the Director of National Intelligence.
Given what we knew already, these new details cannot be terribly surprising. Indeed, they fit a clear pattern. But they show just how far-reaching, widespread and brazen President Trump was in trying to shut down the investigation into his campaign and Russia.
We know from Comeys accounts that Trump repeatedly tried to get pledges of loyalty from Comey. He purportedly asked Comey privately to drop the investigation the day after he fired Flynn. Of course, Trump eventually fired Comey, by his own account over frustration with the Russian probe. Now we learn that after Comeys March testimony in which the FBI Director first confirmed the existence of a collusion/coordination probe, Trump personally reached out to Admiral Rodgers at NSA and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to push back against or dispute Comeys revelation.
Both apparently politely demurred.
Some minor props here for Coats. The former Indiana Senators qualifications for this position were slim. Hes a career politician, not an intelligence professional, with the different political antennae and loyalties that go with being a career elected official. Unlike almost all the rest involved Comey, Rodgers, et al., hes in his position because of Trump. Yet he appears to have seen the overtures in the same light and similarly rebuffed Trumps requests.
snip - much more at the link. This is no longer a drip - it is a fire hose. When will it wash trump and his minions away?
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TPM - Marshall spot on - "Cover Up as Reality Show" (Original Post)
NRaleighLiberal
May 2017
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)1. kick time
KelleyKramer
(8,958 posts)2. Josh Marshall has been doing great work lately
I highly recommend TPM as a reliable news source
dalton99a
(81,484 posts)3. Kick.