23,
March 2017 Trumpgate
FBI
Director Comey, consumed with guilt over his mishandling of Clinton’s emails,
has stiffened his spine and declared the investigation into Russian meddling in
the 2016 election will continue.
It
is critically important that the FBI is shielded from political interference
from the Trump administration which has displayed brazen attempts to lie and
obfuscate. Unfortunately the Justice Department is stacked with Trump loyalists
who may decide to softball the investigation. A visibly shaken Trump has
already attempted to intimidate Comey with a barrage of negative tweets calling
collusion charges, “fake news” and vowed to find those responsible for the
leaks. Trump seems to have conveniently forgotten that it was a leaker who
unmasked the devious General Flynn.
Leaking
the Pentagon Papers saved tens of thousands of lives. If someone leaked the
bogus claims of WMD’s, the invasion of Iraq and the rise of ISIS could have
been halted.
These
warning tweets from the president do enormous damage to public confidence in
the F.B.I.’s investigation. Tweeting will not erase the dark clouds engulfing
the White House. Rex Tillerson’s decision to skip the NATO meeting and depart
to Russia is also deeply troubling.
To
remove such concerns demands the appointment of a special prosecutor who is
independent of political pressure. Failure to hold all those who may have
colluded with Russia would be a monumental betrayal of our democracy and the
American people. The Republicans have a stark choice - country or party? Let’s
hope they choose the former.
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