In midst of a witch hunt, Trump acts like a witch
There’s little question that Donald Trump is right, there is a witch hunt going on in Washington, D.C. Democrats, FBI and CIA leakers, some elements of the media, and even some Republicans are trying to take Trump down.
On the other hand, Trump keeps acting like a witch, which isn’t a very bright thing to be doing in the midst of a witch hunt.
Maintaining precision in this environment is difficult and arguably a waste of time.
Keeping perspective, however, requires treating discretely matters now being conflated in the political miasma.
American intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the presidential election by hacking into and leaking emails from the computer of John Podesta, who was chairman of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
So, the first question is whether Trump or his campaign was in some way complicit in this. This has supposedly been under investigation for some time.
Yet, despite the torrent of leaks about related matters, there has so far been no evidence made public that Trump or his campaign was in any way involved in the hacking or leaking of the emails.
Somehow, this has morphed into the question of whether there were “ties” between Trump or those involved in his campaign with the Russian government. The FBI was reportedly also investigating that and it is explicitly part of the charge given to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
It is unclear why this should be part of either a counterintelligence or a criminal investigation.
Interacting with Russian officials doesn’t violate American law. Nor does having business dealings with Russian entities, including those with close ties to the government.
There are certain domestic reporting requirements for some interactions with foreign entities. But those are jaywalking offenses.
Why should interactions between Trump and members of his campaign that don’t involve collusion to subvert the election be the subject of a massive federal investigation?
Democrats may want to make a