In recent days, the rightwing media and Trump loyalists have been scrambling to discredit the special counsel and smear his Russia inquiry as a liberal plot
Illegitimate and corrupt. Using the FBI as a political weapon and America’s secret police. “Secret surveillance, wiretapping, intimidation, harassment and threats. It’s like the old KGB that comes for you in the dark of the night, banging through your door.”
This is special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, as seen through the eyes of news anchor and analyst Gregg Jarrett this week. Anyone expecting him to be challenged live on air was destined for disappointment.
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It’s the only way he’s going to get out this: by trying to make the investigation seem partisan
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A witch hunt continues against the president with tremendous bias, no purpose and no end in sight
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If Trump is found to have colluded with Russia, I would not be surprised if Republicans let him get away with it