Begala - The irony of Trump whining about leaks

[TomCADem]

Trump complaining about leaks is ironic given that he would not even be President, but for leaks of emails that were hacked by the Russians and Comey's salacious leak that they had Weiner's laptop, which turned out not have anything.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/opinions/trump-complains-about-leaks-begala/

Donald Trump whining about leaks is like Jack the Ripper complaining about paper cuts. He is President in large part due to leaks. Had the Russians not hacked and robbed the emails of the Democratic National Committee and of Secretary Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, and then weaponized them through WikiLeaks, Trump would probably not be president. In a race determined by fewer than 80,000 votes, that's hard to dispute.

And in the final days of the campaign, FBI Director James Comey released a letter which essentially reopened an investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails once again -- based on....well, nothing. Turned out those Anthony Weiner emails had nothing to do with Hillary Clinton's case. But the damage was done.

It should be noted that Comey apparently knew about the Trump operatives' contacts with the Russians. But somehow that never leaked. The contrast between how Comey handled the Clinton case and how he handled the Trump-Russia case boggles the mind.

Donald Trump has benefited from leaks more than the CEO of Depends. So forgive me if I am unpersuaded by Trump's complaints about them.

[dhol82]

1. Sorry. I think Comey should be brought up on treason charges.

[guillaumeb]

2. You are not alone.

But Comey enabled Trump, and Trump enables Ryan and McConnell to dismantle the social safety net.