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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Trump White House just inflicted a serious wound on itself
Source: Washington Post
The Trump White House just inflicted a serious wound on itself
By Greg Sargent February 24 at 10:02 AM
President Trump just unleashed another fearsome fusillade of tweets, this time blasting the FBI directly for failing to control leaks.
The FBI is totally unable to stop the national security leakers that have permeated our government for a long time, Trump said. They cant even find the leakers within the FBI itself. Classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on U.S. Trump closed with a demand that the leakers be caught: FIND NOW.
Trumps rage is misdirected. Whatever culpability the FBI bears for its leaking, the better target for Trumps anger right now is the White House itself. The news Trump was apparently responding to is a self-inflicted White House wound.
As CNN first reported, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus personally asked the FBI to publicly debunk recent media reports of contacts between Russia and Trump campaign aides during the campaign:
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By Greg Sargent February 24 at 10:02 AM
President Trump just unleashed another fearsome fusillade of tweets, this time blasting the FBI directly for failing to control leaks.
The FBI is totally unable to stop the national security leakers that have permeated our government for a long time, Trump said. They cant even find the leakers within the FBI itself. Classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on U.S. Trump closed with a demand that the leakers be caught: FIND NOW.
Trumps rage is misdirected. Whatever culpability the FBI bears for its leaking, the better target for Trumps anger right now is the White House itself. The news Trump was apparently responding to is a self-inflicted White House wound.
As CNN first reported, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus personally asked the FBI to publicly debunk recent media reports of contacts between Russia and Trump campaign aides during the campaign:
The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trumps associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple U.S. officials briefed on the matter tell CNN.
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The Trump White House just inflicted a serious wound on itself (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2017
OP
The first basis for impeaching Nixon was his staff's effort to deflect FBI investigation
dixiegrrrrl
Feb 2017
#3
gordianot
(15,245 posts)1. Like it or not that was the obstruction moment for for Trump.
It did not even require a John Dean to make it happen.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. The first basis for impeaching Nixon was his staff's effort to deflect FBI investigation
of the Watergate break-in.
Jus' saying....
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)2. "Devastating effect on U.S."?
Or, is it, devastating effect on US?