Candace Claiborne

[enid602]

Who else here thinks Tillerson's breaking the Claiborne story right now to deflect attention from the Russia mess?

[LuvLoogie]

1. Not me. I think nobody in the trump admin has any control.

They're trying with Nunez, but he's a dork.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I don't. It's legitimate news. The Russia thing won't go away

regardless of whatever other news stories pop up. News that's not about Russia will keep happening; that doesn't mean that it's a distraction or doesn't deserve reporting.

[jberryhill]

3. Tillerson would have had no say in the matter

[jmg257]

4. No one. Its DOJ and NSD

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The FBI’s Washington Field Office is leading the investigation into this matter. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys John L. Hill and Thomas A. Gillice for the District of Columbia and Trial Attorney Julie Edelstein of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state-department-employee-arrested-and-charged-concealing-extensive-contacts-foreign-agents

[comradebillyboy]

5. Does Tillerson even know anybody at the State Department? nt

[enid602]

7. maybe not

Perhaps not, but it might be a good time to air dirty laundry not related to Russia.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Not sure the stories are not connected