No surprise here that the president is putting his tin-foil hat base above country. Donald Trump is set to release a set of talking points by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, despite pleading from both the president’s own Republican appointees at the FBI and DOJ that the talking points, according to the FBI specifically, have “material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.”
First up in today’s roundup is The New York Times and its editorial on the GOP plot against the FBI:
So this is what a partisan witch hunt really looks like. [...] Reports suggest that the three-and-a-half-page document — produced by the staff of Representative Devin Nunes (R-White House), who somehow still leads the House Intelligence Committee despite his own record of shilling for President Trump, and who is supposed to be recused from these matters — has nothing to do with truth or accountability. Rather, it appears to be misleading propaganda from people who are terrified by the Russia investigation and determined to derail it by any means necessary. [...]
There’s so much deception and obfuscation going on here that it’s hard to know where to start.
xThe decision by Nunes to employ an obscure rule to release classified information for partisan political purposes crossed a dangerous line, and increases the risk of a constitutional crisis and another Saturday Night Massacre.My oped on Washington Post: https://t.co/g6FQkPAobZ
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 1, 2018