Given the emotional reaction of Democrats to Hillary
Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in the election, Nunes had to know that he would
be under intense scrutiny as chair of the investigation and that both his and
the Intelligence committee’s credibility would be at stake.
Nothing he did last week served the nation’s best interests.
First, with millions of Americans, both Democrats and
Republicans, wanting the committee to provide clarity on Russia’s involvement
in the election and whether members of Trump’s campaign conspired with the
Russians to weaken Clinton’s prospects, Nunes tried to steer the committee’s
focus to identifying leakers of information embarrassing to President Trump.
It is an old trick in Washington, D.C., and one that rarely,
if ever, works. Just ask Richard Nixon.
Then, Nunes – a Trump transition team member – betrayed the
Constitution and its separation of powers by running like an errand boy to the
White House to share with Trump classified information that he had received.
Ouch! It could be worse, Elise Stefanik has constituents rapping her knuckles in the local paper everyday. That's not entirely true. Two days a week the Post Star doesn't run letters.
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