05-28-2018, 02:00 PM
"Spygate" is nothing but a silly branding exercise by Trump which is based on conspiracy theory at this time. It's designed to make highly biased and gullible people believe that any incriminating evidence or negative news related to the actual facts of the Russian Interference Investigation can't be trusted, and it seems to be working with that target market.
"Spygate" is just like Trump's unsubstantiated claim that "Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign!" And, like the false claim that the first publicly known meeting between the Trump campaign and a female Russian lawyer in Trump Tower wasn't about Russian dirt on Clinton, but instead about "adoption policy".
It's also similar to a very common defense attorney strategy in criminal cases, "yes, my client was found with the victim's diamonds and pearls minutes after he was seen sneaking out of her bedroom window, but the cops mishandled the fingerprint confirmation -- my client was framed!"
Anyway, I don't know if Trump's propaganda conspiracy theory campaigns in this matter are motivated by his obsessive worry that evidence and information uncovered by investigators could lead some people to view his election as illegitimate (ego-driven), or if it's instead because he knows his campaign conspired with Russian operatives (fear-driven).
In any event, he succeeded in getting the Investigator General to look into his latest theory with an uncharacteristic level of transparency. So, if there was any improper intelligence gathering, we'll find out.
In the meantime, I've seen no objective Republican congresspersons -- even those who support Trump's policies -- backing his "SPIES!" proclamations. Instead, I've seen a few state that Trump's claims are baseless and/or premature without any substantiation at this point.
"Spygate" is just like Trump's unsubstantiated claim that "Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign!" And, like the false claim that the first publicly known meeting between the Trump campaign and a female Russian lawyer in Trump Tower wasn't about Russian dirt on Clinton, but instead about "adoption policy".
It's also similar to a very common defense attorney strategy in criminal cases, "yes, my client was found with the victim's diamonds and pearls minutes after he was seen sneaking out of her bedroom window, but the cops mishandled the fingerprint confirmation -- my client was framed!"
Anyway, I don't know if Trump's propaganda conspiracy theory campaigns in this matter are motivated by his obsessive worry that evidence and information uncovered by investigators could lead some people to view his election as illegitimate (ego-driven), or if it's instead because he knows his campaign conspired with Russian operatives (fear-driven).
In any event, he succeeded in getting the Investigator General to look into his latest theory with an uncharacteristic level of transparency. So, if there was any improper intelligence gathering, we'll find out.
In the meantime, I've seen no objective Republican congresspersons -- even those who support Trump's policies -- backing his "SPIES!" proclamations. Instead, I've seen a few state that Trump's claims are baseless and/or premature without any substantiation at this point.