Monday, April 30, 2018

Trump's Fox & Friends Meltdown & House Republican's Attempt To Repeal Logan Act - Heather Cox Richardson

Trump and some of his people are afraid they are about to get outed as conspirators with Russian interests.

There was lots of mud in the water last week, but to my mind, the most notable things were Trump's meltdown when he called in to Fox & Friends on Thursday, and the next day's recommendation of the House Intelligence Committee that Congress repeal the Logan Act.

Taken together, they seem to me a pretty clear signal that Trump and some of his people are afraid they are about to get outed as conspirators with Russian interests, at least during the transition if not before.

The recommendation for repealing the Logan Act, coming from a committee that has been advocating for the president since the beginning, says more to me even than Trump's terrible habit of blurting out whatever is uppermost in his mind.

He is afraid Mueller's report will produce airtight evidence that he and his cronies conspired with Russia to win the 2016 election.

The full piece is available here