The entire basis of a big Washington Post report on President Trump’s involvement in the FBI Russia investigation is at best a thirdhand account from anonymous officials of a conversation that happened almost three months ago.
The scoop is a big one, if true. Adam Entous reports Trump asked a top intelligence official to persuade former FBI Director James Comey to shift the focus of the Russia investigation away from then-national security adviser Mike Flynn.
Such an ask from Trump would solidify the narrative he has improperly interfered with the Russia investigation, and that he fired Comey because he didn’t like the way he was handling it. But the sourcing here is dubious. Entous attributes the information to ‘officials familiar with the account Coats gave to associates.’
Let’s look at how far this account had to travel to get to Entous at The Washington Post, assuming the conversation actually happened (none of those present have confirmed this).
Trump has a private conversation with Coats and Pompeo. Coats discusses the contents of that conversation with some ‘associates’ – who either do or do not have an official capacity, Entous never specifies. Those associates in turn relay what is now a secondhand account to some ‘officials.’
This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on JUNE 8, 2017.
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