It’s incredible that they even felt they had to investigate this! I don’t think there has been anything like this in our history.
Of course, this does not mean they found anything. Since this was before Mueller was appointed, I assume he took over.
NEWS: the FBI opened an inquiry into whether Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia @adamgoldmanNYT @nytmike @npfandos https://t.co/Tl24jU94gw
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 12, 2019
Wittingly or not, @realDonaldTrump throughout the 2016 campaign echoed and amplified Russian disinformation when he repeatedly stated— despite being informed otherwise—that Putin was *not* attacking the US election. He aided the Russian coverup. That’s betrayal. https://t.co/VEKnHv51CO
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 12, 2019
The FBI opened an investigation into whether the President of the United States was working on behalf of Vladimir Putin to undermine American interests.
That's the real national emergency, not the fake crisis Trump wants to distract us with at the border. https://t.co/09SrZCasRr
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 12, 2019
Trump’s obstruction of the Russia investigation was the “collusion,” writes @benjaminwittes, analyzing the new @nytimes bombshell that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation to determine if Trump worked to help Russia against our interests. https://t.co/DVUZKtCS31
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 12, 2019
The FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation because it had good reason to believe that Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia against our interests.
If you’re not alarmed by this news, you should be. Congress should conduct hearings and get to the bottom of this. https://t.co/1OXZ5LzaCJ
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 12, 2019
Well, this doesn’t sound at all like utter panic. https://t.co/pQk0tzxPS8
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 12, 2019
Reposting my analysis of Trump and #Russia given this new report. https://t.co/vFN9AenaC3 via @politicomag
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 12, 2019
It was only after Trump twice tied his firing of Comey to his desire to end the Russia investigation that the FBI decided to launch an inquiry into "whether the president’s own actions constituted a possible threat to national security." https://t.co/gZv9P8uO6V
— Zach Basu (@zacharybasu) January 12, 2019
Stepping back for a minute: If no other reporting existed on Trump/Russia, the fact that the FBI started a CI investigation to determine whether or not the sitting president of the US was either comprised by or an agent of Russia, it would be the biggest political story…ever. https://t.co/RRenfxbgmH
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 12, 2019
Sad! 