#PutiTrump | #WhatTheyVotedFor
Should we take a moment to recall, oh, not quite six months ago, the ledes made a pretty straightforward setup:
President Donald Trump sought to insert himself into congressional investigations on Russia on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to hear from one of his former advisers, Carter Page, to counter testimony by directors of the FBI and CIA.
(Chiacu)
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Democrats of resisting testimony from Carter Page, his former campaign adviser, because he “blows away” allegations they have made.
(Bennett)
And that really is a wasted setup, right? That is, since we already know the punch line:
Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, informed the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he will not be cooperating with any requests to appear before the panel for its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and would plead the Fifth, according to a source familiar with the matter.
(Watkins)
#wellduh. Because of course he will.
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