Republicans to attack Rod Rosenstein as they build their case to go after Robert Mueller
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On Wednesday, Republicans will confront Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein with critical evidence that two members of the FBI dared to exchange private messages like normal human beings. Senior F.B.I. officials who helped investigate Donald J. TrumpRepublicans to attack Rod Rosenstein as they build their case to go after Robert Mueller
On Wednesday, Republicans will confront Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein with critical evidence that two members of the FBI dared to exchange private messages like normal human beings. Senior F.B.I. officials who helped investigate Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign last year wrote in text messages that Hillary Clinton “just has to win” and described a potential Trump victory as “terrifying,” according to texts released Tuesday night. The messages appear to be extremely mild, compared to what would appear on the average person’s Facebook, and were far from one-sided. Some messages criticized Mrs. Clinton’s team, the Obama administration, Congress and other Democrats. Actually, the messages reveal that FBI agent Peter Strzok and attorney Lisa Page shared one big fear. The two appeared appalled at some of Mr. Trump’s comments during the campaign and feared that he would politicize the F.B.I. So of course, Republicans are going to use that fear to politicize the FBI. They intend to use the private exchange between Strzok and Page as evidence of a “deep state” conspiracy as they beat up on Rosenstein and work toward their major goal: discrediting Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The goal of Republican assaults on Mueller is twofold. One is to so diminish the standing of the former FBI director who Republicans roundly praised a year ago, that the public—or at least the Republican base—will go along if Republicans decide to ignore any results coming from the Trump–Russia investigation. Read more