It’s not that we didn’t already know that this, in essence, is what the raid on Mar-a-Lago was about. It was virtually certain from the beginning that the Justice Department’s purpose has been to verify what Trump is holding that could expose more about the Obama administration’s conduct as part of Russiagate and Spygate. (For earlier posts on this topic, see here, here, here, and here. Most recent post first.)
So Newsweek might be said to be catching the mainstream media up to reality.
But Newsweek’s exclusive new report on the matter, attributed to “sources,” spins harder than a washing machine at the end of its cycle. It describes former President Trump, for example, as “hoarding” materials “for years,” where it could have said something with more journalistic integrity like “saved materials during his term in office.” The latter sounds normal – which it is; Continue reading “Pinglet on new theme that Trump was “hoarding documents” about Russiagate”