Comey and the Russians

The FBI told the House Intelligence Committee, the country and the world that it was conducting a counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign and its contacts with Russia during the 2016 Presidential campaign, and that it began that investigation as early as July of last year. A whole lot of Democrats probably cussed at the date, wanting to ask him why he didn’t announce that but he did announce his agency had investigated Hillary Clinton’s email server. Nonetheless,

Mr. Comey placed a criminal investigation at the doorstep of the White House and said officers would pursue it “no matter how long that takes.”

Well now. That’s the lead story in the New York Times this evening/tomorrow morning. I submit that that’s probably not what any President wants to see, even one who calls the paper “the failing New York Times.”

FBI Director Comey also dismissed Trump’s allegation that his predecessor had wiretapped (or otherwise surveilled) him or his campaign. So did the hearing’s other witness, National Security Agency Director Rogers.

Not a good day for the Trumpetistas.