Correction Please
Trump Accused of Burying Collusion Charges
Item: On May 21, an online article by the New York Times Editorial Board appeared under the headline “Trump v. the Department of Justice.” The article claimed — once again — that President Trump is using inflammatory hyperbole to dodge “the Russia investigation” as it “burrows closer to the Oval Office.” In particular, the opinion piece — slanted so far to the left as to not be able to see the right — claims that President Trump’s tweet the previous Sunday demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) “look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes — and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration” is evidence that “President Trump sank to a new low” in trying to quash the investigation.
The article goes on to challenge the reader to “consider the seriousness of the threat posed by a president ordering federal law enforcement officials to investigate the people who are investigating him.” In fact, the article opens with: “As the old saying goes, if the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If both the facts and the law are against you, pound the table and yell.”
The article maintains that tone throughout, flogging the stillborn horse of Trump/Russia collusion with no fewer than 10 references to allegations that the Trump campaign — and perhaps even Donald Trump himself — colluded with Moscow in the 2016 presidential election. By contrast, the article makes one three-word overt reference (“Look, a mole!”) and a mere three shaded references to the recent revelation that the FBI had at least one spy in the Trump campaign.
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