Politics at the Highest Level

For John, BLUF:  Ms Clinton may have done it (Russiagate), but that doesn't mean we go after her in the legal realm.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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CLINTON DID IT, WSJ EDITION

From Powerline Blog, Mr Scott Johnson, 23 May 2022.

Here is the lede plus one:

I took the occasion of the testimony in the Sussman trial last week to weigh “Watergate in the balance.” John reviewed what we already knew in “Hillary did it.” On Saturday, the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal — I think this is Kim Strassel’s beat as a member of the board — plays it straight in the editorial “Hillary Clinton did it.”

The Journal editorial lays out the template of the Russia hoax, minus the active participation of the FBI in pursuing the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, promoting the Steele Dossier in the FISA court and the Comey briefing of Trump as well as the conditions that led to the crippling Mueller investigation. We should probably add the setup of Michael Flynn, the incredibly fruitful “collusion” of the FBI and congressional Democrats with the prestige press, and a few other items, but here are the basics of the Russia hoax in its Alfa Bank iteration:

I am all for taking the campaign staff to trial, to deter breaking the law.  That said, going after the principal, Ms Clinton, Mr Trump, Mr Obama, Mr McCain, and so on, reduces us to the status of a Banana Republic.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff