Opinion: It’s Trump who’s obsessed with Russia
By E.J. Dionne Jr. E.J. Dionne Jr. Columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist March 31 at 5:19 PM Overreach and overkill are two of the most common errors in politics. A week after the release of Attorney General William P. Barr’s gloss on special counsel Robert S.
After the attorney general issued his letter, Trump escalated his long-running war against Rep. Adam B. Schiff , chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. On Thursday, all its Republican members decided to join his campaign, signing a letter asking Schiff to step down. It was a big mistake. They afforded him the opportunity to broadcast his epic rebuttal, recounting the connections between the president, his campaign and Russia.
President Trump speaks during a rally at the Van Andel Arena on March 28, 2019 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Of course, even Barr’s pro-Trump account of Mueller’s report conceded that the special counsel went out of his way to say that his inquiry “does not exonerate” Trump on obstruction of justice. But the larger problem is that Trump’s inability to let go of the Russia controversy kicks away the opportunity he and his party might have exploited to reset the public conversation.
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