Another reality show celebrity weighs in
by digby
Via TPM:
Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), a longtime Trump supporter, on Monday night criticized the special counsel’s Russia probe and questioned why the investigation is still underway now that former FBI Director James Comey has said that President Donald Trump himself was not under investigation while Comey was at the FBI.
During an appearance on Fox News, Duffy claimed that Comey and special counsel Robert Mueller are “best friends” and complained that Mueller has hired people to work on the investigation who have donated to Democrats.
“This seems more like an effort to prosecute Donald Trump than it is to investigate,” he said.
“What the hell are we investigating?” Duffy then asked. “Why are we going through with this charade?”
Duffy noted Comey’s testimony that he told Trump earlier this year that he was not under investigation at the time. He also claimed that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he had not seen evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia, peddling a favorite conservative talking point. However, Clapper has made it clear that he is not privy to the FBI probe.
This is one of the lamest wingnut talking points they've come up with. Mueller is looking into Russian interference in the election, not just the president. And they were only looking at him because they have information that his campaign was possibly involved in the interference and then he tried to shut down the investigation.
But they'll keep going. They live in a totally alternate universe in which Donald Trump won a huge victory, almost by acclamation, and the disgruntled Hillary Clinton coven is trying to steal it from him. His presidency is a huge success and the only reason anyone's talking about this Russia stuff is because the Deep State and the MSM are in cahoots with her. And Obama, something something.
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