The following article by Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey was posted on the Washington Post website May 17, 2018:
It’s been a year since special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia – and since Trump’s barbs started. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)
President Trump’s allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source. The effort reached new heights Thursday as Trump alleged that an informant had improperly spied on his 2016 campaign and predicted that the ensuing scandal would be “bigger than Watergate!”
The extraordinary push begun by a cadre of Trump boosters on Capitol Hill now has champions across the GOP and throughout conservative media — and, as of Thursday, the first anniversary of Robert S. Mueller III’s appointment as special counsel, bears the imprimatur of the president. Continue reading “‘Bigger than Watergate’: Trump joins push by allies to expose role of an FBI source”