How Trump’s Allies Fanned an Ember of Controversy Into Flames of Outrage

The following article by Mark Mazzetti was posted on the New York Times website February 2, 2018:

Outside a meeting room used by the House Intelligence Committee on Friday. Credit: Eric Thayer, The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The release of the memo mattered less than #releasethememo.

After weeks of buildup, the three-and-a-half-page document about alleged F.B.I. abuses during the 2016 presidential campaign made public on Friday was broadly greeted with criticism, including by some Republicans. They said it cherry-picked information, made false assertions and was overly focused on an obscure, low-level Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page. Continue reading “How Trump’s Allies Fanned an Ember of Controversy Into Flames of Outrage”