The Key Players In Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theory Are All Republicans

The following article by Ryan J. Reilly and Jessica Schulberg was posted on the Huffington Post website February 1, 2018:

Just worth remembering.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI Director Christopher Wray, former FBI Director James Comey and special counsel Robert Mueller, also a former FBI director. Credit: Getty Images

WASHINGTON — The key law enforcement figures in what President Donald Trump and his allies have characterized as a “deep state” conspiracy against him are not lefties or even Democrats: They are Republicans. And Trump picked a number of them himself.

Trump and Republicans are continuing to attack the nation’s top law enforcement organizations to undermine the special counsel investigation into his campaign, which has already resulted in criminal charges against four Trump associates. But factually speaking, it’s really tough for Trump backers to credibly argue that the deck has been stacked against the president, simply based on the political leanings of the key figures in the case. Continue reading “The Key Players In Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theory Are All Republicans”