Why in the world is a civil servant in the Justice Department being targeted by Trump? Ohr attracted Trump’s ire because in 2016, he reportedly passed along a version of the infamous “Steele dossier” to the FBI (which the government apparently already had—but more on that in a moment). That dossier, which contained salacious allegations about the president, was compiled by former British agent Christopher Steele, whose company was contracted by Fusion GPS, an opposition research firm co-founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn R. Simpson. Fusion GPS, in turn, was working for the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee (its investigation of Trump had begun under a contract with a conservative website supported by GOP donor Paul Singer, but that ended when Trump clinched the nomination).
Why, indeed? Why did Sen. Ron Johnson, in a flailing attempt to establish a "two-tiered" system of justice (one for well-connected Democrats, another for Republicans who happen to run the entire federal government), bring up Mr. Ohr's testimony before a House committee (without mentioning what Mr. Ohr said)?
I don't think it's just because of the Steele dossier:
Bruce Ohr, an official at the Department of Justice who has been publicly attacked repeatedly by President Donald Trump, told lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week that the Russian government believed that it had deeply compromising information on Trump during the 2016 election.Yeah, can't have that. Got to discredit him before this news gets out.
The Associated Press is reporting that Ohr told lawmakers this week that he first learned about Russia potentially having blackmail material on Trump when he talked with former MI6 spy Christopher Steele in July 2016.
In particular, Ohr said Steele told him that Russian intelligence agencies believed they had Trump “over a barrel” when he was running for president.
But we can't talk about impeachment, abuse of power, obstruction of justice, or any other crimes, because, well....reasons.
On Friday, the results of a new Washington Post-ABC News poll found 60 percent of Americans disapproved of President Trump’s approval rating.I mean, it's not like we can see what Trump is doing....
The poll also found 53 percent of Americans have concluded Trump committed obstruction of justice in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and 49 percent of Americans believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against the former reality-TV personality.
“Trump has tried to discredit Mueller, discredit Sessions and defend Manafort, the Post‘s White House bureau chief, Phil Rucker noted. “But our poll found it isn’t working. 63 percent support Mueller investigation. 64 percent say Sessions shouldn’t be fired. 67 percent say case against Manafort was justified.”
“The tweets do not appear to be working: clear majorities back Mueller and Sessions, while only 45 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy,” concluded Washington Post national editor Steven Ginsberg.
And as if to prove the point:
This is #TotalFakeNews. Poll is junk.— Brad Parscale (@parscale) August 31, 2018
1) Only 25% GOP
2) Random adults not voters (Possibly not even citizens)
3) Questions written to reinforce bias#DataScam just like 2016!https://t.co/9hEplWCmew
Brad Parscale is the campaign manager for Trump 2020. And, notably:
This is kind of a big deal, if it holds. GOP approval of Trump below 80 pct, per ABC/WP poll. Declined from 87 pct to 78 pct in just two months -- which happens to coincide with with his most active attacks against special counsel Robert Mueller.https://t.co/tf5dMgFlBH pic.twitter.com/hF4tGaPM01— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 31, 2018
Nothin' but good times ahead!
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