Earlier this week, President Donald Trump took a major step in letting Attorney General William Barr reveal information to the American people as to what originally caused the “Russiagate” investigation. In a shockingly bold move, Trump has also ordered intelligence agencies to work with him as he counters with a transparency campaign.
“We expect that the attorney general will consult with them on matters that he needs that guidance and advice from them,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders, told NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’, “Certainly they work in lock step on a number of things“.
In other words, Barr will likely work with intelligence officials on declassifying key aspects of the investigation while protecting intelligence data. He will be walking a fine line between providing transparency while protecting national security.
However, establishment officials and media that have bet their careers on exposing Trump’s “collusion” were alarmed. Mark Warner, from the Senate Intelligence Committee, claimed that Barr “has no problem selectively releasing information in order to mislead the American people.”
What Warner conveniently ignored is that Barr does not have a monopoly on providing transparency since he will also be consulting intelligence officials along the way.
More cynically, the Washington Post wrote that Barr “threatens to expose US intelligence sources and could distort the FBI and the CIA’s roles in investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections.”
But how? The “collusion” investigation is virtually over already. But that did not stop House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) from accusing of Trump of “[stonewalling] the public from learning the truth about his obstruction of justice”.
President Trump, for his part, simply promised to “ensure that all Americans learn the truth”. For many, it seems that the end of an investigation does not mean the end of a witch hunt.
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