Politics

Democrat (and ex-CIA): Trump is right, Democrats did spread the 'British dossier' - so did the intel community

In short, Trump is right that some Democrats have embraced the unfounded allegations of the British dossier. But there’s a much bigger concern: America’s senior spies and law enforcement officers have used the dossier as a part of their own covert influence campaign.

Their reasons for doing so are irrelevant. No one – Democrat or Republican – should be allowed to subvert American democracy and rule of law. That’s most especially true of our intelligence and law enforcement communities. As I’ve written previously, our spies and G-men cannot decide the nation’s political winners and losers.

Let me be clear: the investigation of President Trump and his associates must continue. Indeed, Donald Trump Jr’s release of campaign emails should rightfully be of interest to Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and his team. Trump Jr. was transparent of his behavior only after he got caught by the Times, adding suspicion to the fears of Trump / Russia collusion.