Is Rahm trying to move up in the derp hierarchy by pushing the Obama's down? Is this a Chicago power play?
Penalty: 2 minutes beyond the trees.
The whole Jussa Smellymullet thing seems like a scam from the beginning, and the dismissal amateurishly obvious. Trying to manufacture some credibility or jaw-dropping stupidity? How did the texts and phone records get leaked, and who leaked them? How did Rahm and Tchen get on 'opposing' sides? Tchen is friends with and went to school with Rahm's wife, so I think there is some coordination going on. They're play acting to a script - as a ploy to get collusion off the front page it's a massive failure for dems.
Waiting to see what appears behind the curtain...
JMO, but I think RE is simply trying to save his own skin.
He knows how dirty all the players are in Chicago, especially himself. The Chicago derps have decided to let Smollett off the hook, but JS is still subject to federal investigation and prosecution (if I understand all this correctly). So if/when the feds start looking into things, they are going to uncover boatloads of slime and RE will be right in the middle of it.
I think RE can see how that is most likely to play out and he is desperately trying to put some distance between himself and the soon-to-be-exposed Chicago swamp. I picture him in a pool of quicksand desperately trying to climb out while the 0vomits and many others in it with him are pulling him back in.
That’s just my guess.