I take very little at face value these days.
Case in point:
Senator Tom Cotton is the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The SSCI is supposed to provide oversight on the intelligence community. Some folks argue their real purpose is to shield the IC from public scrutiny and accountability.
Cotton is also pushing legislation restricting Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s authority to declassify intelligence documents.
The appointment of a Special Council could just be a ruse to throw a blanket over further exposure by DNI Gabbard using the excuse that there is an “active investigation”. It is a stall tactic until the 2026 midterms.
We have seen this movie before. We just lived through it with Attorney General Bill Barr and Special Council John Durham during the first Trump administration.
Thank you.
The race to become Mitch McConnell among the senate Republicans is just sad. Runner-up can be Pence, and third place will be Romney.