I instinctively like Whitaker very much. I always have. Perhaps I expect too much, but I remember him being very “careful” with his words. Barr has been far more blunt in his assessment of what happened in his public statements.
I am very frustrated. While I get that Whitaker was temporary and walked into a clown show of epic proportions in all the chaos, my question for him would be (as I would love to ask a few others) why he could not make a general statement - something to the effect of “I am not going to interfere with this process, but I think America is going to be shocked when they find out more about this because the public narrative is far out of line with the information that I have seen of collusion.”
In other words - I am not going to interfere, but buckle up America, because this thing is a pile of poo.
I always had the impression he felt that way, but there was such an aura created around Mueller and the witchhunt that everyone, democrat, republican, mediacrat, could only speak glowingly of “how honorable he was and how vital to our nation his work was.”
He could have said this. Gowdy could have said this because he claims now that he knew it was a pile of poo. There are a few key people who could have said “there is going to be a report” and then there will be “another report about the first report.”
We knew. Most of us here on FR knew years ago. John Solomon and other serious journalist knew. “Hannity Interruptus” knew. Devin Nunes knew and said this. A few members of the freedom caucus in the house knew and said this.
However, the GOP folks with the most gravitas said nothing. All of them knew what was said in the closed door hearings and we just got to read the transcript. They remained silent as the same people who testified that they saw nothing said the opposite.
Why? It’s not “top secret” to give your opinion or say “that is not what Brennan or Clapper said behind closed doors.” If they say it on MSDNC or CNN, but they said the opposite under oath, is that not a lie?
They should have repeatedly called Schiff a liar to his face. They whittled around the edges, but outside of Nunes I don’t recall too many calling Schiff out either.
They let us down because they let a lie become a storm against this President. They threw the 2018 election and gave Pelosi the gavel because they did not fight back.
Was never his job to inflict himself in shaping the playing field for the next AG.
Whitaker was smart and did his duty in a short period of time. He’s written a book and is now more free to speak his mind.
He’s one of the good guys.