Just Quickly -- Of The "AgitProp" Memo From Nunes: Wa Po Opinion Is Spot On. Yawn.

I do hope Rep. Schiff (D., CA) releases the full content of his rebuttal -- but in truth, it really isn't even needed, given the thin gruel -- in this long hyped, largely vacant. . . memo of memos.

So it is (I guess) that we get a laugh, at 45's considerable expense -- all while Bobby Three Sticks closes in on him, in earnest:

. . . .When you step back from the [Nunes] memo’s details, the whole affair looks. . . ridiculous. That’s because this entire “scandal” centers only on the surveillance of [Carter] Page.

But what does Page have to do with the rest of the Trump/Russia story and the investigation into it? Does Page have anything to do with Paul Manafort’s alleged money laundering? Does he have anything to do with Russia reaching out to Papadopoulos? Does he have anything to do with Russia hacking into Democratic email systems to aid the Trump campaign? Does he have anything to do with Michael Flynn’s contacts with the Russian ambassador, about which he lied to the FBI? Does he have anything to do with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Manafort meeting with a group of Kremlin-connected Russians to obtain dirt on Hillary Clinton? Does he have anything to do with President Trump firing James Comey, which Trump himself admitted was done for the purpose of hindering the Russia investigation? Does he have anything to do with all the other ways Trump may have obstructed justice?

The answer to all those questions is no. Page is a peripheral figure at best. Even if the memo did depict what it sets out to depict about the surveillance of Page, it wouldn’t change a thing about the overall Russia scandal. But the memo doesn’t even do that. . . .

You may -- once again -- accept that Trump and his handlers are full of entirely false sound and fury. Have a great weekend, and a great next week. Me? I'll be pleasurably baking in the southwest, while serious negative wind chills, and deep snows blanket the upper plains. . . smile. Let 'er rip, Mr. Mueller! That's all, folks. . . .

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