Media see Trump as enemy of the state after Russia indictments

by Eddie Scarry | Feb 21, 2018

Media see Trump as enemy of the state after Russia indictments by Eddie Scarry | Feb 21, 2018 Even before news broke Friday that Mueller had brought 13 new charges against Russians for interfering in the election, former New York Times investigative reporter James Risen wrote a column for the Intercept website debating whether Trump was a “traitor.” “One year after Trump took office,” he wrote, “it is still unclear whether the president of the United States is an agent of a foreign power. …

How closely aligned is Mueller’s mandate with the legal definition of treason? That boils down to the rhetorical differences between giving ‘aid and comfort, in the United States or elsewhere’ to ‘enemies’ of the United States and ‘any links and/or coordination’ between the Russian government and Trump campaign aides related to ‘the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.’ Sounds similar to me.”……….. “Funny how the Fake News Media doesn’t want to say that the Russian group was formed in 2014, long before my run for President,” he said on Saturday. “Maybe they knew I was going to run even though I didn’t know!”………. To Read More…..