“A made-up pseudo-scandal”: GOP ratchets up FBI conspiracy theories as Mueller circles Trump

The following article by Emily Singer was posted on the mic.com website January 24, 2018:

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Susan Walsh/AP

A torrent of news from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump administration’s alleged ties to Russia has streamed out over the past week: Attorney General Jeff Sessions sat for an hours-long interview with Mueller’s team, FBI Director Christopher Wray threatened to quit after Sessions pressured him to purge the FBI of staff President Donald Trump didn’t like, and Mueller’s team is now reportedly ready to interview Trump himself.

As the investigation closes in on the administration, a growing number of Republicans are going on the offensive against the FBI and Mueller’s team. Some are trying to gin up controversy over a memo that Republicans say outlines abuses in the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, as well as missing text messages between two FBI agents who Republicans say have an extreme anti-Trump bias. Continue reading ““A made-up pseudo-scandal”: GOP ratchets up FBI conspiracy theories as Mueller circles Trump”