Just because Watergate didn’t happen as described in either the Washington Post or now on Netflix serials doesn’t mean that Donald Trump is innocent of all ninety-one charges that have been brought against him in four criminal proceedings. But it does suggest that Washington scandals have a tendency to evolve in ways that are not always apparent to those digesting Twitter feeds or cable news. Unfortunately, the press is often at the mercy of intelligence gathered by government agencies, which dole out news leads to suit their own institutional requirements. In other words, leaking to the Post may have been part of Mark Felt’s job description. And the same might be said of G-men Robert Mueller and James Comey. More
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