What Swamp?

            Can anyone keep up with the craziness going on in The Swamp these days? Memos from congressional committees pointing to corruption at the highest levels of the FBI and the Department of Justice—a counter memo from the Democratic minority accusing Republicans of lies and distortions—a Trump dossier paid for by the Clinton campaign that was used to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on a Trump associate—an FBI informant testifying on the Clinton involvement in the Uranium One giveaway—six employees of the FBI and the DOJ fired, demoted, or forced to retire—calls for a grand jury or another special counsel to investigate and prosecute wrong-doers— the Right screaming SCANDAL and the Left IMPEACH. On and on it goes, with new revelations and accusations every day.

            One of the strangest situations involves Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Here’s how weird this is: 1. Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller special counsel to investigate collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. 2. Having failed to find any evidence of collusion, Mueller is now looking into Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey for evidence of obstruction of justice. 3. But Rosenstein is the one who wrote a memo to Trump justifying the firing, so that we now have Rosenstein supervising Mueller who is investigating an action that Rosenstein himself recommended. 4. Comey and Rosenstein both used the salacious and unverified Trump dossier in applying for the FISA court warrant, without telling the judge that the dossier had been paid for by the Clinton campaign. 5. Comey and Rosenstein are now in the same boat facing possible charges of perjury and abuse of power.

            And we haven’t yet seen what promises to be a blockbuster report from the Inspector General on Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and her exoneration by the FBI. Did I hear somebody say Drain the Swamp?