Concerns About Inquiry
Some analysts believed that Trump should be concerned about the ongoing investigations.
“When you put that all together, the White House should be extremely worried,” said Benjamin Wittes. “You have to ask the question about whether there is a certain measure of self-delusion going on here.”
“The good news for the White House is that more than 18 months since the F.B.I. probe began, there is still no evidence of Russian collusion,” said Christopher Ruddy. “The bad news is that the special counsel has a scorched-earth prosecution aimed at crushing the president’s associates.”
“I don’t think the president is worried about the investigation himself,” he added, “but it clearly bothers him that people are being prosecuted simply because they worked for his campaign.”
Trump thinks that the memo was a joke and wasn’t keen about Adam Schiff.
“He’ll leak all sorts of information. You know, he’s a bad guy,” Trump said. “Certainly the memo was a nothing.”
Schiff however held his ground and gave a statement concerning the memo.
“Our extensive review of the initial FISA application and three subsequent renewals failed to uncover any evidence of illegal, unethical or unprofessional behavior by law enforcement and instead revealed that both the F.B.I. and D.O.J. made extensive showings to justify all four requests,” he said in a statement.
Trump disagreed and tweeted about his disregard for Schiff’s comments.
“The Democrat memo response on government surveillance abuses is a total political and legal BUST,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. “Just confirms all of the terrible things that were done. SO ILLEGAL!”
