Commentary: After the Trump dossier, James Comey is running out of excuses
James Downie The Washington Post
The rash of stories on Donald Trump
and Russia published Tuesday leave many questions unanswered. The
allegations, as sensational as some are and as damning as others are,
are just that: allegations. Intelligence agencies (not to mention
countless news outlets) have sought to verify them for months now, with
little or no success. Though it might be nice to imagine Trump's
presidency collapsing before it's even begun, the fact remains that we
know little more now than we did last week about Trump's ties to Russia
and whether Vladimir Putin's government has compromising information on the president-elect. There is one thing we do know, though: FBI Director James Comey's intervention in the election last October — controversial at the time — looks completely indefensible now. Full Story Via Chicago Tribune
