The DOJ has come out to defend Trump against this new allegation by the New York Times that Trump is using his position as president to help himself politically:
THE HILL – The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday that President Trump contacted foreign countries at Attorney General William Barr’s request to ask them for assistance in an ongoing investigation into the origins of the Russian interference probe.
“As the Department of Justice has previously announced, a team led by U.S. Attorney John Durham is investigating the origins of the U.S. counterintelligence probe of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign. Mr. Durham is gathering information from numerous sources, including a number of foreign countries,” Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement.
“At Attorney General Barr’s request, the President has contacted other countries to ask them to introduce the Attorney General and Mr. Durham to appropriate officials,” Kupec added.
The White House also weighed in on the reporting:
White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said Monday that Barr asked Trump to “provide introductions to facilitate” the ongoing investigation, accusing Democrats of not wanting “the truth to come out.”
“This call relates to a DOJ inquiry publicly announced months ago to uncover exactly what happened,” Gidley said in a statement Monday. “The DOJ simply requested that the President provide introductions to facilitate that ongoing inquiry, and he did so, that’s all.”
I guess we should be thankful that the New York Times chose to even mention this point in their earlier article today. Of course it didn’t matter, because they still chose to ignore it and accused Trump of corruption.
But hey, the election isn’t going to win itself. They gotta gin up as much anti-Trump hatred between now and the election in November 2020 as possible.
So what if they have to issue a few corrections along the way…