Trump jumped on Twitter a few minutes ago and called out ‘sneaky’ Dianne Feinstein for the underhanded way in which she released the Fusion GPS testimony:
The fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found, would release testimony in such an underhanded and possibly illegal way, totally without authorization, is a disgrace. Must have tough Primary!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2018
Illegal?
Trump is calling for a tough primary against her, but as Jamie Dupree points out, Trump calling her out and giving her a nickname will likely only help her win:
What could be better for Feinstein than being called out by President Trump and given a "Sneaky" nickname? https://t.co/gJxvFObJd9
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 10, 2018
While we’re on the subjetct, yesterday Charles Grassley criticized Feinstein for releasing the testimony:
“It’s totally confounding that Senator Feinstein would unilaterally release a transcript of a witness interview in the middle of an ongoing investigation — a witness that Feinstein herself subpoenaed last year for lack of cooperation”
But one Republican broke with Grassley and said he was glad the transcript was released:
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) broke with colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday in saying he was “glad” that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the Senate testimony of Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson.
“I think that’s a good idea,” Cornyn said. “I’m glad that it was done.”
“I respect Chairman Grassley, and I don’t really understand how this happened, but I do think more transparency is important,” Cornyn said.
As I suggested yesterday, I still haven’t seen any blockbuster revelations coming from this Fusion GPS testimony that was released yesterday. Frankly, I’m not even sure why she released it as some are saying it hurts the credibility of Glenn Simpson:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/950902194580217856
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/950902899491696642
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/950904881929506816