Matt Taibbi

to the effect that the people in the House Intelligence Committee who were looking at this, you know, Kash Patel's initial probe, that they came up with a number that it was 26 different people who were being investigated in Trump's orbit. No matter what happened, it's a huge story because it's a political espionage story. It's not unlike Watergate, really. Exactly.

to the effect that the people in the House Intelligence Committee who were looking at this, you know, Kash Patel's initial probe, that they came up with a number that it was 26 different people who were being investigated in Trump's orbit. No matter what happened, it's a huge story because it's a political espionage story. It's not unlike Watergate, really. Exactly.

And we've laughed it off, or the mainstream press has shrugged and snorted at the idea that this is a scandal that needs to be taken seriously. But it does. It absolutely does. Just because it's Donald Trump doesn't mean you can ignore...

And we've laughed it off, or the mainstream press has shrugged and snorted at the idea that this is a scandal that needs to be taken seriously. But it does. It absolutely does. Just because it's Donald Trump doesn't mean you can ignore...

And we've laughed it off, or the mainstream press has shrugged and snorted at the idea that this is a scandal that needs to be taken seriously. But it does. It absolutely does. Just because it's Donald Trump doesn't mean you can ignore...

The FBI conducting political investigations, willy-nilly and inventing predicates to look into people's campaigns and using FISA and all kinds of other crazy, can I say crazy shit? I mean, that stuff was all nuts. And we need to find out exactly what happened with that.

The FBI conducting political investigations, willy-nilly and inventing predicates to look into people's campaigns and using FISA and all kinds of other crazy, can I say crazy shit? I mean, that stuff was all nuts. And we need to find out exactly what happened with that.

The FBI conducting political investigations, willy-nilly and inventing predicates to look into people's campaigns and using FISA and all kinds of other crazy, can I say crazy shit? I mean, that stuff was all nuts. And we need to find out exactly what happened with that.

And that is one of the reasons I think that people are nervous about this weaponization of government probe because it's absolutely going to look in that direction. And, you know, that's one of the first things they're going to look at is who was behind that, you know, who cooked up the Steele dossier, how was that released, you know.

And that is one of the reasons I think that people are nervous about this weaponization of government probe because it's absolutely going to look in that direction. And, you know, that's one of the first things they're going to look at is who was behind that, you know, who cooked up the Steele dossier, how was that released, you know.

And that is one of the reasons I think that people are nervous about this weaponization of government probe because it's absolutely going to look in that direction. And, you know, that's one of the first things they're going to look at is who was behind that, you know, who cooked up the Steele dossier, how was that released, you know.

And then there's the whole question of, you know, leading up to impeachment and the leaks that were done. A lot of them were kind of illegal on their face, right? Like you can't leak signals intelligence to newspapers. And it was done repeatedly during that time period. Happened to me. They did it to me. Right. Yeah, exactly.

And then there's the whole question of, you know, leading up to impeachment and the leaks that were done. A lot of them were kind of illegal on their face, right? Like you can't leak signals intelligence to newspapers. And it was done repeatedly during that time period. Happened to me. They did it to me. Right. Yeah, exactly.

And then there's the whole question of, you know, leading up to impeachment and the leaks that were done. A lot of them were kind of illegal on their face, right? Like you can't leak signals intelligence to newspapers. And it was done repeatedly during that time period. Happened to me. They did it to me. Right. Yeah, exactly.

But it was under FISA, so it was like... Which is, by the way, hilarious because initially they were denying that it even happened, right? And then, of course, later it turns out it was more advantageous to leak the contents. But people had developed very short memories during this time period. They were not able to retain information.

But it was under FISA, so it was like... Which is, by the way, hilarious because initially they were denying that it even happened, right? And then, of course, later it turns out it was more advantageous to leak the contents. But people had developed very short memories during this time period. They were not able to retain information.

But it was under FISA, so it was like... Which is, by the way, hilarious because initially they were denying that it even happened, right? And then, of course, later it turns out it was more advantageous to leak the contents. But people had developed very short memories during this time period. They were not able to retain information.

Among other things, because journalists got out of the habit of repeating the story. That was one of the things that we were taught. You know, when I was taught growing up, when you're doing a story about anything, you have to recount all of the facts as if the reader has never encountered the story before. Each story should stand alone. Yes, exactly.

Among other things, because journalists got out of the habit of repeating the story. That was one of the things that we were taught. You know, when I was taught growing up, when you're doing a story about anything, you have to recount all of the facts as if the reader has never encountered the story before. Each story should stand alone. Yes, exactly.

Among other things, because journalists got out of the habit of repeating the story. That was one of the things that we were taught. You know, when I was taught growing up, when you're doing a story about anything, you have to recount all of the facts as if the reader has never encountered the story before. Each story should stand alone. Yes, exactly.