Today our to top intelligence officials, Coats and Rogers refused to answer questions about whether Donnie had asked them to assist in curtailing the investigation into the Russian hacking and interference with the election and whether the Trump campaign had any role in that. Each came with a similar script saying they had not been" directed "to take any action to obstruct the investigation and said that their subjective reaction of whatever happened was not that they felt" pressure".
There seems to be no justification for not answering the questions based on some sort of national security argument. When Sen. King directly asked Coates what his legal justification was for not answering Coates said he wasn't sure he had one. That really is a showstopper.
We can speculate as to why they might have refused to answer. First I suppose that could be worried about losing their jobs but that seems unlikely. Neither has to worry about being out of work. It could've been out of loyalty to Donnie who put them in those posts. But each of these guys has a reputation as a straight shooter and it is hard to conclude that their behavior is that easily explained.
I am hoping there is a more complex answer. Each of these men certainly has had the opportunity to gauge the personality and actions of Donnie. It is hard to imagine they do not understand that he is vengeful, prone to lying and egocentric in the extreme, edging into megalomania. One may hope that each of these men hopes that they can at least from time to time cause Donny to listen to them and take advice and probably know that if they admitted what appears to be true they would lose whatever influence they have. This may be just wishful thinking but sometimes these days it's about all that is left.
I am getting fonder and fonder of Angus King. He is what a Senator should be. The other senator from Maine is Susan Collins. How is it that Maine has two such good senators and most states can't come up with one with far bigger populations from which to choose?
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