© Reuters / Carlo AllegriA participant dressed as both Russia's President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Times Square, in New York City, New York, U.S., July 26, 2017
Russiagate disciples are squealing with joy after the
New York Times wrote about the FBI apparently probing if Trump was secretly working for the Russians.
In fact, the article states there is no evidence to support the theory.In what appears to be a last-ditch Russiagate Hail Mary, the
New York Times breathlessly reported on Friday - of course, citing people 'familiar with the investigation' - that the FBI began looking into whether the president was a covert Kremlin agent, after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. According to the
Times, "agents and senior FBI officials had grown suspicious of Mr. Trump's ties to Russia during the 2016 campaign," but were reluctant to launch a formal probe into the matter. This all changed, the
Times tells us, after Comey got the boot.
The investigation was quickly handed over to special counsel Robert Mueller, who continues to lead a probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and collusion with Trump's presidential campaign.
According to the
Times, counterintelligence investigators "had to consider whether the president's own actions constituted a possible threat to national security." Agents were also tasked with determining whether Trump "knowingly work[ed] for Russia or had unwittingly fallen under Moscow's influence."
Comment: There's no reasonable reason for the level of anti-Iranian hysteria coming from the U.S. establishment. The closest thing to a reason is Israeli insecurity and the wish to keep down any country or alliance of countries capable and willing to stand up to Israeli arrogance and aggression. As long as Israeli collusion and meddling continues in the U.S., the anti-Iranian hysteria will continue.
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