As reported by the Political Insider there have been many questions raised about why the White House won’t mention or ask questions about congressional oversight of intelligence. Why doesn’t Congress have the political will to review the same intelligence seen by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes?
According to PI we may have an answer!
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| Never Trumper Katie Welsh |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Walsh, a former member of the #NeverTrump movement, resigned just as the New York Times linked the White House as the source for Nunes. Now, rumors are swirling that this timing isn’t just coincidental.
It appears that Walsh is the source for New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, whom are reportedly both friends.
Of course This is a big deal, via Conservative Treehouse:
And with the White House Leaker now identified and fired, the White House challenges the congressional intelligence committee leaders, four members of the oversight ‘gang-of-eight,’ to come and review the Obama intelligence report. That review request paints Intel Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff, and Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chair Senator Mark Warner into a corner.
President Trump is now challenging the House and Senate intel committee heads to review the evidence of President Obama’s surveillance. How can they refuse to see the truth without exposing their political agenda?
Well played, Team Trump, well played.
Here’s the play – FIRST THE LEAKER:
White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh, a top aide to President Donald Trump, is leaving his administration to work for an outside group supporting the president’s agenda, three Republicans close to Trump said. […] Walsh was a close ally of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, serving as his chief of staff when Priebus led the Republican National Committee. (link)
Katie Walsh was brought on specifically because President Trump’s Chief-of-Staff Reince Priebus asked for her. Walsh was a #NeverTrumper during the 2016 primary.
[Now fathom the renewed leverage/influence President Trump (and Bannon) carries over Priebus.]
♦ The article written by Maggie Haberman outlined two National Security Council members as the people who facilitated the intelligence information for Devin Nunes to review
The bombshell reports goes on to say that since Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the Senior Director for Intelligence at the National Security Council, and Michael Ellis have been outed as Nunes’ sources, they are authorized to act on behalf of the President and thus the story is not scandalous.
If the accusations against Walsh are true, this means the Trump White House cautiously used the media to help get rid of her, while asking the Intelligence Oversight Committee to review the details of how President Barack Obama really did monitor Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
While if true, indeed this is a master political move by Trump White House insiders to clean house, yet nevertheless begets the question, how the hell did a #NeverTrumper end up on the White House staff roll anyway- let alone deputy chief of staff?!?
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