Sometimes scandals in the White House come out of nowhere. The Watergate break-in, the Iran-Contra scandal, and Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine are examples from modern history of scandals that derailed a White House and were caused by the actions of people in the Oval Office or in an administration.
Administrations like those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden that are relatively scandal-free are rare. Normally in almost every government there is some sort of scandal.
The second Trump administration prepared itself for many potential scandals from the start. The government is full of people who have relationships with foreign powers and conflicts of interest, and who only hold their positions because they are loyal to the president.
What’s happening, according to a Wall Street Journal story, is not the expected corruption of Trump’s self-enriching presidency. The kind of corruption that Trump appears to be engaging in was ingrained and assumed when he was elected to return to the White House.
No, this seems to be something much bigger.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
A U.S. intelligence official has alleged misconduct by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint so highly classified that it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter.
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