Gentle Readers whose memories are long enough will remember the hurricane of questions that erupted over the use of a large SWAT team to effect a late-night arrest of Trump advisor Roger Stone. You’ll also remember that before that SWAT team arrived on-site, a full CNN camera crew was in place around Stone’s home, ready to film the action from start to finish – which it did. It was so clear that CNN had been tipped off about the raid to come that the network didn’t bother trying to deny it.
That was scandal-of-the-week, for a time. But the foofaurauw over it didn’t last very long. It was already generally agreed that American law enforcement had been politicized, especially at the federal level. Americans took a “What can you expect?” attitude toward it. Of course, such a “What can you expect?” attitude segues naturally into “What can you do?”
But there’s a new contestant on the scandal runway:
Is this true? Can anyone verify or falsify it?
If it’s true, it would be the scandal of the century. It would suggest that CNN had advance notice that there would be an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump. Where would such notice have originated? Does it lend any credence to the assertion, mostly made in fringe circles, that the Secret Service wanted Trump to be assassinated?
No one has ever provided a credible answer to the penetrating question why Trump’s Secret Service detail was so low-quality and its performance so lax. It appears that with Trump’s return to the White House, such matters have been shrugged aside. I doubt the family of murdered Corey Comperatore is over the agony.
CNN’s editorial policy is left-of-center. The network has shown Trump no love. But to have prior notice of an assassination attempt, and to condone and cover it as if it were just another news item, would be beyond forgiving.
If the above claim can be verified or falsified, it’s vital that it be done. But who has unquestionable access to the raw facts of the matter?
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