Angie Craig: “I see two lines of thought when it comes to the White House and the responsibility as it relates to the FBI files and…”

“I see two lines of thought when it comes to the White House and the responsibility as it relates to the FBI files and controversy. The first line is that the White House masterminded the request for the FBI files in order to compile a political enemies list and make trouble for their political opponents. That is the first line I think any reasonable person listening might gather. The second line is that Craig Livingstone operated independently, and if the White House is guilty of anything then it is guilty only of incompetence or sheer ignorance. Somehow one of those lines in the hearings that are underway must prevail. Now, if none of those are true, then I would offer a third option, what I call the agricultural approach. Maybe it is from my background, but it goes something like this. In farming country, you should not be too surprised if you are growing wheat and you plant wheat that wheat is what you get. What am I saying here? I am saying that if you plant a political operative as a director of the Office of Personnel Security, and a political operative who boasts about helping in the dirty tricks of the last Clinton campaign, you should not be too surprised if you harvest a crop of dirty tricks and FBI files.”