It seem like such a small thing now, but I'm sure nonesense like this:
There not only is no evidence of wrongdoing, but there is no allegation of any wrongdoing on your part."--Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), to former Justice staffer Monica Goodling at yesterday's hearing
...will only become more common, like the constant Republican refrain that Scooter Libby broke no laws.
Unfortunately, there is this.
This is, in fact, an admission of wrongdoing.
Republicans primary defense against politicizing various organs of the government is to claim this is overblown, no real crimes were committed, this is how it is usually done, nothing to see here, move along...though I don't think it will have much of an impact in the short term, it lays the foundation for claims in later years that this misuse of the DOJ was in fact nothing particularly egregious. Look for this to be amplified over and over again by right wing noisemakers. It would be sad if 2-3 years from now the Republicans were able to re-write history to downplay the importance of this mess.
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