At the risk of contradicting Mr. Authers, the mortgage fraud allegations against Cook are a new tactic on an old front. Potato-potahto. Either way, while Mr. Authers used “startling”, we would describe ourselves as unsurprised: politics ain’t beanbag and the Administration was known to have sharp elbows. One might argue that it’s a symmetric response to Trump’s adversaries’ regular use of lawfare against him, but who can say? Perhaps the WH would have used this tactic regardless.
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