When the news broke Friday evening that a federal grand jury has approved criminal charges in relation to the special counsel’s investigation into Russian election interference, the left wing media — especially CNN — frantically launched into wall-to-wall coverage of something that’s still under seal.
With three guests in-studio and seven other talking heads, CNN, which was shockingly the first to break the story, began breathlessly pushing the narrative that this was the big moment they’d been waiting for. This, surely, was the pivotal moment that would lead to the end of Trump’s presidency.
And though these anti-Trump media members went on and on — late into the night — speculating about who the target could be, and what charges they could face, it was all just wild speculation. But the fact that they were all so excited to speculate tells you everything you need to know about these outlets.
For all they know, the person or people facing federal charges could very well be members of the Clinton campaign.
After all, many of these same media members spent the week ignoring or explaining away the fact that John Podesta, Clinton’s former campaign manager, and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz denied any knowledge of funding the infamous and widely discredited Russian dossier on Trump.
An absurd claim considering published reports detailing how they spent a combined $9.2 million to their law firm, Perkins Coie, who then paid Fusion GPS and an ex-British spy to dig up their opposition “research” from Russian informants.
And is it any surprise that CNN was the first network to get the news?
Perhaps that is where some of the real “collusion” lies — between powerful partisan forces within our Justice Department and the anti-Trump media.
Not a stretch given we already know that fired former FBI Director James B. Comey admitted to Congress that he fed a reporter sensitive “memos” detailing private conversations with the president to spur the appointment of a special counsel.
A move that, in addition to whipping the anti-Trump media into a frenzy, led to Comey’s longtime buddy, Bob Mueller, launching into a politically motivated Russian investigation — thanks to a tacit partnership between a high-ranking FBI official and the lefty media.
Jason Chaffetz, former chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, nailed it on the head yesterday.
“All Grand Jury business is supposed to be secret,” he tweeted. “Leak after leak someone should be prosecuted.”
Regardless of what comes out tomorrow, when the indictment is expected to be made public, Americans want fair play and accountability on both sides of the aisle. If politically driven indictments are handed out to Republicans while criminal aristocrats within the Democratic Party get a free ride, it will destroy public trust in our justice system, the very cornerstone of our democracy.
If that doesn’t send a chill up your spine, nothing will.
Adriana Cohen is a Boston Herald columnist, radio host and syndicated columnist. Follow her on Twitter @AdrianaCohen16.