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Trump has been madder than a mule chewing on bumble bees since the column was published and told reporters aboard Air Force One that the critical piece about his leadership is a "national security" issue.
Reporters asked the president if he would take any action and he said, "we're going to see. I'm looking at that right now."
The op-ed by a cowardly "senior" official, described a covert inside effort to protect the country from Trump's "misguided impulses." Thus began the search for the author while most Cabinet officials and others have quickly denied responsibility and condemned the author.
Michael M. Grynbaum, a journalist at The New York Times tweeted a statement saying they're "confident" the DOJ "understands that the First Amendment protects all American citizens and that it would not participate in such a blatant abuse of government power."
"The President's threats both underscore why we must safeguard the identity of the writer of this Op-Ed and serve as a reminder of the importance of a free and independent press to American democracy," the statement continued.
I have to agree with them on this. But the person who wrote the piece is clearly a coward and a phony. If he worries so much about the country as he or she says, why not come forward with full disclosure for the sake of the country. Unless that person's job is really more important to him or her.
In an interview with "Fox and Friends" Trump said the Times shouldn't have even had the piece--and I agree with him on this issue. It serves absolutely no purpose but to undermine the presidency.
There is a wonderful piece in National Review by David French. It's an open letter to "Anonymous," the person who wrote the Op-Ed.
Unlike Trump, he does not refer to the post as "treason," because it isn't. But it is a rather underhanded and cowardly thing to do.
Whether Sessions will follow up on Trump's call to investigate is unclear. But their relationship is eroding and the president has publicly and repeatedly faulted him over the Russia probe in which Sessions appropriately recused himself.
Trump would probably like Sessions to be his "wingman" like Eric Holder was to Barack Obama and actually said so. But that is not the role of the Attorney General and Sessions appears to be playing his role in a professional manner, whether we like it or not.
Last month President Trump complained to the public that Sessions "never took control" of the DOJ, to which Sessions put out a terse statement saying: "While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations."
I firmly believe Sessions is doing so and will continue to do so until Trump fires him.
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