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Revelations that Sen. Dianne Feinstein's former driver and aide was probed by the FBI for allegedly acting as a Chinese spy have spurred claims of a double standard concerning how the bureau handled suspicions of Russian coordination with the Trump campaign.
The California Democrat, in a statement last week, said the FBI informed her of its concerns regarding the staffer in her San Francisco office five years ago. Feinstein said she then ousted the staffer immediately.
But this has renewed questions among President Trump's allies about the bureau's approach in 2016 to suspicions regarding his campaign aides' potential Russian ties. In one case, the FBI briefed Feinstein; in the other, the bureau proceeded to use an informant and surveillance warrants to get information on Trump campaign figures.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who has been a staunch Trump defender throughout the federal probe into Russian meddling and potential collusion with his campaign, complained that Feinstein and Trump were handled differently.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbis-handling-of-alleged-feinstein-spy-spurs-claims-of-double-standard-with-trump-campaign/ar-BBLD2uI?li=BBnb7Kz
More Republican what aboutism
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)address that in themselves but demand some level of fairness only Democrats can muster. Learn how to be decent human beings before you demand equality. Bc right now? Youre not.
Chinese spy...who did what? Blew up America? Please. GO AWAY GOP. No comparison whatever.
wishstar
(5,270 posts)even when his campaign was warned about possible foreign contacts and then all of them lying when asked about having any meetings or contacts with Russians.
Marcuse
(7,492 posts)More false equivalence.
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)that several members of the Trump campaign were in bed with the Russians.