Monica Crowley Joins Fox Effort To Discredit Prosecutor In Leak Investigations
Fox News contributor and conservative radio host Monica Crowley today attempted to dismiss the Department of Justice investigation into potential disclosures of classified national security information by calling into question one of the investigation's prosecutors, Ron Machen, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Crowley also absolved the Bush administration of its proven efforts to leak the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame while declaring President Obama guilty of the possible leaks before the investigation has been completed.
Crowley's comments are part of an ongoing effort by Fox to discredit Machen and baselessly accuse the White House of politically motivated leaks.
In an appearance on the Fox "straight news" program America's Newsroom, Crowley tried to dismiss the DOJ investigation by discrediting Machen. She pointed out that Machen has donated a "couple of thousand dollars" to the Obama campaign over the years and claimed that his donations "[tell] you that his motivation is going to be political because his loyalty is with President Obama" and that "he's either going to slow walk [the investigation] or bury it or blow it off entirely."
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