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In reply to the discussion: Charles P. Pierce: The Anonymous White House Book-Writer Can Anonymously Bite Me [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)people could actually assess their credibility and determine whether their claims actually have merit. It might also help people - especially investigators and journalists - gather additional evidence to prove Trump's unfitness.
It makes a difference whether this person is a John Kelley or a Kellyanne Conway, on the one hand, or a special assistant to the President (which, despite its lofty-sounding name, is a fairly junior position in the White House) or a deputy assistant secretary in a cabinet agency, on the other.
But this anonymous shish is for the birds. We have no way of knowing if they're actually "running interference" or just laying low, collecting a paycheck, enjoying their "access," schmoozing it up at the Trump Hotel, lining up their next job (if they haven't already moved on), and are just playing us all for fools.