The latest revelations that Trump tried to shut down the FBI investigation into Michael Flynn could be the ‘smoking gun’ that spells the terminate for the presidentFirst there were the uncomfortable similarities. Then there were some striking echoes. Now,with the revelation that Donald Trump asked the director of the FBI to shut down an investigation into his former national security adviser, the parallels with Watergate are fitting uncanny – and full of foreboding for the beleaguered president.
Plenty in Washington saw the connection immediately. No sooner had word emerged that in February Trump asked James Comey to shut down an inquiry into Michael Flynn, or who had just resigned in disgrace for lying over his contacts with Russia,than former Republican presidential candidate John McCain declared that the Trump scandals were now of a “Watergate size and scale”. Related: Firing Comey won't save Trump from the flames of the Russia scandal | Jill Abramson Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com