On the heels of a bombshell revelation detailing President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last June, Foreign Policy reported Friday night that Trump launched an effort to “discredit” FBI officials last year “after learning that those specific employees were likely to be witnesses against him” in Mueller’s Russia probe.
“At this point, it would appear Donald Trump has engaged in a massive pattern of obstruction of justice. These actions by the president are beyond not normal. These actions constitute multiple felonies.”
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The “smear campaign”—as one lawmaker termed it—began after Trump was warned by his personal attorney John Dowd that former FBI director James Comey’s claim that Trump pressured him to drop the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn could be corroborated by senior FBI officials.
“Dowd warned Trump that the potential corroborative testimony of the senior FBI officials in Comey’s account would likely play a central role in the special counsel’s final conclusion, according to people familiar with the matter,” Foreign Policy reported. “In discussions with at least two senior White House officials, Trump repeated what Dowd had told him to emphasize why he and his supporters had to ‘fight back harder,’ in the words of one of these officials.”
In response to Dowd’s warning, Trump reportedly “pressed senior aides last June to devise and carry out” a campaign to undermine the officials’ credibility.
Speaking to Foreign Policy, Dowd denied the accounts given by administration officials, but declined to elaborate or explain why they are incorrect. The White House refused to comment at all.
Foreign Policy goes on to list the FBI officials who have been publicly targeted by Trump and his supporters:
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