George W. Bush’s CIA chief Michael Hayden dismissed Donald Trump’s “spygate” narrative regarding the Russian collusion investigation Sunday, accusing the president of grasping at anything to undermine the probe. The president is “simply trying to delegitimize the Mueller investigation … and he’s willing to throw almost anything against the wall” to do that, Hayden said. He pointed out that a previous Trump claim against investigators — that Trump Tower was wiretapped at Obama’s request — turned out to be absolutely untrue. Trump has insisted that the FBI embedded a “spy” in his presidential campaign team at the behest of Barack Obama. “What I have seen is evidence that they were investigating individuals with a history of links to Russia that were concerning,” said Rubio.

Source: Huffington Post May 28, 2018 04:07 UTC