Twenty years ago, news of President Bill Clinton’s affair with a White House intern kicked off a crisis that led to his impeachment. Moving right along, let us not forget special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia probe, a through-line of the entire month. The rapid cycling of the past month has made denizens of the nation’s capital both punch drunk and quippy. Instead, the relentless pace of the news Wednesday seemed to epitomize the frenzied month of scoops, revelations and disclosures. And, perhaps, to serve as a fitting pilot episode of the gripping 12-part series of the coming year.

Source: Washington Post February 01, 2018 01:25 UTC