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Shock Waves Spread Through Washington After Trump Jr.'s Contacts With Russians Exposed

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makeitstop7/10/2017 1:20:35 pm PDT

In the discussion of who the leaker(s) in the White House could be earlier, I posited that the FBI could have a mole in the White House - someone so close to Trump that no one would ever think of suspecting whoever it is. I’ve been thinking about it, and while I can’t venture a guess as to who it could be, I have some thoughts on how they could be operating.

For argument’s sake, let’s say a close Trump associate (maybe even someone who was with Trump before his presidential run) was turned by the FBI a long time ago, maybe in the course of an entirely different invesigation (Bharara’s money laundering case, maybe). Maybe a bodyguard, someone in his trusted inner circle. And this guy is trusted enough to go around the White House and pick up bits of conversation here and there.

What would stop him from leaking to the media and purposely telling the NYT or WaPo to write into their stories that instead of the leaks coming from one person, they publish that three advisors or five advisors or two advisors confirmed the story? It would serve a crucial purpose - it would make the White House look leakier than it really is, and it would serve to make the already-paranoid Trump cabal even more edgy. Before long, no one would trust anyone. That looks like it’s happening already. Trump’s people are chewing up their time looking for leakers who may not even actually exist.

It might seem far-fetched, but as crazy as this story has gotten and given the levels of distrust engendered by Trump himself, it’s actually plausible.

What if all this noise is being generated by one person? It could happen, and it would be a subtle psy-op that would put even more pressure on a White House staff that could be under too much pressure already to notice.

Just spitballing here.