Sometimes White House scandals come out of nowhere. The Watergate burglary, the Iran-Contra scandal, and Trump’s Ukraine extortion attempt are examples in modern history of scandals that derailed the White House and were caused by the actions of people in the Oval Office or an administration.
Administrations like those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden that are relatively scandal-free are rare. There is usually some sort of scandal in virtually every administration.
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The second Trump administration prepared from the start for many potential scandals. The administration is full of people who have connections to foreign powers, conflicts of interest, and who only hold office because they are loyal to the president.
What’s brewing, according to a Wall Street Journal article, is not the corruption expected from Trump’s self-enrichment presidency. The type of corruption that Trump appears to be engaged in was internalized and embraced when he was elected back to the White House.
No, it seems to be something much more important.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint so highly classified that it sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter.
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