This is absolutely what's going on:
So, sphincters are tightening in the bunker under the Reich Chancellery:The Russia cover-up story & the media lock-out story are the same story. Administration is hunkering down for the scandal that will end it.— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 25, 2017
Flanked by WH lawyers, Spicer asked to see staffers' phones for leak crackdown.— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) February 26, 2017
...which WH staff are now leakinghttps://t.co/FVh99enQyx
No amount of blaming "fake news," "dishonest media," and "Democrats" is going to save their asses in the end. But that's their version of the "modified limited hang out" strategy for now. It all looks familiar to someone who knows about leaks, plumbers and damage control:
I have expertise on this matter. Push back on an FBI investigation of the White House is better known as a COVER UP: https://t.co/SODcPzEMna— John Dean (@JohnWDean) February 24, 2017