Letters We Wish We'd Written Dept. -- Low Opinion

In today's Washington Post:

Regarding the Dec. 12 front-page article “Watchdog: Ex-FBI brass not vindicated”:

Isn’t it rather bizarre to learn — per instruction of Attorney General William P. Barr — that the FBI’s investigation of Russia’s attempt to distort the 2016 election and Donald Trump’s encouragement of that attempt was unwarranted and should never have happened? Has no one told Mr. Barr that the investigation resulted in 34 indictments of Trump advisers, Russians and others, and eight convictions or guilty pleas of Trump advisers and led indirectly to the likely impeachment of President Trump?

And isn’t it strange to learn from Mr. Barr that the investigation resulted from FBI animus against Mr. Trump and a conspiracy to deny him the presidency, when, in contrast to FBI investigations of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee for president, that investigation was not disclosed to the public before the election?

Mr. Barr must have an extraordinarily low opinion of the intelligence and judgment of the American people to be making these nonsensical assertions. Believe me, the feeling is mutual.

Steven Y. Winnick, Washington

You can count us in on that, Mr. Winnick!

It's Hearings Week! (UPDATED)

Getting the focus back where it belongs, starting a 2 p.m. Eastern, today:

The House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings Monday afternoon on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, focusing on what Mueller discovered about "presidential obstruction and other crimes."  [snip]

Monday's hearings kick off a week in which House Democrats hope to focus on Mueller's findings, believing the public is largely unaware of what he uncovered about Russian election interference, the multiple interactions between Russians and Trump's campaign, and obstruction of justice. On Tuesday, the House will vote on whether to authorize contempt cases against Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn, both of whom failed to comply with House subpoenas, and on Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the Russia part of Mueller's report.

Must- see TV!

An Extremely Stable Genius is likely to be extremely triggered this week.

UPDATE:  Former U.S. Attorneys Barbara McQuade and Joyce White Vance have now testified to the House Judiciary Committee on the Mueller report.  Both are now law professors.  Here's what McQuade had to say at today's hearing, and here's Vance.  Devastating.