The playing down has begun
>Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
>Updated 4:16 PM ET, Thu June 14, 2018
>The broader context of the 500-page report will be ignored – no matter how many times people like me write about it or talk about it on TV. The broad conclusion that Comey and other FBI officials didn't act with any political motivation will be lost.
>So, too, will be the fact that what Comey did wrong, according to the IG report – publicly speaking about the decision not to prosecute Clinton, publicly announcing just days before the election that the investigation into Clinton's emails had been re-opened – was, without question, beneficial to Trump's chances of winning.
>If Comey– and the broader FBI/Justice Department – was so biased against Trump (and was actively working to keep him from winning) why would Comey break protocol to go public twice(!) with information that would cast Clinton and her campaign in a negative light?
>That sort of logic, of course, has flown out the window in our modern political world. All that matters is that Strzok texted those fateful seven words – "No. No he won't. We'll stop it." – to Page.
>Trump will make that the story his supporters hear and believe. Context? Pshaw.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/14/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-text-message-ig-report/index.html