Last fall, Fox News viewers couldn’t turn on their television sets without hearing Fox News anchors howling about the idea of a sitting U.S. president potentially under investigation by the FBI. Over and over and over again they said our nation could not withstand a president under investigation. Our entire democracy would be at stake.
Let’s watch a few short statements that’ll have you unexpectedly nodding your head in agreement with these Fox News stars. It starts with Judge Jeanine Pirro, who makes a fiery opening statement to viewers, points at the camera and says, “We cannot have a country led by a president subject to ongoing criminal investigations, potential indictments and never ending hearings. We cannot have a president under that level of scrutiny that inevitably leads to even more questions and more investigations.”
Sounds convincing, right? We simply cannot stand for a president under investigation by the FBI! And how about Fox’s highly rated golden boy, Sean Hannity? Oh man, he gave a fiery and impassioned speech about the dangers of a president under FBI investigation. He makes a good case when he says, “Think about the magnitude of all of this for a second. Hillary Clinton could be sworn into office while still being under investigation from the FBI, which would then put this country into a major constitutional crisis.”
Now that we know Donald Trump and his staff have been under criminal investigation by the FBI for possibly colluding with a foreign enemy state to upset the U.S. elections and western democracy, what do they have to say today?