usmbguest5318
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This morning, "The Mooch" stated, "If Reince wants to explain he's not a leaker, let him do that." Why he thinks Priebus would even bother remarking on it is beyond me. But, hey, Priebus may not have yet developed the bearing attendant to his current station?
- U.S. law operates on the principle of innocent until proven guilty. Unless and until charges are brought formally in either a court of law or a legislative or executive branch investigation, keeping mum is what anyone with any sense would do, especially someone like Priebus who doesn't in the matter have a political stake of their own.
- If Priebus is charged with a felonious leak, he'll have to defend himself in court, but there again, there's nothing for him to gain by attempting to do so in the court of public opinion. He holds no elective office and his WH position is one that's performed away from the public spotlight.
- Were/should Priebus to respond publicly in accordance "The Mooch's" exhortation, Priebus would accomplish little other than:
- Dignify the remark, one that doesn't deserve it.
- Give increased stature to a man who is Priebus' subordinate in the WH staff's org chart.
(Frankly, were I Priebus, I'd fire Scaramucci for insubordination, that or resign and lay bare before Congress and Mueller all I know and have heard regarding the "Russia" matter. I just wouldn't allow a loud-mouthed subordinate to get away with a public remark like Mooch has made, and I have more self-respect than to allow my boss to put me in a position where I had to suffer such a thing.) - Create yet another distraction from the substantive business of running the WH, implementing and promoting policy, and managing the nation and the federal government, which is what Trump and his WH staff need to do.