Bernstein: GOP criminal referral for Trump dossier author a 'glowing red herring'

Source: The Hill | January 6, 2018 | John Bowden

Veteran Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein on Friday accused Republicans of trying to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, condemning a criminal referral for the author of a controversial dossier on President Trump.

In an interview with CNN, Bernstein said that Republican senators’ move to request a criminal investigation of former British intelligence operative Christopher Steele was a “glowing red herring.” Steele was behind research included in the dossier of unverified claims linking Trump to Russia.

“It’s not just a distraction or a red herring, it’s a glowing red herring in the Washington swamp,”

Bernstein said. Bernstein argued that a letter sent from Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to the Justice Department asking Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to investigate whether Steele lied to investigators about his contacts with journalists was another “distraction” to shift attention away from the Mueller probe and the Trump administration.

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