Of Course Trump’s F.B.I. Spy Theory Is Totally Insane. It’s Also Working.

Select Members Of Congress (Perhaps Now Including Democrats) Will Get Briefed Today On What The F.B.I. And Justice Department Is Characterizing As “Highly Classified” Material, Per Trump’s Threats And Demands

This is the question from a reporter to Trump: “What proof do you have that your campaign was spied on?”

Here’s Trump’s answer (click on the photo to play):

For those of you who don’t have the time or inclination to look at the video, we think it’s important to examine exactly what Trump says:

“All you have to do is look at the basics and you will see. It looks like a very serious event, but we will find out. When they look at the documents, I think people are going to see a lot of bad things happened. I hope it’s not so, because if it is, there’s never been anything like it in the history of our country”.

That’s a ludicrously fancy way of answering: “Absolutely None”.

But that doesn’t really matter now, does it?

Yes, it’s been a big week for Trump in terms of making strides turning the Russia investigation into an…