So, Tapper “Fixes” His Take On Feinstein Apology AFTER She “Fixes” Her Take On It

The dreaded white box truck…

Sen Feinstein apologizes to Sen Grassley for not telling him about transcript release https://t.co/Og2rRiRrJC @mkraju reports #TheLead

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 11, 2018

Deleting a tweet headline from our show about Feinstein apology to Grassley to rewrite it more precisely — apology was for not telling him ahead of time, NOT for releasing transcript. Thanks

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 11, 2018

If we deserve to know what Glenn Simpson said, why did Feinstein redact so much of it? Why did she exclude all the exhibits? Why did she hide what he testified about Fusion's FBI contacts? https://t.co/WX1Ayzezy9

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 10, 2018

“The American people deserve the opportunity to see what he said and judge for themselves,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said, explaining her decision to release the transcript of Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson's testimony. https://t.co/I67zhQglJO

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 10, 2018

Dianne Feinstein Vs A Very Stable Genius

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, unilaterally released the 312-page transcript of Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson’s August interview with Committee investigators.

The release provoked controversy on Capitol Hill, with a spokesman for Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) slamming Feinstein’s move as “confounding.” Spokesman Taylor Foy said she made the decision without consulting the Chairman and warned the move jeopardized other highly sought witness testimony. 

Feinstein suggested a “bad cold” may have impaired her mental faculties and caused her to release the testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee without telling Committee Chair Chuck Grassley.

“The one regret I have is that I should have spoken with Senator Grassley before,” she told NBC News. “And I don’t make an excuse, but I’ve had a bad cold and maybe that slowed down my mental facilities [sic] a little bit.”

Dr. Bandy Lee, the Yale University professor and forensic psychiatrist who believes President Trump is “dangerous” and requires a mental-capacity exam could not be reached for comment.

Feinstein to @MariannaNBCNews RE: releasing the Glenn Simpson transcript: "The one regret I have is that I should have spoke with Senator Grassley before. And I don't make an excuse but I've had a bad cold and maybe that slowed down my mental facilities a little bit."

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 10, 2018

The old blame the NyQuil card https://t.co/ULn8Me0Vp5

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) January 11, 2018

UPDATE:  David Harsanyi, a nationally syndicated columnist and Senior Editor at The Federalist noted in an Op-Ed in The New York Post that President Trump’s personal attorney has filed a pair of lawsuits;  one against Fusion GPS in federal court and the other in New York against Buzzfeed. 

He is suggesting calls to the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into Glenn Simpson’s false testimony and communicating with reporters about the contents of the so-called “dirty dossier” may be behind Sen. Feinstein’s release of the transcripts. 

The transcripts, according to Harsanyi, omitted a number of important contextual exhibits.  If the Democrats, the Party in power during the 2016 presidential election, used a dossier filled with raw, unsubstantiated information to spy on Trump’s people it will be a “massive scandal”.