Connecting the Dots of Deep State Corruption

Success in Washington is the ability to target your friends’ enemies.

by Richard Rahn
March 13, 2019

You may have noticed that there have been a number of people in the top ranks of the FBI and Justice Department — like Robert Mueller, James Comey and Andrew McCabe — who have had powerful jobs regardless of whether the administration is Democrat (Clinton/Obama) or Republican (Bushes).

They are put there, in part, to protect the financial interests of the Washington establishment. The U.S. government dispenses tens of billions of dollars to foreign governments and entities each year, and Washington interests receive billions from foreign countries.

President Trump was an outsider who appeared to be willing to take on the corrupt status quo; so, in the minds of those on the international gravy train, he must be eliminated. Hence, the phony Mueller Russian-collusion investigation. There are dozens of examples, but the following three are illustrative.

The Obama administration was adamant about doing the Iranian deal, which many objective observers believed woul…