Speaking of the scandal, Mike Shear of The Washington Post seems to want the Dems to stop pestering Jerry Kilgore about his involvement.
For months, Democrats have been pushing to discover what Kilgore knew and when he knew it. They hinted that Kilgore might have known more about the eavesdropping than he was letting on.
It now appears that Kilgore knew less. In a sworn deposition in the lawsuit, Kilgore said he stopped Anne Petera, his top aide, before she could even spill the slightest detail about the eavesdropping. He said he directed Petera to talk to his chief legal counsel about whatever it was she was about to tell him.
Democrats, including Kaine, quickly shifted their argument. They are now accusing Kilgore of burying his head in the sand.
Can you imagine what Kilgore would have done if Petera came to him with evidence that the Dems had eavesdropped on a GOP conference call? I’m betting it would not have been the Sgt. Schultz reaction: “I know nutting.” And I wonder if Shear would have thought the GOP was overreacting. Just wondering.