As an obsessed follower of the investigation into President Trump’s alleged ties to Russia, I was glued to my computer watching last Tuesday’s House Intelligence Committee hearings when I was hit with an unexpected jolt of hometown boosterism.
That was back in 1998, when U.S. rep Henry Hyde, a DuPage County Republican, led the charge to impeach President Clinton for, among other things, not telling the truth when he said “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”
Phew. Glad we got that out of the way.
—U.S. rep Mike Quigley
Trump says no. But of course, this president’s not known for his truthfulness.
“I realize [Comey] can’t divulge the specifics of their investigations, so I have to be a little more theoretical in my questions,” Quigley told me when we spoke last week. “I can’t ask, ‘How did the Russians operate with these guys?’ I have to ask, ‘How do the Russians operate in, say, eastern Europe?’ Or ‘What is the Kremlin playbook?'”