A Person of Interest: Live Odds
From the Politico
The Washington Post has confirmed a “Person of Interest” on the White House staff in connection with the Russia probe regarding the vague yet sensational 2016 Election chaos.
And even though Russia most likely had little to do with the actual outcome of the 2016 Presidential Election, nothing is more exciting than watching High Treason unfold live on national television and streaming media.
So, who might this person of interest be?
For starters, the Russia probe was aimed at people on the Trump campaign but now those piranhas have circled closer to the center into the White House itself. Which means this new “Person of Interest” was probably also very involved in the campaign.
1/10 -- Steve Bannon. These are terrible odds for a gambling man but the most likely culprit in this unfolding drama. Bannon is not only dumb enough to commit high treason but also filled the duel hats of campaign guru and once future White House hotshot. He’s also the man everyone loves to hate. And if there is a scapegoat pending here, the country would rally at the thought of it being him.
1/2 -- Reince Priebus. No one benefited more from the Trump campaign than the former Mr. Nobody, Priebus. Trump was the type of train one jumps on when no other train has ever come by and none will ever come again. Priebus was the Republican’s “aw shucks” liaison to the “WTF” of the 2016 Election and, like Bannon, has been wearing two hats for Trumpy for awhile. He had plenty to gain and nothing to lose.
1/1 -- Kellyanne Conway. It is entirely likely that the apologetically soothing face of the “Pussy-Grab Fiasco” could also have been doubling as a KGB agent this entire time. Picture her in Natasha-gear from Rocky & Bullwinkle standing along side Putin cohorts planning this haphazard Watergate break-in. She is a doublespeak master and juicy odds to be exposed as the culprit; at which point she’ll mostly likely switch accents and jump out of a window to a dangling rope for a daring getaway.
5/1 -- Don McGahn. We jump as far as 5-1 even though the juice should be much higher. McGahn was involved in both the campaign and now the White House so, in turn, he remains a target. But would a lawyer really be foolish enough to flirt with the guillotine? Absolutely. History is filled with dumb lawyers who thought they could and tried to get away with all sorts of things. Remember, Nixon himself was a lawyer. As was Kleinfeld from Carlito’s Way.
10/1 -- Sean Spicer. Although he was not necessarily involved in the campaign, he is the face of the franchise and the first line of defense to thwart the onslaught of Russia-gate. And because he is the face of Trump-land, he is also a target for pitchforks and possibly cackling all the way to the bank every time he’s asked the question and gets to lie live on camera like real politicians do.
25/1 -- Donald Trump. He may have been dastardly enough to pull something off without really being smart enough to actually know what he was doing. In the end, he is penultimately the “Person of Interest” any way you slice it.
100/1 -- Howard Hunt. From the Kennedy Assassination to Watergate, Howard Hunt was always around the White House and its happenings. One of the CIA’s top agents, he was a project manager for a great many domestic operation and even though he’s dead, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit of he somehow was able to pull this off posthumously in some way or another.
Regardless of how the odds wind down or up in favor or not of any of these prospects, the Trump-train continues to rattle on in haphazard fashion, almost already superseding the best years of W and ol’ Nixon without having even broken past an entire calendar year.
















