WTF does Putin have on Richard Engel?

[maxrandb]

I mean holy fuck! Caty Tur seemed actually embarrassed for him as he tried to twist himself into a fucking knot to explain how today's indictments could be "good" for Donnie Short Fingers.

It was fucking stunning. Does Vlad have a piss tape on Engel too??!

[Grassy Knoll]

1. Thought That Was Odd As Well..

[Ilsa]

2. My bet is that he drew the short straw.

Someone has to be the contrarian, has to be the one to side with dt to help the network not appear too down on dt.

[Leghorn21]

3. max, I've heard various twitter researchers mention journalists being hacked and

blackmailed/compromised by BAD ACTORS, but I don’t know...on the other hand, why couldn’t this happen??? All scenarios seem extremely possible these days - just awful, but probably very deliberate and calculated -

Just awful-

[highplainsdem]

4. Missed seeing it live, caughg part of it in a clip. Engel seems tired, and I'm guessing he

hadn't read the entire indictment.

Still, it was sloppy journalism to do such a poor analysis.

[maxrandb]

5. Sloppy journalism, or calculated cover for Donnie Short Fingers

I'm going with the latter.

[highplainsdem]

6. A few minutes of faulty analysis versus all the rest of Engel's career? Really not enough evidence

to begin to support that kind of speculation.

Now if Engel sounds like a Trump defender in the future, repeatedly, then there's reason to speculate on his motivation.

[OnDoutside]

9. That's a fair call. Engel has done a load of hard hitting Russian exposes.

[montanacowboy]

7. I was shocked to hear him

defend the dotard

what the hell is he doing?

[uponit7771]

8. I don't see how the timing issues in the indictment can be positive !!!