Where are Donald Trump’s defenders?

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Sarah Westwood notes from the White House that, 24 hours after the Comey memo revelation, not a single Trump official has gone on the record to defend the president.

This is very different, for example, from national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who defended the president over conversations with Russian officials and put his own reputation on the line. Pentagon reporter Jamie McIntyre on McMaster’s role, and how he’s being perceived back at the Pentagon

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