Now we know the ground rules…

When the Washington Post prints unsubstantiated reports leaked by the agents of a former Democrat president, it’s seen as ‘holding those in power accountable’…

…but when a sitting GOP President uses the same unsubstantiated reporting to reach a conclusion inconvenient to their narrative, it morphs into an abuse of power.

That’s what it costs to be a Republican. Follow the logic, folks.

It was Obama’s Justice Dept. that filed for a FISA ruling that allowed phone calls by Trump aides to be intercepted, then Obama – just days from leaving office – wrote an executive action allowing wider agency dissemination of those intercepts.

That’s where the ‘leaks’ in Left-wing media outlets like the Post are coming from.

Now, why is it okay for Obama to have his DoJ cronies push for intercepts…

…widely disburse those intercepts to his cohort…

…get them leaked to his Sham-stream media lapdogs…

…and unleash them to hammer President Trump and his team…

…but it’s not okay for President Trump to point out who’s responsible?

For 8 years, the media gave Obama a pass at his personal brand of shorthand. Now, as President Trump exercises a similar privilege, he’s taken to task for it?

But let’s get to a more alarming issue…politicizing intelligence gathering.

Gathered information from a FISA surveillance is classified, Andy McCarthy notes…

“One of the points in FISA proceedings being classified is that they remain secret – the idea is not to prejudice an American citizen with publication of the fact that he has been subjected to surveillance even though he is not alleged to have engaged in criminal wrongdoing.”

Yet, here we have a (then) sitting president – Obama – taking an executive action just before leaving office that enabled wide dispersal of gathered intelligence.

Are the leaks illegal? Yes. Will Democrats responsible be held accountable?

Stay tuned…