DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Tom Fitton, the head of conservative group Judicial Watch, has made a career of suing the federal government over suspected bureaucratic corruption, irritating every president since Bill Clinton. But in Donald Trump, Fitton has found an enthusiastic booster — a president who, rather than bristling at Judicial Watch’s frequent accusations of malfeasance throughout the government he oversees, welcomes the group’s efforts to hold the ‘deep state’ accountable. The broadsides that have come to define Trump’s presidency — from his attacks on Hillary Clinton’s email habits to his assertion that the Mueller investigation is a ‘rigged witch hunt’ controlled by a pack of angry Democrats — have been shaped at least in part by documents obtained by Judicial Watch and blasted into the conservative media sphere. People close to the president say he’s come to see Fitton as one of the most effective critics of the Mueller probe. The president, who increasingly feels under attack from all sides, finds validation in Fitton’s attacks on the investigation and his insistence that the national security community is unfairly targeting Trump. One White House adviser called him a ‘hero.’”
-Andrew restuccia, “‘I know that he listens to Tom’: Meet Trump’s anti-Mueller ally,” Politico, August 7, 2018 2:01 pm