Jonah Goldberg and David French both handle these calls for a reckoning the same way:

1, deny they ever believed that Russiagate is real, and then,

2, suggest that maybe Russiagate was actually real.

Jonah executes #2 by claiming that Trump brought on all these allegations through his own actions.

So, you know: History will vindicate Jonah. Russiagate was/is real.

But no, you tiresome pests: Jonah never actually believed Russiagate was real. (But it is! One day, you'll see! You'll see!)

Jonah alo says anyone who calls for him to account for his previous catastrophic errors and leftwing biases to be "bad-faith" actors.

He'll spend all day demanding Trump and "Trumpists" tell the truth, but he will never, ever tell the truth himself.

Caesar Pounce
@caesar_pounce

Incredible how all the hits that land on these people are also Bad Faith (TM)

What a record!

Dennis OG Spongeworthy
@spongeworthy2

"...given what was known," Therein lies the rub. Most of what was "known" stunk to high heaven. Your BS detector was cajiggety due to a calibration error--Trump has that effect on many.

Anyway, look at all the new friends you made by playing along!

Carl Cannon
@CarlCannon

I'm not "dunking" on Jonah Goldberg (or his critics, for that matter), but there was ample evidence by 2017 that Jim Comey was a problematic person. I wrote about it myself

Well I can explain that very easily: Jonah Goldberg, the rarefied intellectual, stopped reading about 2004. Everything with him is at the level of Twitter headlines and the same eight historical analogies he remembers from his first college-level survey course.

That Michael Caputo
@MichaelRCaputo

You were not justified, you were offended by a populist who proved your effete politics ineffectual.

This clip is you, now. You trust liars and thieves over anyone who opposes your sad stale dreck.

You have lost. You should do the right thing and stop doing media. Retire now.

Physics Geek busted this busty BBW's chops by referencing Jonah question about the the computer store owner who turned over Hunter Biden's laptop: "Wait, you believe his story? Like at face value?"

Physics Geek
@physicsgeek

Wait you believed Comey's story? Like at face value?

Will National Review ever own up to its own role in zealously pushing the Steele Dossier and assorted other Russia Collusion Hoaxes?

No, of course not.

And Noah Rothman least of all. He's got More Important Things To Discuss than his role in foisting a massive foreign-born psyops campaign on the country.