I had the privilege of joining Meet the Press Daily host Kristen Welker and former Department of Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson on Wednesday to discuss, among other things, Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the airwaves.

My contention, which was met with some skepticism, is that the congressional Democrats who alleged that Donald Trump and his associates were directly responsible for Kimmel’s temporary hiatus were wrong. The very fact that ABC chose to put him back on the air at all suggests to me that this narrative was not just false but recklessly dangerous.

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