Any Trump enterprise excels at getting away with two types of things:

1) Actions that aren’t expressly prohibited but that predecessors never considered because they had a shred of integrity

and

2) Bad things that may be expressly prohibited but that the U.S. fails to deal with in a timely manner (or any manner) because, again, predecessors never dared to do them and we’re slow to recognize/react.

Trump and minions are expert at finding the cracks in the ethical/enforcement sidewalk. They will stand right there on 5th Avenue (or Nicollet Avenue) and break your mother’s back expecting to never be held accountable.

Which brings us to the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. The Wall Street Journal, liberal rag that it is, has reported that Gabbard’s office has been sitting on a whistleblower complaint for eight months.

Why? That depends on who you ask. But what we do know is that the complaint is about Gabbard herself. Her present defense is that the claim is so chock-full of classified material that golly gee, nobody’s been able to figure out how to convey the complaint safely and properly to Congress.

NBC reports that Gabbard didn’t even realize until November that she had the responsibility to issue security guidance about handling such a matter with Congress. In the context of the most inept, underqualified Cabinet in American history, that’s the one part I can buy.

But the complaint has gone nowhere in the subsequent months, and the whistleblower’s attorney is making more noise, which will absolutely be necessary. Reports conflict over whether Congressional intelligence committees have seen the complaint, and there’s certainly no provision for what to do when the director responsible for processing said complaint is also the subject of the complaint.

See what I mean about finding the cracks?

Gabbard’s spokesperson says the employee who filed the complaint is “politically motivated.” That brush-off attempt is rich for two reasons: Everything this administration does is politically motivated, and furthermore, “politically motivated” does not equate to “untrue.” That’s one of a few non-denial denials issued on the subject.

For now, it’s worth saying out loud: A Cabinet-level intelligence officer being accused by an employee of something so serious that it allegedly cannot be properly addressed and resolved is one screwed up proposition for the American people.

But for the administration of a president who ran for office to stay out of jail? Just another day at the tacky-ass, gold-plated office.

In the meantime, many of us have a fairly educated first guess about the complaint’s potential subject matter. Do I expect any accountability at the end of the day? Nyet! But maybe, just maybe …

Whether or not you’re an idiot who keeps believing in luck, let’s hand it off to Ms. Mann, in whose hands little to no encouragement always sounds its best.