'Mere payback?' The administration could, and should go after Weissman just because of Russiagate - which Weissman and everyone else knew all along was a hoax - as well as the unrelated South American conflict of interest.
It doesn't surprise me a bit the the cuckservatives at National Review disapprove of Trump's effort to rein in these scoundrels. NR has morphed into a Trojan Horse operation.