Senate Democrats who took heat for government shutdown vote now feel vindicated

"I was right," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, who caucuses with Democrats, told NBC News of his vote to keep the government open. "

I concluded, along with others, that a shutdown would actually further empower Trump and Musk to pursue what they're doing," King said. "We would have handed him a gift. Anything bad that happened to the economy would have been blamed on us."…

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-took-heat-government-shutdown-vote-now-vindicated-rcna201446

Snowden tweets article claiming whistleblower controversy vindicates him - The Hill

Whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted a HuffPost column Tuesday that he said vindicated why he had leaked national security reports to the media....
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/462886-snowden-tweets-article-claiming-whistleblower-controversy

"It's Bizarre!" Anderson Cooper Magnificent Response To Trump's Attacks ...

https://youtu.be/qrV6xD-UOc4

‘We’ve reached such a degraded state’: CNN panel floored by Trey Gowdy’s truth bomb on Nunes memo -- Raw Story

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who is known for his attacks on Hillary Clinton, threw cold water over the weekend on the memo published by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA). Gowdy explained that the memo did not "vindicate" President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation -- far from it. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/weve-reached-degraded-state-cnn-panel-floored-trey-gowdys-truth-bomb-nunes-memo/

No, Republicans, James Comey Did Not Say President Trump Is in the Clear on Russia

"It was technically true we did not have a counter-intelligence file case open on then President-elect Trump." Vindication? ...
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/no-comey-did-not-say-trump-is-in-the-clear-on-russia.html