Trump's corruption will get worse. His own advisers just showed how. [View all]
Trump’s corruption will get worse. His own advisers just showed how.
The Plumb Line - Greg Sargent, Opinion writer, Washington Post
Feb. 19, 2020 at 10:10 a.m. EST
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/19/trumps-corruption-will-get-worse-his-own-advisers-just-showed-how/?utm_source=reddit.com
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The debate over William P. Barr’s future as attorney general is unfolding in an alternate reality — in a place where it’s considered an open question whether President Trump will continue trying to corrupt law enforcement right out in plain sight.
In this magical place, Barr’s loyalists can leak word that, by golly, Barr just might quit if Trump keeps publicly trying to manipulate ongoing cases. This is meant to insulate Barr from Trump’s taint.
But in the real world, here’s what’s staring us in the face: For Trump, the very public nature of his efforts to corrupt law enforcement is a key feature of those efforts, not a byproduct of them that he pathologically can’t control.
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But Trump “has told those around him he is not going to stop tweeting about the Justice Department,” the Post report continues. According to officials, “Trump considers highlighting what he sees as misconduct at the FBI and Justice Department as a good political message.”
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