How GOP Senators Are Secretly Getting Ready to Surrender to Trump
Trump wants to turn the FBI into something so draconian that the political press many not grasp it until it’s too late.
by Greg Sargent
It’s largely passing unnoticed, but Republicans are quietly laying the groundwork to give their full blessing to one of Donald Trump’s more corrupt schemes: Unleashing law enforcement on his political enemies without cause once he’s sworn in again next year. That capitulation is already underway, with an argument …
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