Now you can add Peter Strzok to the politically motivated firings of officials who spoke out about Trump's corruption and illicit dealings with Russia.
This is a slow-motion purge and it will not spare anyone outside Trump's inner circle, which will become smaller over time.
This is a slow-motion purge and it will not spare anyone outside Trump's inner circle, which will become smaller over time.
Trump, like any autocrat, aims to rewrite the law so that he can break it. As he purges the officials who investigate corruption, he packs courts with judges who will exonerate him regardless of evidence.
This erosion of justice and accountability is an entirely predictable consequence of having a crime family in the White House. This is a dynastic kleptocracy and the longer they are in, the worse it will get.
Those who still have the power of the law need to use it NOW.
Those who still have the power of the law need to use it NOW.
Spare me talk of how the Mueller probe is moving fast. It's not. The probe long predates Mueller. Its prior failures are not Mueller's fault, but he has choices now. Institutions, already very weak before Trump, are in free fall. Act now or likely lose the option to act at all.
