Tuesday, January 09, 2018

It's All Part of the Same Problem

1.8.2018
All TPM News

Josh’s post from last night, “That One’s Settled,” makes a key point: We like to think there are certain shared principles — respect for the rule of law chief among them — that the American left and right share, even as we disagree about healthcare or the proper size of government.

In fact, this isn’t true. As Josh points out, the Freedom Caucus is now going after Attorney General Jeff Sessions for failing to adequately protect Donald Trump from Robert Mueller’s investigation. It’s a blatant attempt to prevent an impartial probe and thwart the rule of law. The news that the Justice Department has revived its investigation of the Clinton Foundation, after calls from President Trump to do so, may point in the same direction.

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