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DOJ officials on 'pins and needles' as Trump move threatens 'catastrophe'
The Damage Is Not the Placeholder. It Is the Patronage System.A Rotation of LoyaltyDonald Trump’s nomination of Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence is being described as a personnel move. It is not. It is a power transfer inside a loyalty structure: a White House that treats public office as a relay race of personal dependents.Clayton is moving out of the Southern District of New York after serving as U.S. attorney, despite having had no prior experience as a federal prosecutor before Trump put him there. That detail matters because it shows the real qualification standard. It…
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