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'Full-blown scandal' embroiling GOP provides ammo for new Trump impeachment: insider
Trump Keeps the Lever, Not the OfficeThe office is a decoyThe source story is about Todd Blanche staying on as acting attorney general, but the real subject is presidential control. Donald Trump is not preserving a legal office; he is preserving a line of command. An acting administrator is useful precisely because the arrangement stays pliable, unfinalized, and open to pressure. That is not an administrative preference. It is a power move.The deal is the pointAccording to the column, Trump would rather leave the attorney general seat in acting limbo than put in writing that he will give up…
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