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'Poking the bear:' CNN analyst stunned by John Brennan's new lawsuit against Trump
Trump’s Real Power Is Not His Temper. It’s the StateThe Only Fact That MattersJohn Brennan is not using this lawsuit to win a popularity contest with Donald Trump. He is trying to force record preservation around an investigation he says is being bent toward a political outcome. That is the concrete issue: not hurt feelings, not cable-news theater, but whether the machinery of federal power is being used to manufacture a case against a man the president dislikes.Where Power Actually SitsThe institutional power here is not with Brennan, even if he once ran the CIA. It sits with the Trump…
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