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'Legally bad' move could backfire on slew of Trump officials: George Conway
When the President Uses the State as a Personal WeaponTrump’s campaign against James Comey is not being presented here as a policy dispute, a bad judgment call, or a bureaucratic misunderstanding. According to Comey’s motion, it looks like a president pushing federal power toward a target he hates, while subordinates warn that the conduct is “legally questionable” and then move ahead anyway. That is the story: not confusion, but command.The Chain of PowerThe institutional power in this account sits at the top. Trump is the one whose animus matters, whose urgings allegedly drove the…
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