'Is Trump Now Personally Dictating DOJ's Filings?' [View all]

(TPM) "I’ve spent years now warning of the dangers of Donald Trump taking over the Department of Justice, and yet I feel like I’m stuck in the denial stage of grief."

"What I initially envisioned — Trump obliterating the Chinese wall between the White House and DOJ and putting undue pressure on DOJ leadership to do his corrupt bidding — certainly came to pass but now seems quaint."

"If you can get away with that, Trump reasoned, why not run the Justice Department out of the White House. So he proceeded to check that box."

"Once you cross the line of running the DOJ out of the White House, then who really needs DOJ leaders other than as figureheads. And if they’re only figureheads, then why not dictate to them the exact words to use in their legal filings on your behalf."

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