New York Times (May 7)
“It’s breathtaking and yet, by now, so predictable. Like aspiring authoritarians everywhere, Mr. Trump sees law enforcement in intensely personal terms. When the law investigates you, it’s a witch hunt; when it’s used to punish your enemies, it’s an essential tool…. Americans should remember May 9, 2017,” the day Trump fired FBI director James Comey, “as the beginning of one of the great tests of American democracy.”
Tags: Authoritarians, Breathtaking, Comey, Democracy, Enemies, FBI, Law enforcement, Personal, Predictable, Punish, Trump, U.S.
CNN (February 1)
Richard Nixon “proved unable to shut down an FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in and ultimately resigned over the attempted coverup.” Some “extreme Nixonites” believe President Nixon “should have fought harder. Trump, who loves to talk about himself as a fighter, isn’t making that mistake. For this reason, we should expect more of the same…and a deepening crisis for the nation. All of this in service to one man’s state of mind.”
LA Times (May 10)
“The shocking dismissal of FBI Director James B. Comey by a president whose campaign he was investigating can’t be undone. The immediate priority is to safeguard the integrity of that investigation and its credibility in the eyes of the public and to preserve the evidence that has been amassed.”
Tags: Comey, Credibility, Dismissal, Evidence, FBI, Integrity, Investigation, Safeguard, Shocking
