The Times’s Mark Mazzetti wrote that “officials who gave him classified briefings occasionally withheld some sensitive details from him” because they saw him as a security risk. His casual attitude toward classified material is nothing new. Republicans don’t even hesitate before protecting Trump, even though he’s being investigated for possibly violating the Espionage Act. Peter Baker and Susan Glasser report in their new book, “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” that Trump told his chief of staff John Kelly that he wished his generals were as loyal as Hitler’s were. leadership “that protected Hillary Clinton, James Comey and continues to protect Hunter Biden” and “that perpetrated the false Russia hoax for years.” mantra.Īt a demented Republican news conference Friday on the Hill, Representative Elise Stefanik laced into the F.B.I. But the president, who lost two kids and nearly lost this one, is clearly paralyzed when it comes to Hunter.Now, the idea that federal agents are “jack-booted thugs” is a G.O.P. Joe Biden should have reined in Hunter when he began living off his dad’s positions and connections. Now he is his father’s hero, which is bound to make the troubled Hunter feel like a zero. This ratchets up the White House family drama. We shouldn’t hand power to people whose main motive is doing bad stuff to other people.Ī few blocks from Judge Chutkan’s courthouse, Merrick Garland emerged Friday with an announcement that surprised the White House - he was elevating the Hunter Biden prosecutor to a special counsel. He wanted all the attention and now it’s going to crush him. Trump refused to let go of the spotlight. Trump reminds me of fairy-tale figures - like Midas or the ballerina in “The Red Shoes,” a movie drawn from a fairy tale - who crave something so badly, they follow it down a destructive path. He couldn’t tolerate losing in 2020 so he concocted a scheme to become a killer - of democracy. Trump was warped by a father who told him, You’re either a killer or a loser. The judge warned Trump’s lawyers, “To the extent your client wants to make statements on the internet, they have to always yield to witness security and witness safety,” adding, “I will take whatever measures are necessary to safeguard the integrity of these proceedings.” This will be tough for Trump because, as David Axelrod says, “the sense that he is being tried for political reasons is the essence of his campaign.” “And if that means he can’t say exactly what he wants to say in a political speech, that is just how it’s going to have to be.” “The fact that he is running a political campaign has to yield to the administration of justice,” Judge Tanya Chutkan informed Trump’s lawyers. Thomas is ruining the court’s image and, with the help of other uber-conservatives, he’s undoing our social constructs, causing many Americans to rebel.Īt a hearing Friday, the federal judge overseeing the case against Trump for conspiring to purloin Biden’s election victory made a brisk start. But as The Times reported last weekend, the $267,230 Prevost Le Mirage XL Marathon R.V., which Thomas told friends he had scrimped and saved to afford, was actually underwritten by Anthony Welters, a friend who made a bundle in health care. vacations with his wife to escape the “meanness” of Washington. The justice polished that just-folks image over the years by going on R.V. He got on the court, muscling past questions about his legal abilities and ethical compass by pushing the story that he was a guy who worked his way up from poverty. (Thanks, Joe Biden!) He came out of it feeling angry and vindictive. He never got over the humiliation of the Anita Hill hearings, even though his allies smeared Hill as he lied his way to Senate confirmation. Thomas is abiding by the adage that living well is the best revenge. passes to professional and college sporting events … two stays at luxury resorts … and one standing invitation to an uber-exclusive golf club overlooking the Atlantic coast.” ProPublica told the ka-ching: “At least 38 destination vacations … 26 private jet flights … a dozen V.I.P. (The gifts also benefited his wife, Ginni Thomas, who tried to help Trump overthrow the government.) Now Thomas sneers at the law by failing to disclose gifts from billionaires eager to gain influence. He lost his job and scarred his reputation. President Dwight Eisenhower’s chief of staff, Sherman Adams, accepted a vicuña coat from a Boston textile manufacturer doing business with the federal government. There was a single word that encapsulated such an outrage: vicuña. In the old days, there was shame attached to selling your office.
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