Most Americans have never witnessed such a tactic because most of our presidents have acted in good faith in this regard, allowing the Department of Justice and the FBI relative independence to uphold the law.
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The President, along with his pundit and Congressional loyalists, is trying to politicize the FBI in order to diminish its ability to hold him, his family, and his team accountable for potential criminal activities.https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/944665687292817415 …
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However, authoritarian leaders all over the world always try to bring national security services under their complete control because they know that organizations like the FBI are most likely to threaten their power by exposing their corruption and treachery.
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In many cases, this is accomplished by firing senior law enforcement officials en masse. Our norms make that difficult. So instead, Trump and his allies are working overtime to set the pretext for targeted firings, demotions, and forced retirements to accomplish the same thing.
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If our Department of Justice and its FBI lose their ability to act independently of the President to hold him, his family and his team accountable under the law, Trump will have a much freer hand to violate the law in the protection of his own power at the expense of our liberty.
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Every member of Congress that does not hold Trump accountable needs to be held accountable to the voters in 2018
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Midterms 2018 will be the most important in our nation's history! We must vote out as many GOP as possible. We need strong Independent candidates in districts that won't vote Dem. This needs to be our focus and the way we fight Trumpism.
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So is Rohrabacher which is why this Republican is running against him in our very red District.
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Do you support Mueller's investigation? Would you work to ensure it continues without interference?
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Losing faith that out Constitution can withstand this when so many on the right are unwilling to stand for it
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Yes. The elections aren't until November. Not sure the remaining tatters of US democracy can hold out that long.
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