The rule of a law is a fragile thing. The President demanding that charges not be brought against co-partisans before elections could endanger it. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1036681588573130752 …
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Recent corruption cases against R legislators are to DOJ's credit. M. Rehavi & I find that "[o]pposition defendants are more likely to be charged immediately before an election than afterward (relative to the president’s co-partisans)" using '93-'08 data http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bnyhan/nyhan-rehavi.pdf …pic.twitter.com/awlFNYDKf8
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The President thinks federal law enforcement should protect members of his party from being prosecuted for breaking the law - what would you think if you saw it in another country? https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1036681588573130752?s=21 …
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The silence is part of the crisishttps://twitter.com/heerjeet/status/1036687141076721665?s=21 …
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The silence of congress feels worse than even the tweet itself, since it implicates so much more.
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