Not a stretch to say: the FBI criminally investigating Trump on the basis of the "national security threat" he allegedly poses, with the "threat" being his perceived policy preferences re: Russia, could constitute literal criminalization of deviation from foreign policy consensus
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Jack Goldsmith describes the implications of this in much greater detail. https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-grounds-can-fbi-investigate-president-counterintelligence-threat …pic.twitter.com/XaaOOoNqmt
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Goldsmith makes the point that determining what constitutes a "national security threat" is entirely subjective, and isn't the FBI's purview. The same logic could've been used to constrain previous presidents from making controversial decisions, and also inhibit future ones.pic.twitter.com/iCWlOvklJh
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Throughout this ordeal, the ramifications of the FBI's conduct have been critically examined almost exclusively by right-wing outlets, who conflate it with all kinds of partisan wish-fulfillment and buffoonish Trump loyalism. But the implications extend well beyond Trump.
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For clarification: the post-Comey investigation is described as "counter-intelligence" in nature, but there's no reason to believe that's meaningfully distinct from "criminal." If the FBI uncovers criminality, it will pursue prosecution. That's its core organizational mandate.
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Here’s an idea, how about they need to investigate before the subject shuts us down?
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Confirmed what we have all known for so long.
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It wasn't even political. It was self-interest. The FBI has been an unaccountable, autocratic hit squad since it was created. And it wants to stay that way. Trump scared the living shit out of them because, for the first time ever, they thought the jig might be up.
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Our intelligence community actively interfered in our elections to create their desired outcome. Damn the voters.
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Did Russians shoot up the pulse night club, Lisa? Or did a radical islamist with links to the FBI? Seems to me the greatest threat to our way of life is radicalized islamists and the fbi actually.

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