21-06-2021 10:00 via theguardian.com

The rogue department: how the Trump DoJ trashed legal and political norms

New investigations will examine the scale of wrongdoing – and experts say there could be more revelations of abuse to comeDonald Trump never did much to hide his dangerous belief that the US justice department and the attorneys general who helmed it should serve as his own personal lawyers and follow his political orders, regardless of norms and the law.Former senior DoJ officials say the former president aggressively prodded his attorney generals to go after his enemies, protect his frien
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