Weaponizing the Department of Justice
The episode paints a dystopian portrait of a United States where President Donald Trump has weaponized government institutions to enrich himself and retaliate against critics, while undermining the rule of law. Heather Cox Richardson frames this as a systemic collapse of democratic norms
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