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In the category of: Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
IS TRUMP’S WAR ON THE DOJ OBSTRUCTION? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Just because it’s probably legal doesn’t mean it’s not troubling for legal experts. The Constitution says that the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” But Trump is not asking for an investigation into the FBI’s use of informants broadly; he’s asking for an investigation into how one alleged informant interacted with his campaign.
“The extent to which it appears the president is interfering with a fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in this country is concerning,” said Deborah Pearlstein, a law professor and constitutional law expert at Cardozo Law. “He’s not worried about broad abuse; he’s worried about it only to the extent that it affects him.”
“What makes it inappropriate is the demand”
Other legal experts go as far as to call the move illegal. New York Law professor Rebecca Roiphe said if Trump had asked Rosenstein about the matter privately, it would have been proper, but the demand is what makes it cross the line into illegal territory.
In the category of: No one ever expected him to show up anyway.
Trump cancels Singapore summit in a letter to Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump will not meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, he announced in a letter to Kim released by the White House Thursday morning, scrapping plans for what would have been a historic diplomatic summit.
In the category of: Here we go again.
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