Four pieces about political figures behaving badly, two by Democrats, two by Republicans.
Attorney General Garland has no right to withhold info on Russia probe (Oct. 17): More evidence emerges that Attorney General Merrick Garland has allowed the Department of Justice to become outrageously politicized on behalf of liberal interests. Indeed, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer is breaking the law.
Nine months into the Biden presidency, Garland has yet to comply with a perfectly legitimate order issued by former President Donald Trump on his last day in office. The order, made in the worthy cause of public transparency, would declassify much of the material from the investigation into Russia’s efforts to help Trump win the presidency….
Trump whisperer Steve Bannon is not protected by executive privilege (Oct. 17): Congress is correct to begin legal contempt proceedings against onetime Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and the Justice Department should prosecute them aggressively if Bannon continues his defiance. …
Even liberals recognize how radical Biden’s presidency has been (Oct. 4): Don’t take the word of conservatives that President Joe Biden is governing like a radical — take the word of the liberal establishment media. Chris Cillizza of CNN and formerly of the Washington Post is known for offering up vaguely center-left conventional wisdom…. So when Cillizza, of all people, devotes a column to “the utter radicalness of Joe Biden’s presidency,” maybe it’s time to acknowledge that Biden is trying to implement extremist policies considerably outside the mainstream. …
Insider accounts of Trump White House ring true, and are frightening (Oct. 8): It’s fine to blast former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham for hypocritically dishing dirt on the former first couple after helping them smear others for five years. But that’s no excuse for ignoring the substance of Grisham’s new book . When report after report from former Trump aides all confirm the same basic picture of a sociopathic man-child utterly unfit for any public office, much less the presidency, it’s time to start working to block him from a return to the Oval Office. …
