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Trump v. Trump | David Cole

The New York Review of Books·David Cole·4 days ago
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Call it “the art of the self-deal.” You sue yourself, announce a hasty “settlement” when the judge questions whether you are engaged in collusion (with yourself), and direct the creation of a fund consisting of nearly $1.8 billion to be doled out to your allies by a hand-selected commission—all without judicial or congressional approval. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, announcing the creation of President Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” on Monday, billed it as a way to redress “victims of lawfare and weaponization,” presumably at the hands of the Biden administration—even as Trump pushes the Justice Department to prosecute his personal enemies, such as James Comey and Jerome Powell, on bogus criminal charges. Senator Elizabeth Warren was more accurate, calling the pool of money a political “slush fund” for Trump’s friends. Evidently it wasn’t enough to pardon all those who stormed the US Capitol and brutally assaulted law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.…

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