Saturday, January 13, 2024
‘This to Him Is the Grand Finale’: Donald Trump’s 50-Year Mission to Discredit the Justice System - POLITICO
"He doesn't see the legal system as a means of obtaining justice for all," Jim Zirin, the author of Plaintiff in Chief: A Portrait of Donald Trump in 3,500 Lawsuits, told me. He sees it rather as a "tool," said Ian Bassin, a former White House lawyer in the administration of Barack Obama and the current executive director of Protect Democracy, "in his quest to command attention and ultimately power." But it's not merely any tool. It's his most potent tactic and fundamental to any and all successes he's had. "There's probably no single person in America," said Eric Swalwell, the Democratic member of Congress from California and a former prosecutor and Trump impeachment manager, "who is more, I would say, knowledgeable and experienced in our legal system — as both a plaintiff and as a defendant — than Donald Trump."…
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