The Trump Administration has crossed a line. The wall of independence between the Justice Department and the White House, which has long stood to protect DOJ’s fearsome power to deprive individuals of their liberty, has been reduced to rubble . Politics have invaded and infected prosecution. And the resulting indictment is confounding, at best.

I’m no fan of James Comey. I’ve publicly criticized his habitual abuse of power and process, his relentless self-aggrandizement, and his breathtaking hubris. But he does not deserve this. Nobody does.

Let’s start with the indictment itself, and whatever little can be discerned from it. We’ve got two counts – the grand jury reportedly rejected a third – both based on Comey’s testimony to the Senate in September 2020. Count One alleges that Co

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