Donald Trump bucked the advice of the nation’s two top prosecutors to not can the attorney who stood up to him over charges against one of his longest-standing nemeses.

The MAGA administration this week announced a shock indictment against former FBI director James Comey—one of the president’s most reviled enemies, who oversaw early investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections—for allegedly greenlighting media leaks at the bureau.

An in-depth New York Times analysis of the Justice Department turmoil leading up to the charges found that Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche—Trump’s former personal lawyer—pleaded with the president not to fire the attorney who’d warned any case against Comey wouldn’t hold up.

“By mid-September, Mr Trump was determined

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