


A little poetic justice for Donald Trump
The Epstein uproar has revealed an unexpected danger—for the president—of a Justice Department that seems partisan
The “saddest thing” for Donald Trump, he said in an interview during his first term, was that as president he was “not supposed to be involved” with the Justice Department. He was also “not supposed to be involved” with the FBI. That meant he could not be sure the government was “going after” Hillary Clinton. “I’m not supposed to be doing the kinds of things I would love to be doing,” he lamented, “and I am very frustrated by it.”
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Slime and punishment”

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