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The constitutional crisis is here    By Eugene Robinson   The Washington Post

© REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump attends a dinner with governors on border security and safe communities at the Blue room of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2018. 

Trump has hurled us into a constitutional crisis

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Stop waiting for the constitutional crisis that President Trump is sure to provoke. It’s here.

On Sunday, via Twitter, Trump demanded that the Justice Department concoct a transparently political investigation, with the aim of smearing veteran professionals at Justice and the FBI and also throwing mud at the previous administration. Trump’s only rational goal is casting doubt on the probe by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, which appears to be closing in.

Trump’s power play is a gross misuse of his presidential authority and a dangerous departure from long-standing norms. Strongmen such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin use their justice systems to punish enemies and deflect attention from their own crimes. Presidents of the United States do not — or did not, until Sunday’s tweet:

Trump is determined to use the Justice Department and the FBI to punish those he sees as political enemies. This is a crisis, and it will get worse. (EUGENE ROBINSON)

What else is he to do ? Trump cannot run an investigation on his own, so...who else would he designate to do the investigation ??

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