We Must Stand Up to This Tyrant

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page

04 February 18

t's becoming clear that Trump was behind both the creation and release of the Republican House memo alleging that officials in the Justice Department and FBI have favored Democrats over Republicans in investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The memo was released this morning -- first to Fox News and the Washington Examiner.

Trumped tweeted this morning: “The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!”

Trump wants to drive his Fox-News Republican base further into believing the Russian investigation is a plot to oust him, so that (1) he can fire Rosenstein and Mueller, and maintain Republican congressional support, and (2) be insulated from any further damaging information that may tie him to Russian interference in the 2016 election and beyond.

To maintain power, Trump is willing to foment a virtual civil war in America -- between the 37 percent who still support him, and the majority who know he’s unfit for the job and may have got it with Russian help. Along the way, he's willing to destroy trust in the institutions that maintain the rule of law. If this is not despicable, I don’t know what is.

We must stand up to this tyrant.

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