Another New York Times article about President Fucktard Trump

David Leonhardt
Op-Ed Columnist

One big potential bulwark against President Trump’s attempts to subvert the law is his own administration. If Trump’s aides and appointees go along with his various power grabs, Trump may well succeed. If other officials refuse, he is likely to fail.

All of which makes Rod Rosenstein’s comments yesterday noteworthy. Rosenstein, of course, is the deputy attorney general, overseeing Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump. In an appearance at the Newseum in Washington, Rosenstein said that people have for “quite some time” been threatening him privately and publicly. “I think they should understand by now the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted,” he added. “We’re going to do what’s required by the rule of law.”
Who exactly has been threatening him? The president of the United States who appointed him, as well as members of the president’s party in Congress.

Put in a terribly uncomfortable position, Rosenstein showed how to stand up for the rule of law. In doing so, he is keeping faith with a tradition of Justice Department independence that spans both Democratic and Republican administrations over the past half-century — but that Trump is trying to break.

Rosenstein’s example is particularly important, because he hasn’t always been willing to stand up to his boss. But he now seems to have found his courage. If only more members of Congress and Republican elders would do the same.