For the judge in the case, this is not a hard one.
I don’t know if it’s accurate to say the president’s lawfare against his nemesis, James Comey, gets more ridiculous with each new episode. What’s sure is that each new episode is ridiculous -- and utterly lawless -- in its own way. The latest one, an effort to charge Comey with a time-barred leak of alleged national defense information, is notable for what it says about Attorney General Todd Blanche’s stewardship of the Justice Department.
Supporters of Blanche’s confirmation rationalized that he was the best one could hope for in a Trump administration because he’d supposedly look out for the interests of ...
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