In “Henry VI, Part 2,” Shakespeare famously wrote that to overthrow the lawful order and seize power, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Yesterday’s judicial hearing concerning the Trump administration’s controversial prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey — four centuries after the Bard — revealed we do not need to go so far. In fact, replacing lawyers with incompetent lackeys probably does the trick.
On Wednesday morning, Justice Department prosecutors conceded that the grand jury that supposedly approved the pending indictment against Comey never voted on — or even reviewed — the actual indictment. This is, to say the least, a stunning admission that could sink the government’s case against Comey, either on its own or in connection with several other potentially fatal flaws.
But the magnitude of the prosecution’s incompetence plays a more sinister role as well: It masks the sheer extent of the pervasive and pernicious corruption and lawlessness that has been allowed to fester by this administration.
And even before yesterday’s hearing, Comey’s prosecution was bizarre and unprecedented.
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