Trump, Bill Barr, and the arrival of the worst-case scenario

.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump, AG Barr, and the arrival of the worst-case scenario

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Attorney General William Barr in the East Room of the White House, May 22, 2019.Steve Benen

But what if those fears are misplaced -- not because the threat will never arrive, but because it's already here? What if the worst-case scenario is not a hazard on the horizon, but rather, the point at which we've already arrived? Donald Trump pressed federal law enforcement to go after Andrew McCabe, the former acting FBI director who authorized investigations into the president's Russia ties. Soon after, the Justice Department did, in fact, target the longtime FBI official, looking in vain for some kind of crime with which to indict him. Prosecutors convened a grand jury, but couldn't find wrongdoing.he saw what was clearly going on"...

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