"When Republicans find themselves unable to defend something Donald Trump has done, they tend to look for a way to turn the blame onto his opponents. So it is with the president's prosecutorial rampage against his enemies. The anti-anti-Trump right has declared, that, although a series of vindictive charges against the likes of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James may be regrettable, Democrats brought it on themselves."
"The first involves the space-time continuum. Trump spent his first term desperately looking for ways to prosecute or otherwise harm his adversaries. He endlessly demanded that the Justice Department go after a long list of targets, including, among many others, every recent Democratic presidential nominee (John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden). His appointee at the IRS also subjected Comey himself, as well as Andrew McCabe, his successor at the FBI, to IRS audits."
Republicans often shift blame onto Democrats when unable to defend Donald Trump's actions. Conservative commentators argue Democrats' legal actions provoked Trump's prosecutions and justify his retaliation as payback. That rationalization faces two major problems. The first concerns chronology: Trump spent his first term seeking ways to prosecute or harm opponents and repeatedly pressured the Justice Department to target numerous Democrats, including John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden. His IRS appointee subjected James Comey and Andrew McCabe to audits. Most of those efforts failed because Justice Department officials largely maintained norms of independence, a barrier Trump has since overcome.
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