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2 weeks agoWhat Trump Wants in His Next Attorney General
The next attorney general for Trump must show unwavering loyalty, but this requirement leads to inevitable failure.
But Donald Trump's desire to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., seems to have come at the cost of that good judgment. Over the past month, federal prosecutors in D.C. have failed at least five times to persuade a grand jury to indict a D.C. resident for allegedly attacking federal law enforcement. These are not the only embarrassments suffered recently by federal prosecutors in the District,