Trump DOJ Considering Reframing Watergate as “Deep State” Plot Against Nixon

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has entertained the idea of reframing former President Richard Nixon as a victim of “deep state” persecution in the Watergate scandal, with allies likening Nixon to Trump as an unfairly maligned figure. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility — an internal watchdog that was created in…
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Admin Uses Records Policy to Jail Scientist While Being Sued for Records Abuses

The Trump administration raided the home of and jailed a scientist this week over alleged violations of record-keeping protocols, with FBI Director Kash Patel saying officials will not tolerate such abuses — all while the administration is being sued over a recent policy declaring that Donald Trump is immune from record-keeping law. On Monday, federal law enforcement agents pounded on the…
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