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The Most Open-and-Shut Impeachment Case Is Not Pete Hegseth

On Saturday, Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate members of Congress for the offense of proposing to impeach his attorney general. He branded the talk “extortion at the highest level” and announced, “I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!” We can expect the department to fall into line dutifully, because Attorney General Todd Blanche has already demonstrated his eagerness to convert federal prosecution into a weapon against…

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