Leading Republicans are in thrall to a dangerously conspiratorial view of the US government.



After news of the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home broke on Monday night, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy responded by openly threatening Attorney General Merrick Garland.

"The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization," he said in a statement. "Attorney General Garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar."

Think about this for a second. Here you have the likely next speaker of the House claiming without the tiniest shred of evidence that the Justice Department is persecuting a former president - and vowing to use his authority to punish them as a result. His response to his baseless claim of the politicization of investigative powers is to promise a politicized investigation of his own.

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Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchampzack@vox.com Aug 9, 2022, 12:45pm EDT




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