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This isn't the first time that Trump has claimed to be the nations chief law enforcement official.

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Trump says he's the nation's top cop, a debatable claim

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump asserts that he is the nation’s top cop, a title more typically accorded the attorney general.
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Apparantly, Trump had strong authoritarian desires in his first term, but didn't have e ought lackeys to pull it off.
Now, it appears that he does.
 
Well, he certainly is the top criminal with complete legal immunity. One who is totally above the law...
 
He is the nation's chief criminal-releaser...

The top law un-enforcement crook.
 
Nobody is better at obstruction of justice.
 
"But the latest actions by Trump drew condemnation from more than 2,400 former Justice Department officials who served in Democratic and Republican administrations. In an open letter, they said that the department’s rule book for its lawyers calls for impartial decision-making that is insulated from political influence.

“All DOJ lawyers are well-versed in these rules, regulations, and constitutional commands. They stand for the proposition that political interference in the conduct of a criminal prosecution is anathema to the Department’s core mission and to its sacred obligation to ensure equal justice under the law,” the department alumni wrote.

Martin Lederman, a Georgetown law professor and former Obama Justice Department official, said on Twitter that Congress, not the president, gives the authority to prosecute to the attorney general. It’s also the attorney general’s responsibility, Lederman said, to stand up to a president who charts an unlawful course, “knowing that it might ... lead to removal.”"

They wish! They are dreaming of a time when we had balance of powers.
 
"“What Trump is suggesting is at odds with this longstanding precedent and dangerous to the principle of impartial justice,” Lu said."

Trump isn't suggesting anything. He is telling. He is telling everyone and challenging anyone to stand up to him, ready to strike back at them in underhanded ways if they do. Trump has become a dictator.
 
But is he chief cook and bottle washer? That would be impressive.
 
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