"It’s really quite simple: The Trump administration, in the words of the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, was doing “literal kidnapping.” Many of the people who did the “literal kidnapping” are still there and would do it all over again if so ordered. The acting Homeland Security secretary is lying about all of this in plain sight. Indeed, top administration officials lying under oath has become so common that it’s barely even news. And Democratic leadership is terrified of initiating the one mechanism for at least attempting to hold the president and his shock troops accountable.If Democrats can hold more hearings like Thursday’s, maybe we’ll at least begin to learn the extent of the rot.