No holds Barred: Trump and his troops push for imperial presidency

With his compliant attorney general, Trump takes aim at the constitutional balance of powers. AG  Barr, when face to Face with Pelosi,. Shaking her hand, was said to have joked: “Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?” --indicative of how Barr, and his paymaster are perceived to be laughing in the face of congressional oversight and the rule of law. Barr is also working with Wray, the CIA director, Gina Haspel, and the director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, to review intelligence-gathering techniques used to investigate the Trump campaign.“This is a slippery slope to a banana republic if this is where we’re heading. And I think most Americans get that. You just don’t call for your political enemies to be investigated and jailed in the United States.”