President Donald Trump sought to consolidate his control over the justice system by strong-arming his attorney general, raising concerns over the separation of powers in the US.
Trump demanded Pam Bondi target three of his political enemies, and on Friday a federal prosecutor left his job — with Trump saying “he didn’t quit, I fired him!” — after not prosecuting the same three with sufficient vigor. The prosecutor’s ousting “crosses the reddest of red lines,” a New Yorker columnist argued, in “using the criminal law to punish political opponents as retribution.”
Källa: Trump pressures attorney general to target political enemies