Lawrence: Republicans have abandoned the rule of law to embrace the rule of Trump
January 23, 2026
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as posted by the channelMS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Donald Trump provided “flagrant screamingly obvious proof of a president personally ordering prosecutions” when he called for his Justice Department to prosecute Jack Smith during his testimony while Republican questions to Jack Smith “ranged from the ignorant to the idiotic.”
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