The raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence this week was political theater, pure and easy. It was an try by the Justice Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to tarnish the present president’s political enemy by misusing the facility of the federal authorities.
However whereas the media feasted on photographs of brokers toting assault rifles exterior Mr. Trump’s dwelling, a workforce of federal prosecutors have been understanding of sight to use a legally doubtful loophole to undermine a core tenet of the Structure: the president’s authority to grant clemency.
