Power Line
Scott Johnson
Aug. 26, 2018
I recently quoted Seth Lipsky’s unsigned New York Sun editorial “The president in a vise†observing of the Mueller prosecutions: “This is part of an effort by the Democrats and their collaborators to overturn a presidential election that they thought they would win.†The editorial expressed my thoughts exactly. By the same token, so does the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial “Let the people decide: A special prosecutor shouldn’t negate an election.†The Post-Gazette editors write at some length. This long excerpt below concludes the editorial:
Let’s be honest, all of this is about squeezing, delegitimizing, and, if possible, ultimately removing Donald Trump from office. Neither of these cases [against Paul Manafort or Michael Cohen], and none of the case being built with the president as target, so far as we know, are about Russian interference in our elections, or political corruption. They are not about justice. They are about politics. They are about “getting” Mr. Trump.More...
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/08/let-the-people-decide.phphttp://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018/08/24/Let-the-people-decide-A-special-prosecutor-shouldn-t-negate-an-election/stories/201808240062
