Who Will Fall First: Trump or the ‘Praetorian Guard’?
The race is on to see who will survive—the duly-elected president of the United States or a modern-day Praetorian Guard comprised of former law enforcement and intelligence officials tasked with taking down that president.
Julie Kelly
- October 24th, 2019
Attorney General William Barr has suggested that top officials in the Obama Administration behaved like a “Praetorian Guard†in their unprecedented and possibly criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
“Republics have fallen because of a Praetorian Guard mentality where government officials get very arrogant, they identify the national interest with their own political preferences and they feel that anyone who has a different opinion, you know, is somehow an enemy of the state,†Barr told CBS News reporter Jan Crawford in May.
The Praetorian Guard originated in the Roman Empire to protect the emperor and his commanders. The elite cohort quickly grew from a few bodyguards into a massive army, complete with armor, weaponry, and a cavalry. The Guard enjoyed special privileges including a guaranteed tenure and vaunted social status.
But the Guard became emboldened by its own power. “Over the years, the guard would become a dangerous threat to imperial power and emperors were forced to gain its favour in order to ensure their reign,†according to historian Mark Cartwright. “The body specifically created to protect the emperor’s person had become his greatest liability.â€
Sound familiar?
The race is on to see who will survive—the duly-elected president of the United States or a modern-day Praetorian Guard comprised of former law enforcement and intelligence officials tasked with taking down that president.
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