Noah Feldman, Columnist

Be Thankful Trump Listened to His Lawyer For Once

The revelation that the president sought to prosecute Clinton and Comey is noteworthy for the fact that he didn’t do it.

November 21, 2018 at 6:40 PM UTC

By Noah Feldman

Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A professor of law at Harvard University, he is author, most recently, of “To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People."

What do you mean, I can’t do that?
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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It shouldn’t be a surprise that President Donald Trump reportedly told then-White House counsel Donald McGahn that he wanted to prosecute his 2016 rival Hillary Clinton and fired FBI Director James Comey.

Now that we know, however, the question is what to make of this revelation. My answer? The system is working.