Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Jon Ossoff Can Erode the Republican Wall Around Trump

Partisan lines over Comey’s firing will be seriously tested June 20 in Georgia.

May 10, 2017 at 6:04 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

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The standing national crisis that is Donald Trump's presidency has reached a new inflection. But Trump's future may depend less on new leadership at the Federal Bureau of Investigation than on the quality of partisanship in the House and Senate.

Though his motive in sacking FBI Director James Comey may (or may not) be less obvious than it appears, Trump is transparently attempting to kill an investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and the Russian agents who sought to undermine the 2016 U.S. election.