Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Trump’s Still Abusing His Power

From the Postal Service to the Justice Department, the old pattern repeats itself.

August 18, 2020 at 9:01 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

Trump and Barr, partners in power.
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Hey, remember that time we impeached President Donald Trump, over like Belarus or something? Probably not. It happened just before we got trapped in the Upside Down. Anyway, long story short: The Senate let the president keep his job despite finding he abused his power to win re-election. The message he apparently received was that he should keep on doing that.