What hasn’t been chewed over quite as thoroughly is how much this attitude has infected those around him — many of them in the Republican Party, which prides itself as the party of the rule of law. And the past 24 hours have been full of activity on that front. They effectively shut it down for five hours and caused the testimony of Defense Department aide Laura Cooper to be delayed. What is much more controversial is the idea that jurisdictions cannot even investigate Trump. They cry foul over the lack of a vote to launch the inquiry, which has been held in the past but is not required by law.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 20:58 UTC