For President Trump, it was Saturday. In the many discussions about how to mark his life that Mr. McCain had with his staff and family before he died, he had made clear he did not want Mr. Trump to participate in anything they planned. So as Mr. McCain was eulogized in the presence of much of the American political establishment, Mr. Trump, pointedly uninvited, engaged in what by now is a familiar weekend routine. “This is the scandal here — a police state,” the president wrote, quoting a conservative commentator about a purported conspiracy to spy on Mr. Trump, as Mr. McCain’s coffin was carried into the cathedral. In a series of tweets, he argued that “the DOJ and FBI are completely out to lunch.”

Source: New York Times September 01, 2018 19:54 UTC