Trump’s Ruinous, Failed Attempt to Indict Congressional Democrats

The Justice Department’s outrageous indulgence of President Trump’s demand that it prosecute Democratic members of Congress — in blatant violation of separation-of-powers principles and his oath to execute the laws faithfully — assures what was already highly likely: The president will be impeached promptly if Democrats retake control of the House after the November midterms, an outcome his abuses of power have also made highly likely.

That will be the legacy of yesterday’s reported failed attempt by the Trump Justice Department to criminally charge the “Seditious Six,” as the Democrats in question were labeled by Trump supporters — egged on by our unhinged chief executive, who inveighed (on social media, of course), “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”