viewed as nothing if not a loyal soldier to President Obama. Not so with President Trump and Attorney General Sessions. Today the media would have you believe the Department of Justice functions independently from the president—that any coordination is somehow obstruction of justice. Media reports cited Trump’s efforts to stop the recusal of AG Sessions from the Russia investigation as grounds for obstruction. Other reports cite Trump’s dismissal of FBI director James Comey as obstruction. In a classic case of projection, Democrats unwittingly exposed this double standard in an exchange during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s June 18, 2018, questioning of DOJ inspector general Horowitz. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) asked Horowitz who else was shown the damning OIG report of the Clinton email investigation in advance. “Did you provide it to the White House?” He responded they had not. But then he added, “We’ve had instances, as I could testify to in

Chaffetz, Jason. The Deep State (pp. 164-165). Broadside e-books. Kindle Edition.