Trump’s path to dictatorship

Trump, Republicans, and even some of the Supreme Court are pushing the “unitary executive” theory

Friends,

Trump allies have threatened that if he regains the presidency, he will invoke the “unitary executive” theory as the basis for using the Justice Department to persecute his political enemies, take over the FBI, usurp the authority of independent agencies like the FTC and even the Federal Reserve, and substitute loyalists for independent civil se…