Trump's new object of hatred is the surface state — the state itself. The attack on the surface state began, of course, on January 6, when a violent mob, assembled and encouraged by Trump, descended on the Capitol to overturn a presidential election. AdvertisementAdvertisementToday, Trump's attacks on the surface state are accelerating. Maybe Trump has forgotten that less than three years ago, he was head of the surface state. Even defendants who, like Trump, attempt to sabotage the integrity of the justice system are entitled to the same due process and protections under US law.

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Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, He's, Jack Smith, Fanni Wills, Let's, I'm, he'd, That's, Hillary Clinton, Mark Meadows, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Tommy Tuberville, Cindy Hyde, Smith, Roger Marshall, John Kennedy, Cruz, Hawley, didn't, We've, it's, Mattathias Schwartz Organizations: Trump, Capitol, Department of Justice, Mar, DOJ, White, CIA, FBI, NSA, White House, GOP, Committee Locations: Afghanistan, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, New York, Iraq