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The Trump White House's repeated efforts to interfere in law enforcement matters involving specific parties don't only breach longstanding democratic norms. They likely violate the Constitution as well.
The Justice Department is trying to compel DreamHost to turn over information on visitors to the website disruptj20.org—allegedly 1.3 million IP addresses and other information.
This morning at 10:00 ET Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify on the Justice Department's FY2018 budget request before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Senate Appropriations Committee. I predict there is roughly zero chance that he will be asked zero questions about the FBI's Russia probe.
Watch the livestream here and follow along as we liveblog interesting moments below.
The ongoing DOJ IG investigation into Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation and DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz himself are about to assume center stage in the Comey firing drama.