Editorial: Will Trump, Bondi deal a mortal blow to American justice?

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Editorial: Will Trump, Bondi deal a mortal blow to American justice?

If our nation doled out awards for integrity in politics, two would have gone to Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus, who resigned in 1974 rather than obey a criminal president’s order to fire the Watergate special prosecutor. There would be at least eight new acts of courage to reward today, as well as mourning for the scurrilous and unmerited firing for several “Biden area” prosecutors across the nation. That…