The stunning abnormality of Donald Trump's war on Justice (and justice)

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/donald-trump-doj-tweets/index.html

Here is a tweet from the President of the United States Tuesday morning:

"Crooked Hillary Clinton's top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey & others."

Trump appears to be referring to this story in the conservative Daily Caller that alleges that because a) Abedin forwarded messages with important passwords to her Yahoo account and b) every Yahoo email account was hacked that a+ b = Abedin gave the Russians access to classified government systems.

Which, um, no. Both "A" and "B" above can be facts without making the conclusion of the Daily Caller accurate. Unless evidence emerges that Abedin's account was specifically looked into by the Russians, then we are simply left with two events that happened -- without much relation to one another.

This sort of tangential connection -- held together with gum, rubber bands and the undying belief in the evil of the Clintons and all they touch -- is nothing new for conservative media. From conspiracy theories about Vince Foster's death all the way through conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton's health during the 2016 campaign, these sorts of "reports" have been around for a long time.

What's changed is that we now have a president who not only traffics in this sort of stuff but uses it as his primary source of information. Trump has mainstreamed conspiracy theories that, in every past presidency, have only existed in the fever swamps of the right or left.

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