Just Security: “The cascade of election coverage, commentary and speculation about how Donald Trump might use the power of the presidency to retaliate against his perceived political enemies has overlooked important context: Trump has done just that, while he was president, at
least a dozen times.”
“What follows is a chronological list of specific instances in which the former president in fact used the Department of Justice and other levers of government power — including by directly, publicly or privately pressuring of cials — to target his chosen political targets.
”“The record includes several cases in which he apparently succeeded more than might be imagined or remembered.”