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The Big Idea
Bush paid a price for violating the department’s independence — and so should Trump.
By John McKay
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Join nowJohn McKay teaches constitutional law and national security law at Seattle University, and chairs the government investigations and crisis management group for the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine. He was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington from 2001 to 2007.


Bush paid a price for violating the department’s independence — and so should Trump.