What a Trump second term might look like


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Mr Trump’s executive authority would be tested most at the Department of Justice (DoJ), where he intends to tear up its post-Watergate tradition of political independence. He has suggested he could use the DoJ to “go after” Mr Biden’s entire family and any other political enemies, arguing his own criminal charges have opened up a “very big and dangerous Pandora’s box”. At the same time, Mr Trump would nominate arch loyalists to lead the CIA, FBI and other intelligence agencies. Kash Patel, a former Trump administration official, has even suggested the Republican frontrunner could retaliate, “criminally or civilly”, against journalists....