Trump’s conduct is not okay, but it’s also not beyond or contrary to our constitutional allocation of powers. As much as it can feel cathartic to declare that Trump is “undermining our democracy” with his handling of the Justice Department, that’s not quite right. He’s having his way within it.

Attorney General Merrick Garland had agreed not to make the special counsel's findings public while the Justice Department appealed a judge's dismissal of the case.

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) LGBTQ+ employee resource group, DOJ Pride, shut itself down this week after existing for three decades, citing “protection of all members” as the reason for its self-imposed closure.