Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
They shoot first, they aim later, and even then, they miss. Because there is no wall between the White House and the Justice Department in terms of interaction and political process, this is what happens.
— Gene Rossi, a former prosecutor, in comments given to Reuters, concerning the Trump Justice Department’s many, many missteps over the course of the past year.
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