US Politics
The 'Cheap Umbrella' Test: When Presidential Disdain Eclipses the Rule of Law
President Donald Trump harshly criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for moving to drop criminal charges related to the vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, accusing her of having 'folded like a cheap umbrella.' This public denigration of a federal prosecutor by the nation's highest elected official represents a shocking assault on prosecutorial independence and the rule of law, reducing a cornerstone of justice to a personal loyalty test.
