'Path of autocracy': Ex-Trump officials condemn exec orders targeting national security experts

'Path of autocracy': Ex-Trump officials condemn exec orders targeting national security experts

Although President Donald Trump often rails against "radical-left lunatics" — many of them center-left Democrats who are way to the right of leftist parties in Europe — he isn't shy about attacking right-wing conservatives and libertarians he regards as enemies. Trump, on April 9, issued executive orders asking the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate two of his foes on the right: former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc…

They pointed out that President Donald Trump's actions against his critics "represent a dangerous escalation in the abuse of presidential power."