Carl Bernstein: Trump desire to prosecute Clinto

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Carl Bernstein: Trump desire to prosecute Clinton ‘defining moment’ and ‘demonstration of his unfitness’

Huh, I wonder who Trump reminds Carl of?

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 11/21/18 09:56 AM EST

Washington Post veteran journalist Carl Bernstein took aim at President Trump on Wednesday over reports that Trump had approached the White House counsel about prosecuting Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey through the Justice Department.

In an interview on CNN, Bernstein slammed the incident as an example of Trump's "unfitness" to be president.

"This is a defining moment in the Trump presidency," Bernstein says. "This is a demonstration of his unfitness to be president of the United States, of his abuse of presidential power, of his embrace of authoritarian power."

"We are now watching a president of the United States undermine the very principles of our democracy," Bernstein continues. "The president takes an oath to defend the constitution of the United States, to uphold it and to protect it. This president daily abuses it, but never have we seen such flouting, such willingness to abuse the constitution."

Bernstein's remarks follow a report from The New York Times claiming that the president talked to his White House counsel Don McGahn about using the Justice Department to prosecute Comey and Clinton, two of his top critics. McGahn reportedly rebuffed the president, telling him such a decision would lead to accusations of abuse of power.

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