Anne Applebaum

And then finally, there is outright corruption. So Trump has created a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, which appears to be attracting investors who have a direct interest either in escaping a regulation or in some cases a lawsuit or an indictment by the federal government, or who have some interest in influencing Trump or his family in some other way.

And as you say, there may be hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into this project and into others. We have no clear way to keep track of it. We don't know the exact relationship between those investors yet. and decisions made by the Treasury Department or the Justice Department. And it is, again, corruption and self-dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history.

And as you say, there may be hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into this project and into others. We have no clear way to keep track of it. We don't know the exact relationship between those investors yet. and decisions made by the Treasury Department or the Justice Department. And it is, again, corruption and self-dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history.

And as you say, there may be hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into this project and into others. We have no clear way to keep track of it. We don't know the exact relationship between those investors yet. and decisions made by the Treasury Department or the Justice Department. And it is, again, corruption and self-dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history.

And this really puts this administration in a completely different league.

And this really puts this administration in a completely different league.

And this really puts this administration in a completely different league.

Presumably the body that would be responsible for enforcing corruption laws against the president is the Department of Justice. And the Department of Justice in this administration is fully controlled by the president. There's a very political, very partisan group of people in charge of it.

Presumably the body that would be responsible for enforcing corruption laws against the president is the Department of Justice. And the Department of Justice in this administration is fully controlled by the president. There's a very political, very partisan group of people in charge of it.

Presumably the body that would be responsible for enforcing corruption laws against the president is the Department of Justice. And the Department of Justice in this administration is fully controlled by the president. There's a very political, very partisan group of people in charge of it.

And we're hearing all the time, I'm sure you've heard this as well, about current employees of the Department of Justice resigning. Some have done it publicly. Some have done it more quietly. They're looking for jobs afterwards and they don't want to be in the newspapers.

And we're hearing all the time, I'm sure you've heard this as well, about current employees of the Department of Justice resigning. Some have done it publicly. Some have done it more quietly. They're looking for jobs afterwards and they don't want to be in the newspapers.

And we're hearing all the time, I'm sure you've heard this as well, about current employees of the Department of Justice resigning. Some have done it publicly. Some have done it more quietly. They're looking for jobs afterwards and they don't want to be in the newspapers.

But there are many people who are resigning because the department isn't doing its job, not just in terms of enforcing the laws on the president, but everyone else. And so what we're going to have very soon is a very, very partisan group of lawyers or pseudo lawyers who are supposed to be enforcing the law, but who are all there

But there are many people who are resigning because the department isn't doing its job, not just in terms of enforcing the laws on the president, but everyone else. And so what we're going to have very soon is a very, very partisan group of lawyers or pseudo lawyers who are supposed to be enforcing the law, but who are all there

But there are many people who are resigning because the department isn't doing its job, not just in terms of enforcing the laws on the president, but everyone else. And so what we're going to have very soon is a very, very partisan group of lawyers or pseudo lawyers who are supposed to be enforcing the law, but who are all there

serving at the pleasure of the president, not there to enforce the constitution or the legal system. You know, it's always a tough thing. I've encountered this problem in other countries. I mean, sometimes it's called the chief prosecutor in our system. It's called the attorney general.

serving at the pleasure of the president, not there to enforce the constitution or the legal system. You know, it's always a tough thing. I've encountered this problem in other countries. I mean, sometimes it's called the chief prosecutor in our system. It's called the attorney general.

serving at the pleasure of the president, not there to enforce the constitution or the legal system. You know, it's always a tough thing. I've encountered this problem in other countries. I mean, sometimes it's called the chief prosecutor in our system. It's called the attorney general.

It's always a tough thing to say that that person is independent of the president, even though they're appointed by the president. I mean, they're meant to act independently. In theory, they should have the mentality of someone acting independently. And that's always a touchy thing to ensure. But at least in the last...