America’s slide into autocracy is quickening. ABC News reported Thursday night that President Donald Trump is set to fire U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert because he won’t prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James. It’s an utterly corrupt and dangerous move that shows Trump is deadly serious about wielding his power to punish his perceived enemies.

Trump has vowed to get retribution against James, who successfully prosecuted a case in which Trump was found liable of civil fraud for inflating his net worth to get more favorable loan terms. To get his revenge, Trump had been pushing Siebert to charge James with mortgage fraud.

But after a five-month investigation—in which Trump cronies menacingly posed in front of James’ properties to suggest they wer

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