The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has delivered President Trump and the MAGA movement their first real taste of legal retribution — and likely not their last.
Why it matters: To Democrats and the legal establishment, the charges against Comey for obstruction of justice and lying to Congress represent one of the most brazen collapses of prosecutorial independence in U.S. history. • To Trump's base, the indictment is vindication — a long-awaited strike against a "Deep State" villain they've obsessed over for nearly a decade. • Now, MAGA's biggest question is how much further Trump will go in enforcing the political "accountability" that has animated the movement for years.
The big picture: The indictment came just days after Trump publicly demanded Attorney General Pam