FBI Director Kash Patel portrays James Comey's indictment as a response to "the Russiagate hoax." Yet on their face, the charges against Comey have nothing to do with the investigation that earned the former FBI director a prominent spot on President Donald Trump's enemies list.

The Justice Department reportedly is contemplating charges against two other Trump nemeses, Sen. Adam Schiff (D–Calif.) and New York Attorney General Letitia James, that likewise are legally unrelated to the president's beefs with them. That disconnect reinforces the impression that Trump is perverting the law in pursuit of his personal vendettas.

Trump fired Comey in 2017 out of anger at the FBI investigation of alleged ties between his 2016 campaign and the Russian government. In the years since, Trump has made

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