Posted 12/7/2023, 9:24:16 PM
GOP Senator Demands Investigation of Journalist Over Anti-Trump Opinion Piece
- GOP Sen. Jack Vance demands DOJ investigate Washington Post columnist Robert Kagan for "inciting open rebellion" over opinion piece warning of potential Trump dictatorship
- Vance cites DOJ interpretations of laws used to target Trump, asks if Kagan piece could "intimidate" Trump supporters from voting
- Kagan wrote that Democratic governors could "refuse to recognize the authority of a tyrannical federal government" under Trump
- Vance's letter indicates potential future harassment of journalists under a second Trump term
- Accusations of hypocrisy against Vance and his wife, a co-founder of conservative group Moms for Liberty