Trump has suffered a major political defeat.

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2. As Brian Stelter pointed out this morning, though ..

Just putting Comey through the ordeal of this b.s. is intimidating, whether the charges stick or not.

Stelter wrote:

Most news outlets have appropriately centered Trump's public pressure in stories and discussions about the Comey indictment. "This is not just a backward-looking prosecution against the president's past enemies," David Frum told Erin Burnett last night, it's part of a broader effort to "intimidate" all Trump adversaries.

And it "does not matter if the charges don't hold up in court," Brendan Nyhan wrote on X. Through prosecutions, Trump "can ruin people's reputations and bankrupt them. Even the threat of a Comey-style prosecution will silence dissent within and outside his administration."

Here's a link to the column. It's a must read for me each day.

https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1758892668574f4c8e2f40817/raw?utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+%E2%80%93+Sept+26%2C+2025&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=AsKodoixjVPP2lUCtYclP2cnjJ7393mE77Sr%2FBm4SglqF4FyaCZzZNSPdGmlRPCf&bt_ts=1758892668577