Questioning Trump

“We can’t have a president acting like dictators do all over the world — to silence reporters that they don’t like or reporters who say things or dig too deeply or expose the president too much. The president wants to silence people like that. He cannot do that under the First Amendment.”

—Ted Olson, former Bush solicitor general now representing CNN, “CNN sues Trump to get Jim Acosta’s press pass restored,” Politico, Nov. 13, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: No tough questions, no unpleasant answers.




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