Is there really no understanding that it is illegal to publish another individual's income tax information without their permission? This isn't a First Amendment issue. Sad that wasn't glaringly obvious from the beginning.
Donald Trump Will Be President In Just Over A Month And The Constitution Is Already Under Attack
With a little over a month until Donald Trump takes office, the president-elect and his allies have already begun to attack the guarantees of the First Amendment, signaling how imperiled the fundamental freedoms of the Constitution could be under a Trump presidency.
Trump has long shown contempt for the media and, as he prepares to take power, he and his allies havenāt held back.
On Thursday, Corey Lewandowski, who is Trumpās former campaign manager and expected to have a role in a Trump White House, said that New York Times editor Dean Baquet should be in jail because the paper published parts of Trumpās tax return during the campaign.
āWe had one of the top people at The New York Times come to Harvard University and say, āIām willing to go to jail to get a copy of Donald Trumpās taxes so I can publish them,āā Lewandowski said, according to Politico. āDean Baquet came here and offered to go to jail ā youāre telling me, heās willing to commit a felony on a private citizen to post his taxes, and there isnāt enough scrutiny on the Trump campaign and his business dealings and his taxes?ā
āItās egregious,ā Lewandowski added. āHe should be in jail.ā
Even after winning the presidency, Trump has had an almost myopic focus on the Times, criticizing the paperās coverage of him. He has pledged to sue the newspaper, though, when he met with its staff, he called it āa great, great American jewel. A world jewel.ā
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Donald Trump Will Be President In Just Over A Month And The Constitution Is Already Under Attack
I fear this is only the beginning. Trump is far more thin-skinned than Nixon.