Norm Eisen: Trump Has ‘Violated Law After Law,’ ‘He’s Very Consciously Trying to Expand the Powers’

‘He’s fired people directly contrary to congressional laws’

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EISEN: "Jonathan, he promised he would be a dictator on day one when he came to office, and he honored that promise, including by — one of his very first acts was the attempt to rewrite the Constitution. Donald Trump will decide who is the citizen, not the United States Constitution, the issue of whether people born here and birthright citizenship. And we know this about people who assume dictatorial powers. When they seize them for one day, they very rarely let go of them thereafter. And that’s been true with Donald Trump as he’s violated law after law. He’s invaded Article I prerogatives of Congress interfering with spending, enjoined by the courts. That birthright citizenship, I’ve participated in that litigation, enjoined by the courts. He’s fired people directly contrary to congressional laws. That’s been enjoined by the courts, headed to the Supreme Court, and on and on and on. So I think he’s very consciously trying to expand the powers.”

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