Trump’s conduct is not okay, but it’s also not beyond or contrary to our constitutional allocation of powers. As much as it can feel cathartic to declare that Trump is “undermining our democracy” with his handling of the Justice Department, that’s not quite right. He’s having his way within it.

Attorney General Merrick Garland had agreed not to make the special counsel's findings public while the Justice Department appealed a judge's dismissal of the case.

Walt Nauta, an aide to President Trump, and Carlos de Oliveira, former property manager at Mar-a-Lago, were charged alongside the president in 2023. They all pleaded not guilty.