Abuse of power Quote by Michael Wolff

“A president of dictatorial persuasion who coopts the media in his disregard for the system’s checks and balances is nigh impossible to contain.”

— Andrew McCarthy

“The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional.”

— Chris Edelson

“the media are not the holders of power, but they constitute by and large the space where power is decided.”

— Manuel Castells

“In addition, he and his subordinates have repeatedly, systematically and willfully provided Congress and the American people with false information about matters of grave…

— Andrew McCarthy

“But it was becoming more and more difficult to accompany the president and listen to another speech whose content was contrary to the principles…

— Dan Bongino

“It struck me that there is a reason James Madison put freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the very first amendment.…

— Jonathan Karl

“The idea that the president has the power to craft a new strategy both overstates his power and understates the power of reality crafted…

— George Friedman

“While the Trump administration has made hostility to the press a virtual policy, it has also been more open to the media than any…

— Michael Wolff

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Yet, the main issue is not the shaping of the minds by explicit messages in the media, but the absence of a given content…

— Manuel Castells

“The report made a science fiction-like case that the president was within his constitutional rights to reinterpret congressional legislation to conform more closely to…

— Rachel Maddow

“this was another—and to some quite the ultimate—example of how difficult it was for the president to function in a literal, definitional, lawyerly, cause-and-effect…

— Michael Wolff