
The FBI raid in Georgia is not an aberration. It fits a broader playbook, with troubling historic precedentsWhat in the hell were FBI agents doing in , last week? They surely weren’t investigating a crime. Nor were they serving the public.Justifying Donald Trump’s “big lie” about winning the 2020 election may seem like his own – but like his , he is weaponizing it, damage be damned. Not even his subsequent election victory has quieted Trump’s appetite for more power, earned or otherwise.Jamil Smith is a Guardian US columnist