First, Kash Patel Came for the Justice Department Lawyers

Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to head the FBI, tells us where he stands on civil liberties:

First they came for the Justice Department lawyers who prosecuted the coup plotters.

But I was a Republican senator, not a prosecutor, and I had always been publicly vague about what happened in early 2020, so I did not worry.

Then they came for the journalists who told the truth about Trump.

But I was a Republican senator—and I have always been very careful never, ever to tell the truth about Trump—so I did not worry.

Then I made a casual remark about Trump, and I cast a single, solitary vote that Trump did not like, and they came after me.

And there was no one left to stand up for me.