The newspaper’s conservative editorial board played on the name of the 1971 comedy crime film “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight” while arguing that “Trump’s lawfare revenge tour has gone bust” following a judge’s dismissal of the Justice Department’s cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The Journal spelled out how “in its rush for retribution, the Trump Administration cut corners.”
“This is what happens when officials don’t follow legal procedure. They lose cases,” the Rupert Murdoch-owned paper wrote, which has increasingly needled Trump on multiple issues, including his handling of the economy, since his return to the White House in January.
The editorial concluded: “Trump was so eager to indict his enemies, and Attorney General Pam Bondi was so quick to go along, that it all unraveled at the pull of one legal thread,” adding that further attempts could lead to “cases that are two-time legal losers.
