He has urged the machinery of justice toward his adversaries, blurring the boundary between law and personal reprisal.

Federal investigations and prosecutions involving Trump’s critics have followed his public demands for action, raising serious questions about prosecutorial independence.

Reuters documented probes of political opponents and challenges to the Comey and James prosecutions. The defendants deny wrongdoing and allege vindictive prosecution; prosecutors contest those accounts. The existence of an investigation does not establish that the target committed a crime—or that the case was improperly ordered.