NYT warns Trump 'destroying pillars of American democracy' (opens in new tab)

The New York Times Editorial Board, in a strongly worded editorial, says “there has never been an example of presidential corruption like this.”The paper of record is accusing President Donald Trump not only of “presidential corruption,” but also of “political self-dealing,” and “destroying the pillars of American democracy to empower himself.”At issue is what the Times calls the Trump Justice Department’s “$1.8 billion political slush fund.”“Ostensibly set up to compensate those who the depa...