Sorry, Mr. Trump, the Attorney General Is America’s Lawyer

With his latest attack on Jeff Sessions, the president shows his real problem isn’t with the Justice Department but with the rule of law.

• By The Editorial Board
• The New York Times

By now, few might lift an eyebrow at President Trump’s crusade to delegitimize his own Justice Department and, specifically, his attorney general, Jeff Sessions.

It long ago became clear that Mr. Trump regards federal law enforcement — as he sees all of government — as a political tool to advance the interests of himself and…

Yet even by that debased standard, Mr. Trump’s latest Twitter tantrumagainst Mr. Sessions, on Monday, set a…

• Sorry, Mr. Trump, the…