Regarding “Mellifluous Illegality vs. Crass Lawfulness” by Victor Davis Hanson (Forum, June 10):
So this is how it happens? By casting about citing examples of purported ethical and legal impropriety or even law breaking by President Barack Obama and his team, Mr. Hanson attempts to seize the moral high ground for President Donald Trump. He does this not on the merits of policy, purpose or ethical standards but in an exercise elevating Mr. Trump through whataboutism.
While Mr. Obama and his people are not above critical review, to focus on Mr. Obama absent an equally critical eye turned toward Mr. Trump, his penchant not just for boorishness but dishonesty and his early failings, especially with regard to the handling of Russian election meddling both past and future—with little being done to insure the ongoing integrity of U.S. elections—is whiny and rings hollow.
If laws have not and are not being outright broken (and that remains to be seen), some that go to the integrity of our Republic are clearly being ignored.
N. MICHAEL FAZZINI
O’Hara
