The crime at the root of Watergate was an attempt at surveillance of the DNC after George McGovern seemed about to win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, just as the government misconduct in Russiagate was an attempt at surveillance of the Republican Trump clinched the nomination.
Both the Watergate wiretap and the Obama appointees’ spy infiltration were initially inspired amid fears that the upstart opposition might win.
In both cases, the incumbent administration regarded the opposition’s unorthodox nominee as undermining the nation’s long-standing foreign policy and therefore dangerous to the country.
In March 2016, Trump surprising and persistent strength in the Republican primaries left some doubtful, including the FBI lovebirds who instant messaged their desire for an “insurance policy” against that dreaded eventuality.
Has an outgoing administration ever worked to delegitimize and dislodge its successor like this?
The greater and more dangerous departure from norms was that of the Obama officials seeking to overturn the results of the 2016 election. Just a thought.
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