one of the most disturbing things to me is the conduct of republicans in the senate and in the house. these are actually smart people. they know that there is a damning case in the phillip mena of obstruction of justice by the president and they are acting like it s not. and that s just flatly dishonest and they seem to be doing it because they think president trump is the only game in town. that was donald ayer the former deputy attorney general under president george h.w. bush, one of a group of republicans including former federal prosecutors who call themselves republicans for the rule of law and who are out now calling out congressional republicans for looking the other way while donald trump trampless over congress and the count