On Oct. 9, a federal grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on two counts related to alleged mortgage fraud, making her the most recent of U.S. President Donald Trump's perceived political enemies to face charges. James has drawn Trump's ire for bringing a civil case against him, but her indictment is arguably not the most provocative in the past two weeks. Since returning to the Oval Office in January, Trump has directly taken and indirectly backed steps to target his perceived political enemies, including constant insults, an array of legal investigations and myriad other measures and lingering threats. But Trump's pressure campaign entered new territory on Sept. 25 with the indictment of James Comey, a former FBI director, whom Trump controversially fired during his first term, on two charges linked to allegations he lied in testimony before the Senate in 2020. In the two weeks between the...
