He done undercut the principle again.

When federal agents armed with a search warrant showed up at John R. Bolton’s home outside Washington at dawn on Friday, it was a display of one of the government’s most intimidating powers, in this case deployed against a fierce and high-profile critic of President Trump.

It is not yet clear what evidence the Justice Department cited in convincing a federal judge to sign off on the search warrant, or what culpability Mr. Bolton might have in an on-and-off investigation into whether he mishandled classified information dating back to when he served as Mr. Trump’s national security adviser during the president’s first term.

But the episode illustrated how Mr. Trump’s campaign of retribution has undercut the principle that law enforcement should keep a substantial distance from politics, stoking questions about whether even legitimate investigations are colored by the president’s insistence on putting his perceived enemies through the same treatment he faced as a target of multiple inquiries.

Ya think??? I know it’s hard to imagine that Trump would ever allow investigations to be colored by his determination to get revenge on anyone who pisses him off, but on the other hand we’ve seen him do it many many many times so maybe we should start to entertain the thought that he’s not better than he seems.

In the case of the search of Mr. Bolton’s home, the developments were accompanied by almost gleeful statements from administration officials. Mr. Trump’s F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, who before taking office listed Mr. Bolton as a member of an executive branch “deep state,” posted on social media: “NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission.” The deputy F.B.I. director, Dan Bongino, reposted Mr. Patel, saying: “Public corruption will not be tolerated.”

What? What? WHAT???