An FBI agent testified that he is under investigation for withholding exculpatory material during the investigation of the Trump campaign. Other revelations in that courtroom highlighted the eagerness of FBI brass, "the 7th floor," to proceed with the investigation of that presidential campaign. Withholding exculpatory information about someone is a threat to that individual's civil rights; withholding exculpatory material about a presidential campaign is a threat to democracy.

When explaining the FBI in the past, I and others would often stress how blessed the United States was to have as our domestic security service a law enforcement agency, an organization that works within the guidelines of the law, to protect our democracy.

Doubts about this blessed situation first surfaced after the 2016 election with the exposure of the FBI role in the orchestrated Russian collusion hoax. The current FBI director's response, repeated like the reggae tune "Don't Worry, Be Happy," is simply, "Those responsible are no longer with us." Developments are multiplying that call into question that happy assumption.