I pay a lot less attention to the scandals of semi-anonymous congressmen these days, for two reasons that are indirectly related to one another: (1) Congress doesn’t meaningfully legislate anymore, at least not in this Republican-led Congress under Donald Trump. (2) In the age of Trump, what even is scandal anymore? The Trump administration is rife with sex and corruption scandals — the Department of Homeland Security seemingly combines both right now — and the voters and media alike treat this as an afterthought. Some even resent having this pointed out to them, having learned to price it in as ...

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