'You'll be discredited': Journalist publishes texts from Trump's handpicked prosecutor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : While nothing in the messages proves impropriety on its own, the episode highlights a changing dynamic -- where prosecutorial discretion, presidential influence and public communications converge in unexpected ways.
53% : Critics say her appointment and the timing suggest political motivations.
50% : Halligan was installed after her predecessor, Erik Siebert (who Trump appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia in May) declined to bring the case against James.
48% : The text exchange underscores three major worries: Whether the prosecution is free from political influence, whether standard grand jury secrecy is being upheld and whether conventional channels of communication between prosecutors and journalists have been sidestepped.

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