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The Administration has already done the worst damage it could to both the government and society short of a nuclear launch against US soil:
What they haven't destroyed, they've left commanded by and seeded with unqualified antigovernment hacks.
What they haven't undermined, they've left completely underfunded.
What they haven't discredited, they've so demonized that trust is all but impossible.
Doubtless all the evidence - material and electronic - still exists somewhere and can be recovered. The question becomes will it make any difference?
Nobody trusts them, everybody acknowledges they're a corrupt bunch of crooks, and the full damage they've done will take years to undo.
The worst of it is the principles, for all their crimes, will possibly get away unpunished. One can only hope the new Democratic majority will extract at least some sanctions upon them. One hopes.
