This does not normally happen in constitutional republics, or even democracies. It does however, routinely characterize governments dominated by a centralized cult of personality.
He is Nixon on dirty tricks.
And not one Democrat congressperson or senator will speak out or vote against ANYTHING he does or says -- NOT ONE! Sometimes I think the government has been taken over by outside hostile forces and the people in congress and the media are powerless to do anything about it. It's all just surreal. Doesn't feel like America any more.