The current regime in the Oval Office makes the Nixon team look like paragons of virtue. At least with Watergate, there were no deaths traceable to the bad judgment, and no foreign involvement impinging on another country’s sovereignty.
This is grave, and failure to recognize the stark implications of flouting law and established international relations, is much more than merely illegal, it is undermining America’s standing in the world in ways never before imagined.
But who will ask the questions? I know of no such parallel in history by a legitimate government, and this tactic would be daring for an absolutely outlaw regime.
The term “Byzantine” comes to mind. Until the Medici of Florence came to power, that was the standard by which truly corrupt regimes were judged.
Mexico should be screaming “Bloody Murder!”