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Jonathan Chait on how some Republican leaders aren't even pretending to care about Donald Trump's ethical transgressions, especially the ones that relate to personal enrichment from public office.

Let's see if I understand how this works: If Hillary Clinton is accused of something shady, we investigate it and if the investigation uncovers no wrongdoing, we investigate it again and if that investigation uncovers no wrongdoing, we investigate it again and if that investigation uncovers no wrongdoing, we investigate it again and if that investigation uncovers no wrongdoing, we investigate it again and if that investigation uncovers no wrongdoing, we investigate it again and if that investigation uncovers no wrongdoing, we investigate it again and if that investigation uncovers no wrongdoing…

But if it's Donald Trump, hey, the American people don't care about that…