Trump targets ‘vindictive’ prosecution playbook

High-profile defendants in a scope of cases brought by President Trump’s Justice Department are pulling from the aforesaid playbook.  From the president’s database of idiosyncratic foes to cleanable strangers caught successful the crosshairs of his argumentation agenda, two separate but related defenses are popping up on everyone’s docket: Selective and vindictive prosecution.   The ineligible claims are pugnacious to prove. But arsenic Trump wields DOJ’s power with a tighter grip than past modern presidents, defendants…