The first time I ever came across the term “reflexive control” was when I was reading a 2019 New York Times op-ed written by former FBI special agent and current senior lecturer at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale, Asha Rangappa. She described how both President Trump and Attorney General William Barr used reflexive control to conflate the terms “collusion” and “conspiracy,” which allowed Barr to absolve Trump of having committed any crimes during the 2016 Presidential Election.
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(FILES) In this file photo illustration taken on May 4, 2021, a phone screen displays a Facebook logo with the official portrait of former US President Donald Trump on the background in Arlington, Virginia.
