Librarians Rejoice! Reckless Foe of Civil Liberties Booted From Trump Transition Team.

We take our good news where we can find it in these uncertain times. It arrived with the announcement that former U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor was kicked off the Donald Trump transition team. O’Connor is a close ally of Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor whose unpopularity in his home state is exceeded only by the loathing expressed toward him in the inner counsels of the Trump camp.

O’Connor and Christie became allies while bother served as U.S. attorneys in the George W. Bush administration. Christie is said to have been helpful in finding O’Connor a place to land after his sudden departure from Connecticut-based UTC.

O’Connor first came to statewide notice when he ingratiated himself into the more louche elements of disgraced former Governor John G. Rowland’s administration during its demimonde middle years.

The Courant’s Ed Mahony has the inside dope on O’Connor’s ouster from Team Trump. Sounds like O’Connor poured his woes out to Mahony over a disagreement about what the Justice Department should do about Hillary Clinton and that home server that has caused her so much grief. O’Connor wanted to let it go. U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) an early and relentless Trump supporter disagreed, according to the story. Sessions is an influential member of the Trump team in formation.

This version would be the O’Connor method. Bring the full force of the law against the powerless, like the librarians he disgraced himself pursuing without mercy when he was U.S. attorney. Claiming to be a martyr for Hillary Clinton, that is consistent with the career of the perpetual courtier. Gag librarians, but don’t take on anyone with real influence.