The president and his allies in Congress have taken aim at the financial, digital and legal machinery that runs the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
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President Trump and his allies have taken a series of highly partisan official actions that threaten to limit Democrats' ability to compete in elections for years to come.
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Executive actions to cripple leading Democratic law firms. Investigations into Democratic fundraising and organizing platforms. Ominous suggestions that nonprofits associated with Democrats or critical of President Trump should lose tax breaks.
Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and mechanisms that govern the left, taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful, would threaten Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come.
So far, the attacks have been scattered and sometimes indiscriminate or imprecise. But there are steps being taken within the administration to coordinate and expand the attack.
A small group of White House officials is working to identify targets and vulnerabilities within the Democratic ecosystem by reviewing previous efforts to investigate them, according to two people familiar with the group's work who asked not to be identified.
Scott Walter, president of the conservative watchdog group Capital Research Center, which tracks liberal money in politics, recently briefed senior White House officials on a range of donors, nonprofit groups and fundraising methods. The White House group is said to be examining what more can be done within the law.
It is not uncommon for members of congressional parties or their outside allies to push for investigations into political groups on the other side of the aisle.
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