Checks and Balances system
Separation of Powers in the United States is associated with the Checks and Balances system. The Checks and Balances system provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
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The author means that, <em>once the series of lies became exposed, it would then fail to protect the presidency from the very aim it wanted to. That, the trust will be eroded due to those lies leading to mistrust of the government by its'people.</em>
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