India, Aug. 3 -- A string of interventions by US President Donald Trump into Department of Justice affairs has, according to legal analysts, unravelled several of his own administration's cases while jeopardising the confirmation of his nominee for attorney general.

Trump's meddling has reportedly imperilled one criminal case, set the stage for possible sanctions in a second, and complicated the chances that his pick for attorney general will be confirmed by the Senate, according to analysis published this week by a New York Times legal correspondent. The pattern, observers say, illustrates the risks of a president exerting close personal control over prosecutorial decisions traditionally left to career officials.

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