To the Editor:

Re “Democrats Warn Subpoena Is Near for White House” (front page, Oct. 3):

A subpoena once meant something. Now it is a useless protocol to be ignored by the Trump administration. Attorney General William Barr is an instrument of Donald Trump. Mr. Trump has essentially captured the Justice Department from the American people.

The truth we must face is that we are now in a state of anarchy.

The rule of law has been usurped by the Trump administration. This Republican-controlled Senate has allowed Mr. Trump to undermine our democracy.

They will have one last chance during the impeachment trial to stop the monster of their creation.

William Goldman

Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

To the Editor:

I would like to apologize to President Sauli Niinisto of Finland for the apparent madness of the American president sitting next to him as he raged to the press (White House Memo and news article, Oct. 3) about members of Congress trying to hold him accountable for his endless degradations of the office he holds.