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A US federal charge ruled on Friday that Mr Garcia's prosecution could be for "vindictive" reasons, and he would hear more evidence before reaching a final decision.

“California, I’m sure, won’t be far behind in the kind of vindictive actions of the president,” he said.

A sheriff said she had been "nasty, verbally abusive, cruel, vindictive, violent" towards her victims.

Never has a president been so vindictive and so small-minded.

The immediate capitulation of Disney, one of America’s largest and most revered corporations, is a shocking sign of just how quickly private, independent institutions are melting down under heated threat by a vindictive administration.