Former chief deputy attorney general for the state of Massachusetts Joanna Lydgate and ex-United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic Norm Eisen, in a Monday op-ed for MSNBC, argue the “most misunderstood threat” to democracy comes from the halls of US Congress. The pair co-founded States United Action, a nonpartisan group dedicated to free, fair, secure elections,” while Eisen served as co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment and trial of former President Donald Trump in 2020. “Members of Congress have largely escaped having to answer for betraying America…