Ex-president determined to destroy independence of justice department if he regains control of White House
Donald Trump is planning an assault on the American justice system should he win re-election to the White House, in which he would seek to destroy the independence of the justice department and turn it into an attack machine for his Make American great again (Maga) movement.
At the heart of his plans is the desire to impose his will on the individual prosecutorial decisions taken by the Department of Justice. The move, if successful, would end half a century of accepted practice that prevents presidents from politically interfering with specific cases.
It would allow Trump in his second term to eradicate the federal prosecutions currently being pursued against him as well as against insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 whom he has championed as “hostages”. It would also free him to instigate legal investigations as acts of revenge against his perceived political enemies, including Joe Biden and family.
“I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family,” Trump said last year.
I know basically saying this is some Nazi Germany style shit always turns into hyperbole, and isn’t taken seriously. This is the kind of shit that leads to genocides and authoritarian nations
Hate to give him such credit but he’s shaping up to be even more brilliant than Hitler was. Hitler rode the wave of real economic strife (700% rise in prices) while Trump is riding a wave of ignorance.
He’s also got his cronies on the state level beefing up the police departments while limiting civilian oversight, similar to Mussolini’s beginnings.
He’s serving up a fascist combo platter.
We had a good 20 years or so where the internet helped reduce ignorance, but somehow we lost all that ground and more.
Russia and other authoritarian states realized what a boon for disinformation the internet was and wrecked it starting with the 2016 election.
The Jade Helm Scare was before that and I wouldn’t be surprised if there were other efforts before that.
Don’t know if leading the ignorant is brilliant. The dufuses love bullshit.
This thing specifically remind me of the corruption the USSR / Russia has struggled with for decades.
The corrupt politicians staff the justice system with people who rule in favor of the corrupt politicians and their cronies. If you investigate the people / party that appointed you, you’re out.
The US has never gone full-Russia, but Trump wants to do that. Previously the rich and powerful have simply been able to get a leg up because they were able to outspend the justice dept. Under Trump, the justice team will be on the same team as the people they should be prosecuting.
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