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.

  • NoSuchAgency@reddthat.com
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    7 months ago

    All the news sources you mention are the same ones that said the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation

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      7 months ago

      Geeze dude, half of the shit in there is out of Trump’s own mouth. The first quote I listed was from the interview you posted! From Sean Hannity! If you’re not just a troll, you really need to take a step back and at least listen to some of the things your own god king is saying.

      And yeah I’ll be sure not to vote for Hunter Biden or his laptop for president, thanks.

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        7 months ago

        Trump said he’s not going to weaponize the justice department to go after his political enemies because what’s going on now has to stop even though he would have every right to do so. I do listen to what says, including the context which is something a lot of people like to leave out I noticed