'The Worst Nightmare For DOJ Is Already Coming True' [View all]

"A Decapitation Event"

"While Attorney General-nominee Pam Bondi awaits Senate confirmation, the Trump White House is proceeding to hobble the Justice Department by illegally firing the career prosecutors who handled the criminal cases against Donald Trump and by retaliating against other elements within the department...The Justice Department and the FBI will be controlled by the Trump White House, and whoever is installed in leadership positions will be figureheads acting on orders from above. This not normal."

"In the span of 10 days, President Trump has succeeded in crushing two of the most important institutions in the federal government for upholding and defending the rule of law. The FBI and DOJ purges, as with the other illegal firings across government, are ousting career civil servants in violation of the civil service laws that were implemented specifically to protect the functioning of government from rampant politicization and abuse. Your occasional reminder that the only political position at the FBI is the directorship (which has never been held by a Democrat)."

"With the Department of Justice now compromised, who is there to enforce the laws that the Trump White House and its minions throughout government are violating with impunity every day? The Supreme Court’s historically bad immunity decision only covers the president. For everyone else, there was still the Justice Department. Until now."

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