A Republican prosecutor has presented powerful evidence that the Trump administration politicized the DOJ to an indefensible degree. (via MaddowBlog)
There isto the circumstances: As the Biden White House’s GOP critics make up weird allegations about weaponized law enforcement, it’s Donald Trump and his team who’ve been credibly accused of actually doing the one thing Republicans are complaining about now.reportedThe Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate allegations that the Justice Department under President Donald J. Trump sought to use the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan to support Mr.
“These reported claims indicate astonishing and unacceptable deviations from the department’s mission to pursue impartial justice, which requires that its prosecutorial decisions be free from political influence,” the Illinois Democrat wrote. It raises the prospect of upcoming Senate hearings in which the Judiciary Committee will consider these allegations in detail — and in ways that might prove illuminating to the panel’s Republican members, if they’re willing to listen.on the show last night, the former U.S.
Indeed, Berman’s book paints a picture of the nightmare scenario in a country that takes the rule of law seriously: A corrupt president and his team tried to force prosecutors to target perceived political foes, while helping political allies, without regard for merit or justice. Those who resisted — or put another way, those who did their jobs properly — were fired.
In some instances, such as Michael Cohen’s prosecution, this meant taking improper steps to shield the then-president directly.“Using government power to persecute political opponents is something we have seen many times from 3rd world Marxist dictatorships, the Florida Republican was complaining, of course, about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago — which in no way reflected corruption — though Rubio had no comparable concerns when Trump. That’s not my opinion; it’s the assessment from a U.S.