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.

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    He’s totally going to get away with it, isn’t he?

    If he does get elected (god forbid, from a jail cell), I’m taking a long walk off a short pier.

    • Crozekiel
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      6 months ago

      Would have to do some swimming, the waters close to the coast are still under US law. You need to get 12 nautical miles to get to international waters and away from this lunacy.

      • newbeni@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Or we can all band together, buy a used carnival ship, load it up with supplies, make sure it has wifi for everyone to be able to work, then just live out at sea for a while