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Trump/Republican hypocrisy
Hitler's propaganda minister said "Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-slams-weaponization-doj-after-trumps-mar-a-lago-raided-fbi-dems-call-accountability
"The FBI raid on President Trump’s home is an unprecedented political weaponization of the Justice Department. They’ve been after President Trump as a candidate, as President, and now as a former President. Using the criminal justice system in this manner is un-American," wrote Noem.
"The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves," said Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. "Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic."
"Biden is dividing our country and the DOJ seems to be reinforcing that division through their actions… that is very dangerous to the everyday person walking on the streets of America," Scott said to Levin on Monday night.
"The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves," said Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. "Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic."
"Biden is dividing our country and the DOJ seems to be reinforcing that division through their actions… that is very dangerous to the everyday person walking on the streets of America," Scott said to Levin on Monday night.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/11/trumps-ever-present-still-growing-exploitation-justice-department/
It has been clear for a very long time that then-President Donald Trump sought to politicize and weaponize the Justice Department he presided over perhaps more than any president since Richard M. Nixon. This is a guy, after all, whose most popular rally cry during his campaign was “lock her up,” about his opponent. Trump regularly showed little compunction about leaning on his Justice Department to do his bidding and target his foes, often doing so quite publicly in a way that flew in the face of well-established protocol.
The New York Times revealed Thursday night — and The Washington Post confirmed — that the Justice Department under Trump secretly subpoenaed the data of two prominent Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee: the panel’s top Democrat Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.).
This comes on top of myriad other ways in which Trump politicized the DOJ. It’s honestly difficult to recount all of them, because there were so many, but here are some of the biggest and most applicable ones:
He tried to remove Comey’s effective replacement, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, according to the testimony of former White House counsel Donald McGahn.
He repeatedly pressured then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Sessions ultimately fired McCabe hours before McCabe was able to retire with full benefits.
He toyed with firing various other figures involved in or adjacent to the Russia probe, including Sessions (who ultimately resigned in the face of the pressure) and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
He intermittently suggested the DOJ should investigate Hillary Clinton again, not just for her private email server as secretary of state but also her campaign’s role in the Steele dossier and allegedly rigging the 2016 Democratic primary.
The New York Times revealed Thursday night — and The Washington Post confirmed — that the Justice Department under Trump secretly subpoenaed the data of two prominent Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee: the panel’s top Democrat Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.).
This comes on top of myriad other ways in which Trump politicized the DOJ. It’s honestly difficult to recount all of them, because there were so many, but here are some of the biggest and most applicable ones:
He tried to remove Comey’s effective replacement, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, according to the testimony of former White House counsel Donald McGahn.
He repeatedly pressured then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Sessions ultimately fired McCabe hours before McCabe was able to retire with full benefits.
He toyed with firing various other figures involved in or adjacent to the Russia probe, including Sessions (who ultimately resigned in the face of the pressure) and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
He intermittently suggested the DOJ should investigate Hillary Clinton again, not just for her private email server as secretary of state but also her campaign’s role in the Steele dossier and allegedly rigging the 2016 Democratic primary.
And the list goes on.