“Trump Plots Massive Shake-Up of Justice Department” (WSJ) (Politik)

DieRoteKarteZahlIch, UK, Samstag, 28.09.2024, 08:10 (vor 5 Tagen) @ Gargamel09

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/donald-trump-justice-department-plans-election-2024-085b93ff

Hoffentlich lesen das viele conservatives und denken über die möglichen Folgen eines Wahlsiegs nach.

Trump and his allies have been considering candidates for attorney general who share his expansive view of presidential authority and would be more willing to do the White House’s bidding. President Biden and other presidents before him have sought to portray the Justice Department as independent of politics, taking pains to avoid even the appearance of seeking favor with the nation’s top cop.

Trump has long believed an attorney general should be more like his personal lawyer than an independent law enforcer.

Some Republicans have suggested getting rid of the special counsel system, designed to limit political interference in sensitive investigations, a move that would give Trump appointees direct control of politically charged cases. At the same time, Trump has signaled he wants to appoint his own prosecutor to investigate the Biden family and pursue other political grievances.

War sein Wahlkampfspruch nicht mal America first? Sieht eher nach Trump first aus. Oder wird er auch prüfen lassen, warum damals Hillary Clinton so kurz vor der Wahl in das Visier des FBIs kam?

Zum Einordnen:
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has sought to steady the institution after the rocky Trump years, and other officials have rejected accusations that the department is unfairly going after Republicans, pointing to recent criminal cases against Democrats, including President Biden’s son, Hunter, and this week’s indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.