This is really meaningless unless you have the details. But no doubt, there are violations here.
Two problems with an announcement like this.
1. In many instances there are so many administrative rules that it’s possible that some individuals are being charged with crimes they were unaware of. Just like the book says, Americans commit 3 felonies a day. Madison and many others have warned us that when there are too many laws you really can’t have freedom and justice. The proliferation of law has come through the administrative state. These are the real criminals and enemies of freedom.
2. The witch hunt of Trump has demonstrated that DOJ and FBI are horribly corrupt institutions willing to charge people with crimes no matter what. Now don’t tell me that these people at DOJ and DEA are any different.
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.”
The U.S. has the highest per capital rate on imprisonment in the world. A lot of Freepers are very happy with that.
If these police state agents actually did their jobs and went after money laundering banks, stopped fentanyl from coming into the country, and if the DEA stopped cooperating with drug cartels (DEA did a 20 year “sting” on 2nd largest Latin America cartel) , we might have some progress in opioid deaths. But, sadly, I don’t think that’s the goal. The “war on drugs” must go on, these agencies are addicted to it.
This is the exact reason we have trial by jury of peers. An oppressive govt will pass any law they want, but the verdict is in the hands of the people.