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Betrayal of the Base: DOJ Whistleblower Breaks Silence
Youtube ^ | May 12, 2026 | Brandon Straka

Posted on 05/16/2026 8:27:14 PM PDT by mbrfl

This is a good interview with DOJ whistleblower Johnathon Gross discussing the failure of the DOJ to seriously address corruption and lawfare within its ranks. The video is over two hours long and covers a lot of material, but in summary, Gross was hired in the early months of President Trump's second term as part of a team tasked with addressing civil right violations relating to J6 and lawfare in general. He ended up being pushed out of his position for being too persistent in his efforts for accountability.

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KEYWORDS: corruption; doj; holdovers; insubordination; j6; jan6; sabotage; tds; undermining; whistleblower

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The following is the Youtube summary of the video.

For years, millions of Americans believed the Department of Justice and FBI had been weaponized against political opponents — and that a second Trump administration would finally expose it, clean it up, and restore equal justice under the law.

But what if that isn’t happening?

In this explosive interview, DOJ whistleblower Jonathan Gross speaks out publicly about what he says is really happening inside the Department of Justice — and why he believes the American people are being misled about “de-weaponization.”

Gross claims corrupt actors remain embedded inside the system, prosecutors still operate with near-total immunity, and meaningful accountability has not occurred. He warns that Americans cannot remain free if government agencies can target citizens without consequence — and says the current system resembles “all the detriments of a police state with none of the benefits.”

This conversation tackles:

• Whether the DOJ has actually changed • Why some former Trump supporters feel betrayed • The danger of unchecked prosecutorial power • Why insiders may be incapable of reforming the system • Whether MAGA is still delivering what it promised

TIME STAMPS:

0:00:00 - Who is Jon Gross? / "DC Judges & Prosecutors Hated Me"

0:12:50 - J6 Trials & The DC Gulag,

0:24:16 - How The DOJ Works/ De-weaponization Failure & MTG,

0:37:11 - The Weaponization Working Group Had No Budget & No Staff,

0:45:30 - Kirk Moore/ Doctor Arrested for Not Giving Vaccines,

0:59:21 - Todd Bouton/ Corrupt Prosecutor Still at DOJ,

1:09:30 - "I Was Told to Stop Doing my Job",

1:19:02 - "I Was Told to Protect the DOJ"/ Trump Could be The Great Emancipator,

1:26:58 - How They Drove Me Out,

1:30:59 - Todd Blanche,

1:48:06 - Nick Shirley's Discovery Will Be Weaponized Against Americans,

1:57:36 - We're Being Told "Trust the Plan"... But There Isn't One,

2:10:21 - The Epstein Cover-Up,

2:18:37 - An Urgent Warning to President Trump,

1 posted on 05/16/2026 8:27:14 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

Summary of Video Transcript:

https://x.com/i/grok/share/93525af8c0f6460da92cfe763f6c2d4e


2 posted on 05/16/2026 8:31:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right.)
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Still plenty of traitors in place. 🤬


3 posted on 05/16/2026 9:16:57 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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bump


4 posted on 05/16/2026 9:33:30 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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i could easily drop 2 major legal issues the DOJ is just avoiding.

the first is USC 1324 Harboring Illegal Aliens.

EVERY governor promoting a ‘sanctuary state’ is actively violating 1324.
EVERY check written to pay for housing for illegals is actively violating 1324.
EVERY member of the biden admin that told the border patrol to stand down was actively violating 1324.
etc etc

and two... the clintons by the only virtue they have, that of being compromised, put this country’s national security at risk numerous times while also committing espionage by helping our adversaries to the detriment of the country. by this i mean everything detailed in the Cox Congressional Report and the multiple violations at the nuke labs. they also leaked classified data via hillary’s basement server which directly put the lives of American HUMINT in jeopardy and, ultimately sacrificed, on the ground in china. joe biden’s admin also allowed thousands of chinese scientists full access to our nuke labs during his residency.

this is just TWO events that DEMAND to be prosecuted.


5 posted on 05/16/2026 11:01:55 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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thanks for this post.

i didn’t like Blanch before (lots of reasons, not least among them being that he’s an ex-dem who let the DOJ dismiss law suits against hospitals and doctors promoting trans surgeries, and he seems to have been the one mismanaging the DOJ with Bondi being just a figurehead for Blanch).

but in light of this video and the revelations by this man John Gross, putting this guy in as AG would be another big personnel mistake by Trump. basically this guy has spent his whole career working for firms that fought for liberal causes. he’s not one of us.


6 posted on 05/17/2026 12:18:17 AM PDT by dadfly
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*bump for later*

Very bad news if what he’s saying is true.


7 posted on 05/17/2026 12:58:31 AM PDT by Yardstick
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