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Trump and allies plot revenge
WaPo ^ | 11-5-23 | Isaac Arnsdorf,Josh Dawsey,Devlin Barrett

Posted on 11/06/2023 6:15:03 AM PST by Paul46360

Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office to allow him to deploy the military against civil demonstrations.


In private, Trump has told advisers and friends in recent months that he wants the Justice Department to investigate onetime officials and allies who have become critical of his time in office, including his former chief of staff, John F. Kelly, and former attorney general William P. Barr, as well as his ex-attorney Ty Cobb and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley, according to people who have talked to him, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Trump has also talked of prosecuting officials at the FBI and Justice Department, a person familiar with the matter said.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allies; cia; democrats; devlinbarrett; doj; election; fbi; government; isaacarnsdorf; joshdawsey; thewashingtonpos; trump; washingtonpos
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1 posted on 11/06/2023 6:15:03 AM PST by Paul46360
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Like Biden is doing?


2 posted on 11/06/2023 6:16:39 AM PST by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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To: Paul46360

WaPo. Revenge. Yeah, no bias there. /s


3 posted on 11/06/2023 6:16:48 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Biden does it and they, WaPO, have no problem...........................


4 posted on 11/06/2023 6:17:02 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Paul46360

As much as I’d like to see a lot of these @$$holes tried, hanged, jailed, he needs to laser focus on the invasion and reckless spending.


5 posted on 11/06/2023 6:17:20 AM PST by GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco (I love liberals. They taste like chicken.)
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To: Paul46360

And the problem is???


6 posted on 11/06/2023 6:17:21 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Paul46360

And so?


7 posted on 11/06/2023 6:17:38 AM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Paul46360

I’m not seeing the problem.

L


8 posted on 11/06/2023 6:18:02 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Paul46360

Don’t threaten me with a good time!


9 posted on 11/06/2023 6:19:08 AM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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They better plot ballot mules and harvesting of their own

Or have security at all the drops checking this crap


10 posted on 11/06/2023 6:19:17 AM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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To: Paul46360

They got nothing to support dirty, creepy, demented Joe and the communists running the WH, so they go to what usually works for them, fear. They’re saying: “If orange man bad is elected, he will torment the people you love!”


11 posted on 11/06/2023 6:19:17 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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More bullcrap anonymous ‘sources’ cited by WaPo.


12 posted on 11/06/2023 6:20:32 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.


We’ve seen this crap before


13 posted on 11/06/2023 6:21:46 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Red Badger

Biden does it and they, WaPO, have no problem....

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That’s why no one should pay any attention to anything the WaPo writes.


14 posted on 11/06/2023 6:22:15 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Paul46360
Trump and allies plot revenge prepare to hold the guilty accountable
15 posted on 11/06/2023 6:23:36 AM PST by Yardstick
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I really hope they pull it off. There are approximately 4,000 political appointees, of which 1,200 require confirmation, that are being assembled to actively dismantle the administrative state from within. This is regularly talked about by the likes of Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk. 2,800 can go to work on day one of the new administration.


16 posted on 11/06/2023 6:24:24 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Rebuild the Temple.)
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To: Paul46360
Punish critics?

Critics are the last of Trump's concerns. He's got nasty, evil opponents that want to put him and his family in jail and destroy them financially, all because he dared to buck the Deep State, the establishment that actually runs this country, regardless of the president we elect.

Schumer let the cat out of the bag himself when he said: “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”

Indeed they do. This is why most of our elected politicians yap a lot during election time on how they will change things and then lie down like dogs once they get into office.

Trump was one of the few who refused to lie down like a dog. And they are coming after him to make an example of him and deter any others from attempting the same.

17 posted on 11/06/2023 6:25:02 AM PST by SamAdams76 (6,390,901 Truth | 86,874,940 Twitter)
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tit for tat


18 posted on 11/06/2023 6:25:33 AM PST by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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I think a better "r-word" would be remediation or maybe restoration.

The word they used says a lot about how they think. Childish.

19 posted on 11/06/2023 6:26:07 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Gary from Dayton
Are you not aware yet, that when Democrats do it they are trying to save Democracy. When Trump does it, if he gets the chance, he will be destroying Democracy.

Come on man, get with the plan, you dog-faced pony soldier. 🤣

20 posted on 11/06/2023 6:26:34 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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