Posted on 10/31/2024 7:45:52 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Former officials fear Trump would force out DOJ and FBI officials who defy him and replace them with loyalists. Chaos, division and paralysis could ensue.
Since he entered the 2024 race, Donald Trump has called for the criminal prosecution of at least 16 rival politicians and 15 law enforcement, military and intelligence officials — according to an NBC News review of his public comments — not to mention workers at two federal public health agencies, two tech billionaires, Google and as any lawyers, campaign donors and political operatives who engage in what the former president has called “unscrupulous behavior” in the election.
A separate recent review by National Public Radio found that Trump had issued threats of prosecution more than 100 times.
But could Trump actually carry out prosecutions of such unprecedented breadth and sweep? And, if so, how would it work?
To understand how that might play out, NBC News interviewed multiple current and former Justice Department and FBI officials, as well as legal experts.
All agreed that what Trump is proposing would shatter 50 years of post-Watergate norms dictating that federal prosecutors don’t take orders from the president regarding criminal investigations. Those rules were designed to prevent a repeat of the abuses of Richard Nixon, who improperly used the Justice Department to punish his political enemies.
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Oh please!
Homos.
Wrong question. If Trump’s opponents have broken serious federal laws, will the DoJ prosecute them?
NBC News, part of MSNBC (Not the other way round), lies.
After he fires all the a holes there and replaces them.
The new people should be loyal to the constitution.
Trump shoots of his mouth irresponsibly on occasion, but the people with whom he'd fill his administration wouldn't carry out orders they believed to be illegal.
So it's not happening.
NBC news needs to be sued out of existence.
They really do think we’re stupid. 50 years of norms, my ass. It was Obama that introduced Chicago thuggery to these agencies, and it’s been metastasizing ever since
I hear some guilty consciences talking.
If Trump only jailed 1,000 enemy operatives, it would still pale in comparison to the thousands of political prisoners Biden/Harris have gone after.
When we have a NEW FBI and DOJ they will absolutely bring the constitution back AND the rule of law!! Boy I PRAY JD is ready to pick up the torch I PRAY he has the brass balls he will need!! It will be God’s plan!!
In 2016 97% DOJ employees gave money to Clinton.
So, no they wouldn’t.
Best thing to do is destroy the DOJ. All they will do is go after conservatives, Christians and those that oppose the leftist agenda.
Trump needs to figure out how best to infiltrate and compromise them.
DOJ is basically a domestic enemy.
More projection by the LEFT... projecting on Trump everything they already have done, are doing, or will do...
I don't think this is irresponsible. This threat of retaliation is largely a construct of and overblown by the panicky media and leftwads.
I hope they believe their made up lies.
For almost TEN YEARS, the crooked Justice Department and the crooked FBI have carried out the persecution and then the prosecution of Trump. Nobody has been held to account.
No, of course they wouldn’t. They’d be far too busy trying to bring down Trump. Both the FBI and DoJ need to be deloused, fumigated and reformed.
Did they violate any federal laws? Grand jury findings?
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