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Fearing a Trump takeover, Justice Department alumni endorse Kamala Harris
NBC News | Comcast ^ | July 25, 2024 | By Ryan J. Reilly and Yamiche Alcindor

Posted on 07/26/2024 3:12:47 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

For Justice Department employees who had spent weeks contemplating the possibility of two-time federal criminal defendant Donald Trump returning to the presidency, Joe Biden’s decision to drop out and endorse Kamala Harris offered a sense of relief.

Former and current Justice Department employees believe that a future president Harris, a former prosecutor, unlike Trump, would respect the norms that have been in place to ensure DOJ independence in the half-century since Watergate.

Those fears of another Trump term are central to a new letter endorsing Harris, signed by more than 40 former Justice Department officials who served under presidents of both parties. They include former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former deputy attorneys general Sally Yates, David Ogden and Jamie Gorelick, and John McKay, who was appointed as a top federal prosecutor in Washington state during the George W. Bush administration, among others.

“The fabric of the nation, the rule of law and the future of the Democracy are at stake in this election,” reads the letter, first obtained by NBC News. It warns: “The stakes could not be higher. Former President Trump presents a grave risk to our country, our global alliances and the future of democracy.”

Trump “regularly ignored the rule of law” as president, the former officials wrote, pointing out that one of his first acts was an “unconstitutional Muslim travel ban” and one of his last acts was an attempt “to stay in power by defying election results and the will of the American people.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: davidogden; deepstate; doj; dojsedition; election2024; enemieslist; gaslightmedia; jamiegorelick; johnmckay; kamala; lorettalynch; ryanjreilly; sallyyates; thegaslightmedia; trump; weaponizeddoj; yamichealcindor

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fearing a Trump takeover? my goodness, this is at the height of ridiculousness.


61 posted on 07/26/2024 9:19:46 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow. The biggest scum on the planet endorse her. Big news here.


62 posted on 07/26/2024 9:24:35 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Former and current Justice Department employees believe that a future president Harris, a former prosecutor, unlike Trump, would respect the norms that have been in place to ensure DOJ independence in the half-century since Watergate.

Let's ignore Clinton firing all the non-Dem DOJ attorneys.

63 posted on 07/26/2024 10:00:20 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: iontheball

The time to bring back the HUAC is long overdue.


64 posted on 07/26/2024 10:05:26 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: bobcat62

The time to bring back the HUAC is long overdue.
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Commies are just like pernicious weeds. You can pull them out of the ground by their roots, spray them, cut them off but they will keep springing back and takeover the landscape. Just as the weeding task is never complete, eradicating the Commie invaders is never done. Old Joe McCarthy saw the threat in the 50s and he tried to eradicate them, but few took his efforts seriously. The Fascist crucified him and other idiots joined in the condemnation. Now the noxious weeds are back and running our country into the ground.

https://cairnsnews.org/2024/07/25/harris-communist-maoist-links-would-have-disqualified-her-from-military-public-service/


65 posted on 07/26/2024 10:41:38 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The fabric of the nation, the rule of law and the future of the Democracy are at stake in this election.

Vote democrat keep the Bolsheviks in total power to remap the nation of laws and liberty into Marxist nation of rule comrades.


66 posted on 07/26/2024 10:48:16 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Isn’t there a saying about payback?

It’s a twich or something....


67 posted on 07/26/2024 1:56:23 PM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We know now who to fire.


68 posted on 07/26/2024 2:06:12 PM PDT by Chgogal (To paraphrase Biden: You vote Democrat? Then you ain't smart.a)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Former and current Justice Department employees believe that a future president Harris, a former prosecutor, unlike Trump, would respect the norms that have been in place to ensure DOJ independence in the half-century since Watergate.

DOJ independence? Fox guarding the henhouse? DOJ independence from Congressional contempt charges? Sounds very Stalinist.

69 posted on 07/26/2024 4:26:29 PM PDT by CDB (Retreat Hell! We're attacking in a different direction.)
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To: CDB
DOJ independence?

Translation to Newspeak -> DOJ orthodoxy

70 posted on 07/26/2024 7:07:50 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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