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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Fearing a Trump takeover? my goodness, this is at the height of ridiculousness.
Wow. The biggest scum on the planet endorse her. Big news here.
Let's ignore Clinton firing all the non-Dem DOJ attorneys.
The time to bring back the HUAC is long overdue.
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.
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.
Isn’t there a saying about payback?
It’s a twich or something....
We know now who to fire.
DOJ independence? Fox guarding the henhouse? DOJ independence from Congressional contempt charges? Sounds very Stalinist.
Translation to Newspeak -> DOJ orthodoxy
Whoever, being a person employed in any administrative position by the United States, or by any department or agency thereof, or by the District of Columbia or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States, or any political subdivision, municipality, or agency thereof, or agency of such political subdivision or municipality (including any corporation owned or controlled by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States or by any such political subdivision, municipality, or agency), in connection with any activity which is financed in whole or in part by loans or grants made by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, uses his official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/595
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